Episodes

  • S2E47: Christina Dobre, Director of Photography

    S2E47: Christina Dobre, Director of Photography
    Nov 19 2024
    The American cinematographer Christina Dobre was drawn to cinematography through her combined interests in storytelling, photography and psychology. She say: she strives to create emotionally-driven imagery that helps us to feel, to connect and to heal. Her first professional production as a crew member was the 2013 drama CREEDMORIA about a teenage girl growing up in a dysfunctional family. It was a story she says that resonated with her. Christina was born in New Jersey in 1995, the middle of three children; she has an older sister and younger brother. Her father Dumitru was an immigrant from the Communist state of Romania - he emigrated to the US as a teenager and eventually became a Public Service Electrician. Her mother Donna is a nurse and instilled in Christina diverse values which have shaped her personality. an early interest in photography that she picked up from her father began the foundation to her career and by the time she attended Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hill, PA, Christina knew that story telling through film was her calling. In 2019 she graduated Fordham University in New York with a BA in Communications with a focus on Film Studies. Her determination to break into the industry was soon rewarded with a variety of productions from commercials to music, including THE KING for Sarah Kingsley, and narrative shorts, like AT NIGHT that was screened at an Academy Qualifying Festival. Christina also advocates for women in camera through online education and by sharing her experiences as a woman in camera with her filmmaking community on social media. Christina was accepted in the ASC Vision Mentorship Program for 2024-25. She lives with her partner Johann Beute in New York.

    Christina’s links: https://christinadobre.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5992321/
    Instagram: @christinadobre
    https://www.instagram.com/christinadobre

    Some of Christina’s favorite women artists:
    Polly Morgan
    Rina Yang
    Kira Kelly
    Kate Arizmendi
    Alicia Slimmer
    Barbie Leung
    Kat Castro
    Charlie Gillette

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S2E46 Nathalie Lasselin, Underwater Fimmaker

    S2E46 Nathalie Lasselin, Underwater Fimmaker
    Nov 12 2024
    This week the French underwater filmmaker Nathalie Lasselin. Nathalie has produced and directed 12 critically acclaimed underwater documentaries that have received numerous awards at international festivals and been distributed globally. She has also contributed to more than 200 feature films, documentaries and productions as a director of photography, underwater cameraman and divemaster. She is known for her 2013 Sustainability at Sea, the 2015 TV Mini Series Ascension and the 2021 Secret of the Whales. Nathalie is also in demand as a speaker and expedition leader. She says: “The more I travel around the world, the more I realize the multitude of small actions we can take to change the health of our immediate environment.” Nathalie was born in the north of France in 1970. Her natural curiosity for the planet and the environment has guided her since childhood to become an explorer and to produce images that have an impact on educating and informing a wider public. Nathalie graduated from the University of Montreal in 1992 in Movie Studies, by which time she had already decided that she wanted to leave her native France and settle in Canada. Nathalie’s mission is to push the limits, to go deep within yourself and share the riches and fragilities of our earth through 360° exploration. Nathalie has been inducted into the Women Diver Hall of Fame and The Explorers Club. She lives in Montreal with her partner.

    Nathalie’s links: https://nathalielasselin.com/en/
    Instagram: @quapixnat
    https://www.instagram.com/aquapixnat/
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489811/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

    Nathalie’s favorite female artists:
    Maroesjka Lavign
    Gayle Kabloona
    MissMe

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S2E45: Anna Speirs, Contemporary Realism Artist

    S2E45: Anna Speirs, Contemporary Realism Artist
    Nov 5 2024
    This week we meet the Russian-Australian contemporary realism artist Anna Speirs. Anna says: ‘My work is inspired by the beauty of Australian nature, focusing on tone, shape, and contrast. I often use objects from my local surroundings in my compositions.’ Anna was born in Kalyazin, in the Tver region of Russia in 1981. She has an older sister Marina. Her mother Natalia is an accountant and her father Mikhail, a carpenter. Anna’s interest in art began at an early age and she was mostly preoccupied with drawing and painting at home. Her parents recognized her talent and supported her educational choices; she attended the Kalyazin Art School from 1995-2001 followed by the Tver Art College from 2001-2005 where she graduated with a Degree in Design and Monumental Decorative Art, and the State Academy of Arts and Industry S.G. Stroganov in Moscow from 2013-2014. It was whilst she was at the State Academy that she took a vacation to Bali and met the man who would become her husband. Their romance took precedence over finishing school and Anna decided to move to Australia where her new life enabled her to become a professional artist. Anna has been a finalist for numerous awards and her work can be seen in various countries as well as being shown extensively across Western Australia and South Australia. Anna is married to Ben and the couple live in Perth, WA with their three children; Mitchell, Jackson and Ashlee.

