A long time Propel Friend, Ria Maglinao is a Walyalup based creative and photographer who you’ve probably seen floating around at our events and programs. Ria started out as a Mosaic Intern back in 2019, and her career has since flourished. She most recently facilitated Beauty in the Mundane, a Mosaic photography workshop and has curated a line-up of local photographers for Youth Arts Mingle Night + Photography Exhibition. We chatted to Ria about what the event will look like, life as a freelancer and what the Youth Week WA 2021 theme ‘Our Path’ means to her.

Tasha Faye is no stranger to Propel. The young freelance photographer has been friends with us over a number of years and we’ve had the privilege of seeing her career grow. We chatted to Tasha about her how she got into freelance photography as a career, being a woman freelancer, and the complexities of pay and portraiture copyright. She also offers her advice to any young creative wanting to make photography into a career.

Albertina Thabisani Ncube is a Zimbabwe-born, WA based creative that specialises in photography and videography. As a woman of colour, Albertina’s work focuses and uplifts people of melanin that was influenced by the lack of representation in Australia. In the lead up to her project ABANTU Exhibition presented by Drug Aware on Saturday 1 August, we chatted to Albertina about Black representation and the recent Black Lives Matter movement, the platform she’s creating towards cross-cultural exchange in ABANTU, suffering from an identity crisis and the importance of support and opportunity for young creatives of colour.

Part 2 of Marcus and David’s interview continues from Part 1 focusing on their joint project ECHO: Stories from East Africa. In Part 2, Marcus and David chats to Yoshika about what drives them to volunteer for small NGOs, the growing scrutiny of charities and the relationship between volunteering and art.

Marcus Wong and David Chidgzey collaborated on ECHO: Stories of East Africa, an exhibition that encompasses the trials and triumphs of East African communities through visual media, live music, speeches and stories. Part 1 covers the conception of the project, their volunteer experience and the question of whether who’s happier – someone who faces loneliness or a community who faces problems relating to basic needs.

Amaarah Samnakay of Atria Photography is an emerging photographer and first time participant for Mosaic Capture Day. She talks to Yoshika about the WA community, cultural identity and how these two intertwine.