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June 25, 2024 00:00:43
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Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape
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Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape is a podcast that spotlights different facets of the relationship between photography and the environment.

Hosted by tennis champion, entrepreneur, and arts advocate Venus Williams, Widening the Lens features artists, writers, poets, philosophers, and environmentalists in dialogue alongside archival audio, historical anecdotes, sonic experiences, and curatorial interviews.

Visit us at carnegieart.org/podcast to listen and to experience exclusive Widening the Lens content, or tune in where ever you listen to your podcasts.

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1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:03,044 Hi, I’m Venus Williams, the host of Widening the Lens, 2 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:05,547 a new podcast from Carnegie Museum of Art. 3 00:00:07,757 --> 00:00:09,843 Artists today are reframing the way 4 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:12,053 we see the world around us, 5 00:00:12,053 --> 00:00:13,680 quite literally. 6 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,683 They’re posing new questions 7 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,309 and they’re drawing on their talents 8 00:00:18,309 --> 00:00:20,145 to help us chart the past, 9 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:20,812 present, 10 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,230 and potential futures 11 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:24,190 of the complex relationship 12 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:25,567 between photography, 13 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:26,609 ecology, 14 00:00:26,609 --> 00:00:28,153 and land. 15 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:29,988 We explore all this and more in 16 00:00:35,285 --> 00:00:37,328 hosted by me, Venus Williams. 17 00:00:37,328 --> 00:00:40,331 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

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