    Anna’s website: https://www.annaspeirsart.com/
    Anna on Instagram: @annaspeirsart
    https://www.instagram.com/annaspeirsart/

    Anna’s favorite female artists:
    Robin Cole
    Bernadett Timko
    Kristen Valle Yann
    Charlotte Sorapure
    Samantha Dennison
    Zoe Young
    Ruth Fitton
    Kayla Martell

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com


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    38 mins
  • S2E44: Bella McGoldrick, Photo Realistic Artist

    S2E44: Bella McGoldrick, Photo Realistic Artist
    Oct 29 2024
    The New Zealand-Australian photo realistic artist Bella McGoldrick says her intention is first to present the subjects to which she's had a connection and secondly to bring a connection between those subjects and the viewer, to take them back to a place, to a time, to a taste or even a smell. Bella was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1993, the youngest of three girls to parents, Mel McGoldrick and Mark O’Sullivan. When Bella was seven years old, the family moved to Melbourne in search of a new life. Bella developed an interest in art from an early age and her talent soon became apparent when she started taking commissions for portrait drawings as a teenager. But it was her interest in fashion design that guided her career and she graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fashion Design degree. As a student Bella spent time in Paris surviving on a minimal budget until she sold her first artwork and then took off for a tour of Europe before returning to school in Melbourne. Her lust for travel became her focal point and with her heart set on New York she made her way to the Big Apple finding work as an intern in the fashion industry. Meanwhile Bella continued to take commissions for her art and with a new boyfriend—who later became her husband—they spent time in London before moving to Colorado. It was from there that Bella was deported from the US and with her now fiancée travelled around until finally returning to Australia. Now as an established and sought-after artist Bella is settled in Byron Bay with her husband Tyler and twin boys Rome and Ruby.

    Bella’s website: https://bella.gold/
    Instagram @bellamcgoldrick
    https://www.instagram.com/bellamcgoldrick

    Bella’s favorite female artists:
    Chloe Wise
    Caroline Pinney
    Peggy Guggenheim
    Stevie Dance
    Sophia Coppola

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S2E43: Natasha Ruschka, Landscape & Still Life Oil Painter

    S2E43: Natasha Ruschka, Landscape & Still Life Oil Painter
    Oct 22 2024
    This week is the Australian landscape and still life oil painter Natasha Ruschka. Natasha says: “Taking seemingly simple scenes and transforming them into a beautiful and interesting vignette with only oil paints feels like my very own form of magic.” Natasha was born in Subiaco, Western Australia in 1974 and has two step sisters. Her mother Linda is also a prolific artist, as is her biological father John. Natasha was raised by her step-father David, who was an army officer, which meant the family frequently relocated in the South Pacific region. At the age of four, Natasha moved to Papua New Guinea for two years and again later as a teenager. She attended St Hilda’s School in Southport on the Gold Coast before moving back to Canberra to her family to finish school. After graduating high school Natasha decided to study business computing as a way to find employment. At the age of 18 she found herself working in the Hyatt hotel where she met her future husband. The couple moved to Brisbane for his work and later to Colorado. It was there that Natasha discovered an interest in art at the Park Hill Art school and she never looked back. The couple returned to Canberra in 2019, by which time Natasha had established herself as an artist. She say’s she doesn’t believe in talent but has a good eye. She loves the excitement of a blank canvas and the promise at the beginning. Natasha lives in Canberra with her husband Greg. They have three children, Nadya, Vienne and Zach.

    Natasha’s website: https://www.natasharuschka.com/
    Instagram: @natasharuschka
    https://www.instagram.com/natasharuschka_art

    Natasha’s favorite female artists
    Carol Marine
    Lori Putnam
    Haidee Jo Summers
    Clarice Beckett (d)

    Margaret Ollie (d)
    Hilda Rix Nicholas (d)

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • S2E42: Victoria Obolensky, Seascape Artist

