The Only One in the Room: Race, Respect, and Turning Bias into Fuel in Photography

Podcast: The Nerdy Photographer Podcast · Nerdy Photographer

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

In this episode, Casey Fatchett talks with nature and landscape photographer Vicky Thompson about her journey from a teenage film photographer to a respected voice in her photography community — and about the recurring experience of being underestimated, doubted, or outright told she was in the wrong place because of what she looks like. In this episode: Vicky's start in photography at 13, using babysitting money to buy her first film camera How Gordon Parks' civil-rights-era photography shaped her eye and her values The role Instagram played in leveling up her technical skills Being mistaken for a guest — or t...