The Decisive Moment podcast

In this episode of The Decisive Moment Carrie and Charles sit down with Peter Dench, former features editor at Amateur Photographer and co-curator of Photo North to discuss (and argue!) the recent article in AP titled 'The Greatest Photographers in the World Ever’

We're back! Charles Moriarty and Carrie Kania kick off season two of The Decisive Moment in conversation with curator extraordinaire Ghislain Pascal, co-founder of The Little Black Gallery and the collective BOYS BOYS BOYS. 

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Charles Moriarty and Carrie Kania get into a conversation about books. Carrie flips the script and interviews Charles about his most recent publication 'Brock' and then they both interview photojournalist JuanCarlos Gonzalez about his first book 'Vermont Female Farmers' and the challenges and rewards that come with self-publishing.

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Charles Moriarty and Carrie Kania talk all-things-Lee Miller with Ami Bouhassane, co-director of the Lee Miller Archive and her granddaughter! Tate Britain recently opened Lee Miller’s largest retrospective to date, showcasing decades of her work from model and muse to artist and journalist. Listen in to a fascinating conversation about discovery, publishing and what it’s like to work with such a legendary archive. 

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Carrie Kania and Charles Moriarty celebrate Marianne Faithfull with an insightful conversation with one of Marianne’s favourite photographers, Gered Mankowitz and Grammy nominated complier, producer, art director and key Marianne archivist and knower of all things photography,Andrew Batt. Marianne Faithfulhttps://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/home/Competitionshttps://naturephotographeroftheyear.com/Exhibitionshttps://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2025/taylor-wessing-photo-portrait-prize/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/women-photographers-1900-1975/Insta Accounts@kingsqueensofcool

Welcome to The Decisive Moment podcast, in this weeks episode Carrie Kania and Charles Moriarty sit down to talk with curator, writer, collector and all round photography advocate Peter Fetterman about the power of photography and his own journey with the medium over the last forty years. We also talk about the most recent show Nouvelle vague opening at The Peter Fetterman gallery in Santa Monica, and running until January 3rd. #peterfetterman #thepowerofphotographyLinks related to the epsiodeCompetitionshttps://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awardsExhibitionshttps://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2025/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorumTalkshttps://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/event-root/december/gupta-pascal-portraits-protest-prideInstagram accounts@sistersofthelens@dtnyarchive

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Carrie Kania and Charles Moriarty talk with photographer and conservationist Cristina (Mitty) Mittermeier about beginnings, belonging and the intrinsic connectedness of all things. Cristinahttps://www.cristinamittermeier.com/Competitionshttps://www.thebillboardcreative.org/https://amateurphotographer.com/apoy/Exhibitionshttps://pirellihangarbicocca.org/en/exhibition/nan-goldin/https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/blitz-the-club-that-shaped-the-80s

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Carrie Kania and Charles Moriarty reminisce about Paris as the annual photography fair approaches and sit down to talk with photographer Clifton Mooney about polaroids and his new book Gauche, available now at the link below.Buy Gauchehttps://www.cliftonmooney.com/store-1Competitionshttps://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/awards-and-grant/henri-cartier-bresson-self-published-photography-book-award/https://independent-photo.com/Exhibitionshttps://www.mep-fr.org/en/whats-on/exhibitions/https://www.whaamwhaam.com/exhibitions/current