The Flight of the Pigeon Photographers (with Izzie Farr)

<p>Full show notes and photos available at <a href='https://www.allthroughalens.com'>allthroughalens.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>This episode is a mixed bag of goodness. We’ll be talking to Izzie Farr (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/izzie_farr/'>@izzie_farr</a> on IG), who authored an open letter to Kodak that recently got a bit of attention. Autumn is basically upon us, so we’ll talk a little bit about school pictures (while dredging up some questionable memories). And also pigeon photographers: what are they, and why? We’ve got zine reviews, the answering machine, and of course Tiffen Sinclair’s (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/tiffen.sinclair/'>@tiffen.sinclair</a> on IG) Fit with Film. </p> Izzie Farr <p></p> <p>Our guest this week is <a href='https://bekindshootfilm.com/'>Izzie Farr</a>, a film photographer from London. A few weeks back Kodak’s main Instagram page (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/kodak/'>@kodak</a> on IG), which has over 850,000 followers, received quite a lot of criticism for featuring more than thirty male photographers in a row – even after repeatedly being called out about it in their comments section.</p> <p>Izzie wrote an <a href='https://bekindshootfilm.com/2021/08/09/dear-kodak/'>open letter to Kodak</a>, and it went viral.</p> <p>We discuss her work and her letter, plus the reaction she received from the film community as well as from Kodak.</p> <p>Here are a few samples of her work:</p> <p> </p> Pigeon Photographers <p>The city-dwelling pigeon, though nearly identical to its more rural and sophisticated cousin, the dove, has received unfair slander from its most nearest neighbors  – the ungrateful humans. Through our character assassination of this almost noblest of birds, we have forgotten its long and storied history of unintentional service to our own unworthy species.</p> <p>In 1907, German apothecary, Dr. Julius Neubronner decided to attach a camera to a pigeon to get some shots from the air.</p> <p>“This camera was fitted to the breast of the pige