Welcome to Diffusion Tape no. 8 with the photographer, curator, editor, writer, and educator Aline Smithson. Smithson wears many hats and in our conversation, we talked about the cultural evolution of photography, female representation in the medium, archiving in a digital world, portraiture, Smithson’s personal art history, her family, and the importance of play in the creation of photography. Aline Smithson is a Los Angeles based artist best known for her conceptual portraiture and a practice that uses humor and pathos to explore ideas of childhood, aging, and the humanity that connects us. She is the founder of the highly popular photo site Lenscratch. Recorded April 27th, 2019, All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

Show notes:

Aline Smithson

Photolucida

Shadows and Stains

Lenscratch

Plates to Pixels

Fraction

Flak Photo

Jonas Yip

Book: Self and Others

Lenscratch: Mixtapes

She Shoots Film

RL Grime

PDN

Blake Andrews

Fugue State

Jeff Phillips: Lost and Found

Richard Diebenkorn

Gordan Stettinius

Susan Burnstine

Evanescent Energy

Amani Willett: The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer

Aint-bad

Kris Graves Projects

Los Angeles by Aline Smithson

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