J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Odette England

This book, like England, is generous, respectful and exploratory. The Winter Garden Photograph, which is foundational to the text, is described as a childhood image of Barthes’ recently deceased mother, Henrietta. England posed this query to a handful of colleagues, what to you is a reimagining, an homage or a reflection of this elusive photography? In this book group, Odette discusses, among other things:The Winter Garden Photograph Englands’ process using: materiality, gesture and happenstancea seeding question, and over 200 sprouting responsesthe collection of essays contributed by a multitude of English contemporary photo curators and historiansReferenced in this episode A Photograph Never Stands Alone by Teju ColeHold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally MannMemories, Dreams and Reflections by Carl JungOdette England Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

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