    S2E42: Victoria Obolensky, Seascape Artist
    Oct 15 2024
    This week we hear from the British seascape artist Victoria Obolensky whose work has been sold worldwide to high profile collectors, including Prince Albert II of Monaco, Ralph Lauren and Joely Richardson. Victoria was born in 1972 in Hammersmith, London, the only child of Linda White, an artist and journalist. Her father Gavin Cowper left the family when Victoria was just six months old and she was raised by her mother and stepfather Alex White who owned Gresham Publishing. The family moved to Malta in the Mediterranean when Victoria was two years old returning to London when she was seven. She attended the Sacred Heart School in Malta followed by the Glendower Girls Primary School in South Kensington. When the family moved to Hampshire, Victoria attended the Rookwood School in Andover. An interest in photography attracted her to the Chelsea School of Art and later the Camberwell School of Art in London and she soon made her mark as a talented photographer exhibiting in the Andipa Gallery in London. Her first career was in journalism following in her mother's footsteps by working for glossy magazines such as Homes & Gardens, Elle, Vanity Fair and Tatler. In 2019, her focus moved to painting and during the Covid lockdown period she established herself as an artist. In the past two years Victoria has sold 480 paintings through her website, social media and galleries. Victoria lives in Dartmouth, Devon with her son Max and Persian cat Toby.

    https://victoriaobolensky.com/
    Instagram: @victoriaobolensky.art
    https://www.instagram.com/victoriaobolensky.art

    Victoria’s favorite female artists:
    Katherine Burns
    Judy Chicago
    Irina Cumberland

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S2E41: Jocelyn Stokes, Wildlife Filmmaker, Biologist, Conservationist

    S2E41: Jocelyn Stokes, Wildlife Filmmaker, Biologist, Conservationist
    Oct 8 2024
    This week's guest is the American wildlife biologist, conservationist and filmmaker, Jocelyn Stokes. Jocelyn has filmed programming for PBS NATURE, Mongabay, National Geographic, the BBC, Waterbear, ILCP, Health in Harmony, the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Future Alam Borneo and Borneo Futures, among others. She is most at home filming endangered species in some of the world's most remote wilderness locations. Her technical skills in long lens shooting, gimbal work and drone operation to capture unique natural history sequences have led to award-winning conservation films. Jocelyn was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, the eldest of three; she has two brothers. Her father Robert Stokes is in media marketing and her mother Debra a medical assistant and artist. Growing up in the desert, Jocelyn spent her childhood outdoors exploring nature and wildlife. And she was fascinated by still photography from an early age immersing herself in storytelling with her camera. By the time she had graduated high school Jocelyn knew the career she wanted and achieved her BA in Photography from Lewis & Clark followed by graduate studies at Oregon State University for Wildlife Sciences. Jocelyn traveled to South East Asia after college and began to lay the foundation for her career of combining her passions of wildlife conservation and filmmaking from producing a documentary to conserve sun bears in Borneo to environmental journalism pieces for the conservation news web portal Mongabay. She is currently filming and producing a PBS NATURE series In Her Nature focused on female wildlife conservationists around the world, beginning with Nepal, Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Madagascar, which will air in March 2025. Jocelyn is married to wildlife photographer, Peter Mangolds, and the couple live in Jackson Hole, WY.

    Jocelyn’s website: https://www.jocelynstokes.com/
    Her Wild Life https://www.herwildlife.com/
    Instagram: @wiledandstoked
    https://www.instagram.com/wildandstoked/

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    Email: hollowellstudios@gmail.com


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • S2E40: Sydney Swisher, Multi-media Artist

    S2E40: Sydney Swisher, Multi-media Artist
    Oct 1 2024
    This week’s guest is the American multi-media artist Sydney Swisher whose work on fabric creates a unique dimension to weaving photography and digital art with textiles. Her tapestries explore memory, materiality, and machine intelligence as she references family photos to generate locations based on descriptions of childhood memories. Sydney was born in Olney, Illinois in 1994 the oldest of three children; she has a sister Maci and brother Sutton. She comes from a family of educators; her mother Melissa was a kindergarten teacher and father Martin, a high school science teacher. But it was a BA Mass Communications studying TV and Radio with a Minor in Art that Sydney chose at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from where she graduated in 2016. Her internships included graphic design while photographing weddings would help her develop her skills as a photographer. Sydney returned to Illinois to focus on her art career and her first solo exhibition, Fabricate, was shown in Peoria, Illinois in March 2024. She is currently preparing for a new show in Chicago this month. Sydney and her husband Nash live in Newton, Illinois with their two whippets.

    Sydney’s website: https://www.sydneyswisher.com/
    Instagram: @sydswisher https://www.instagram.com/sydswisher/

    Sydney’s favorite women artists:
    Jenna Gribbon
    Megan Lewis
    Holly Andres
    Sasha Gordon
    Njideka Akunyili Crosby

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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    57 mins