The Decisive Moment podcast

Greatest Photographers of all Time

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT

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’

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Ghislain Pascal

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:30:00 GMT

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.

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Looking Back and Stepping Forward.

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Charles Moriarty and Carrie Kania talk with curator (among many other things) Brandei Estes about photography in 2025 and what lies ahead in 2026. We also pay tribute to the late, great Martin Parr; not only a great photographer but one of the most generous and encouraging people in the world of photography. He will be very missed.

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Books, Brock and Vermont

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:13:41 GMT

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.

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Lee Miller's Archive

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:35:54 GMT

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.

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In Focus, Marianne Faithfull

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:38:10 GMT

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 Faithful

https://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/home/

Competitions

https://naturephotographeroftheyear.com/

Exhibitions

https://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

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Peter's Power & Photography

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:40:41 GMT

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 #thepowerofphotography

Links related to the epsiode

Competitions

https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards

Exhibitions

https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2025/diane-arbus-sanctum-sanctorum

Talks

https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/event-root/december/gupta-pascal-portraits-protest-pride

Instagram accounts

@sistersofthelens

@dtnyarchive

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Cristina and the Whales

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:10:42 GMT

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.

Cristina

https://www.cristinamittermeier.com/

Competitions

https://www.thebillboardcreative.org/

https://amateurphotographer.com/apoy/

Exhibitions

https://pirellihangarbicocca.org/en/exhibition/nan-goldin/

https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/blitz-the-club-that-shaped-the-80s

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Clifton goes for Gauche

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:33:49 GMT

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 Gauche

https://www.cliftonmooney.com/store-1

Competitions

https://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/awards-and-grant/henri-cartier-bresson-self-published-photography-book-award/

https://independent-photo.com/

Exhibitions

https://www.mep-fr.org/en/whats-on/exhibitions/

https://www.whaamwhaam.com/exhibitions/current

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Cig Harvey wants you to remember this forever.

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:10:02 GMT

In this week’s episode of The Decisive Moment, Charles Moriarty and Carrie Kania dial-in award-winning photographer Cig Harvey to discuss her career, process, nature and her latest exhibition, “I Want You To Remember This Forever,” which is now open at the Alon Zakaim Fine Art Gallery in London until 21 November, 2025. #CigHarvey #PhotographyExhibition #FineArtPhotography #AlonZakain #TheLittleBlackGallery

Exhibitions -

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/lee-miller

https://stockholm.fotografiska.com/sv/exhibitions/15-fotografiska-ar

Competitions -

https://www.1854.photography/awards/female-in-focus/

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/photography

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Robin Muir talks Cecil Beaton

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:08:30 GMT

Welcome to The Decisive Moment podcast, in this weeks episode Carrie Kania and Charles Moriarty sit down at the National Portrait Gallery to talk with Curator, writer and editor Robin Muir about the new Cecil Beaton exhibition, 'Beaton's Fashionable World', which is now open and runs until January 11th, 2026. #robinmuir #npg #nationalportraitgallery #cecilbeaton #fashion #vogue

Links related to the epsiode

Competitions

https://rps.org/exhibitions/ipe-167/

https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/black-and-white-photography-awards/2025

Exhibitions

https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2025/cecil-beaton/

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/man-ray-when-objects-dream

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