Bell Collective
Bell Collective
Alina Rudya
Women, who photograph, think, and create out of the box. In the series of inspiring interviews with talented women from the field of visual arts, host Alina Rudya discusses gender stereotypes, traveling, photography, and female empowerment. Bell Collective is an open community for professional photographers and explorers, who are willing to change the stereotypes, surrounding female travel, and creative choices.
#009 On animal photography, cultural differences & TikTok
In this episode of the Bell Collective podcast host Alina Rudya talks to Julia Kivelä – a Russian photographer, who moved to Finland and fell in love with nordic nature. They discuss animal photography, cultural specifics of the Finnish society, and why TikTok is not as bad as it seems. Follow Bell Collective on Instagram: @bellcollective Follow Julia on Instagram: @julia_kivela Follow Julia on TikTok: @juliakivela
Dec 20, 2020
39 min
#008 On drones, aerial photography & ADHD
In this episode host Alina Rudya talks to photographer and drone pilot from New Zealand Petra Leary. They discuss aerial photography, women who drone as well as talk about ADHD and how it affects professional life of a creative person.
Nov 15, 2020
51 min
#007 On self-confidence, money negotiation & female artists
In this episode host Alina Rudya and German fashion photographer Christine Lipski discuss importance of business networking, dig into the topic of money negotiation as well as talk about female artists and the changing face of German fashion industry.
Sep 10, 2020
51 min
#006 On war photography, toxic masculinity & female photojournalists
In this episode host Alina Rudya talks to Ukrainian photojournalist and a documentary photographer Anastasia Vlasova. They discuss war and conflict photography, toxic masculine culture at a workplace and the importance of female voices in contemporary photojournalism.
Jul 14, 2020
57 min
#005 On Iceland without tourists, equal rights & professional burnout
In this episode from the end of May, host Alina Rudya talks to Icelandic travel photographer Ása Steinars about Iceland without tourists, the dangers of a professional burnout and how a little country in the middle of the ocean managed to become the most gender equal place in the world.
Jun 25, 2020
39 min
#004 On female solo-travel in India, photographing strangers & difficult life choices
In today's episode host Alina Rudya talks to English photographer Annapurna Mellor. They discuss solo female travel in India and the ethical issues of photographing strangers. Anna will share her experience about approaching magazine editors and finding clients as well as touch the topic of how having children might affect a female photographer’s professional life.
Jun 10, 2020
51 min
#003 On architecture photography, instagram influencers & "positive" stereotypes
Host Alina Rudya talks to an Istanbul-born and currently Berlin-based photographer Helin Bereket. Together we discuss architecture photography, responsibilities of instagram influencers and bad, worse and the worst things about social media. Enjoy and don’t forget to subscribe!
May 28, 2020
45 min
#002 On self-defence, Kung Fu nuns & fearless 106-year old grannies
In the 2d episode of the Bell Collective podcast host Alina Rudya talks to Berlin-based photojournalist and black-belt martial artist Nadja Wohlleben. They discuss topics of domestic violence, importance of learning self-defense for women as well as dig deeper into Nadja's photojournalism work – world of Shaolin Kung Fu nuns, sword-fighting Indian grannies and 106-year olds women defeating rapists in the suburbs of Nairobi. Sensitive topics regarding domestic violence and women abuse might be upsetting for some people, so listeners discretion is advised.
May 12, 2020
46 min
#001 On travel blogging and gender stereotypes
In the 1st episode of the Bell Collective podcast, host Alina Rudya talks about gender stereotypes, travel photography and changing your professional focus during the Corona pandemic with Austrian photographer and travel blogger Marion Vicenta Payr.
Apr 28, 2020
35 min