ENTRY #023: Jared Thomas Tapy

The Artidex is an artist centered multimedia archive and creative network documenting contemporary artists through signed Polaroid portraiture, photography, short form media, and conversation. Each participating artist becomes a numbered ENTRY within a growing physical archive that preserves not only their work, but the person, story, and moment behind it.

The Artidex Podcast extends that archive through long form conversations, giving artists space to share their lives, creative journeys, and perspectives in their own voices. Through The Artidex Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, this work expands beyond documentation into direct artist support through grants, sponsorships, creative opportunities, and community investment.

For ENTRY #023, The Artidex Founder and Podcast Host Gina Frey sits down with New York City based social documentary photographer and educator Jared Thomas Tapy. Working at the intersection of photography, observation, and human connection, Jared approaches the camera as more than a tool for documentation, but as a means of understanding the people and world around him. Recorded in Jared's living room in Brooklyn, this conversation explores his relationship with photography, the ways our individual perspectives shape the images we create, and what the act of photographing someone might reveal about the person behind the camera.

In a particularly interesting exchange, Jared examines photographs and outtakes from previous Artidex sessions, offering his own interpretations of what they reveal about the artists and the people photographing them. His analysis raises an intriguing question: how much of ourselves do we unintentionally reveal through the photographs we take?

The conversation also ventures into the unexplained, including Jared's experiences growing up in a haunted house and the complicated relationship between personal experience, perception, and belief.

Equal parts creative exploration, personal reflection, and unexpected detour into the supernatural, this episode offers an intimate introduction to Jared and his perspective on the human experience.

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Hosted by: Gina Frey

Production: Kait Fischer

Audio/Production: Noah

Post-Production/Editing: Nickolas Kreuger

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