Episode 44: Hansel Mieth: Working Class Photographer (w/ Heartless Twyla)

<p>Full show notes here: <a href='https://allthroughalens.com/'> allthroughalens.com</a></p> <p>T-shirt Bundle pre-sale: <a href='https://www.etsy.com/listing/1031892211/all-through-a-lens-t-shirt-and-stuff-pre'>https://www.etsy.com/listing/1031892211/all-through-a-lens-t-shirt-and-stuff-pre</a></p> <p> </p> <p>On this episode, we’re talking to Heartless Twyla (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/heartlesstwyla/'>@heartlesstwyla on IG</a>) about her new <a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heartlesstwyla/technicolor-nightmare-a-manic-pixie-film-photography-memoir'>book</a> that revisits a traumatic past; we’ll tell you all about Hansel Mieth, a photographer of the working poor who was actually working poor herself. There’s the answering machine, zine reviews, and something called The Holga Games!</p> HEARTLESS TWYLA <p></p> <p> </p> <p>We first heard about Heartless Twyla from the #womenwithfilmwednesday on Istaghram. She’s completing a book project that must have been an extremely difficult journey. And we give her a call to talk about it. </p> <p>Here is a link to her Kickstarter: <a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heartlesstwyla/technicolor-nightmare-a-manic-pixie-film-photography-memoir'>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heartlesstwyla/technicolor-nightmare-a-manic-pixie-film-photography-memoir</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/heartlesstwyla/'>@heartlesstwyla on IG</a></p> <p>Here is a smattering of her photos:</p> <p> </p> HANSEL MIETH <p>LIFE photographer Hansel Mieth at work.</p> <p>Hansel Mieth was a Life Magazine photographer in the 1930s and 40s. Her camera focused mainly upon the working poor and always had a cynical, leftist bent to it. But to write her off as just another staff photographer would be missing the point of not only her work, but her life. </p> <p>Here are a few of Hansel’s photographs:</p> <p> </p> ZINE REVIEW <p></p> <p>Vania reviewed:</p> <p>Sacrosanct by <a href='https://www.nicktaurojr.com/'>Nic