Gabrielle Motola is a photographer and storyteller, I first met Gabrielle in 2006 when she was taking street portraits in East London's Broadway market for her project, London E8 4PH.
Gabrielle is a London based photographer, writer and podcaster. She frequently integrates solo motorcycle travel into her work, focusing on long-term projects, often evolving into immersive journeys that take her around the globe. She studied psychology, film and photography at the University of Miami and the Spéos Institute in Paris, and has also worked as a professional photographic printer, an editor and colourist in cinema.
Gabrielle spent the better part of five years living in Iceland, where she produced her first book, An Equal Difference, published in 2016. A collection of essays, portraits and landscapes exploring the Icelandic mindset, An Equal Difference is inspired by our modern search for gender equality and shared humanity. It takes inspiration from, and analyses Icelandic society, but seeks to understand how we all could build equal and benevolent societies. It was during the making of this book that she began writing professionally.
Show-notes for this podcast are at: https://www.fouroclockpodcast.com/