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Red Lens 20: Ashley Taylor-Gougé
Episode 20
Monday, 20 October, 2025

Support Red Lens!Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/redlens Red Lens Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sigalphotos__________I started this podcast in 2022. It took me a while, but I’m excited to get to the 20th episode! On episode 20 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Minnesota activist and amazing movement photographer Ashley Taylor-Gougé. We talked about Ashley’s work as a movement photographer, when she got into photography, where the name ‘Watch Me Rise’ came from, and much more!The intro/outro song in this episode is ‘Zapatista garage punk instrumental’ by Joshua Hudes. You can find it at https://pixabay.com/music/rock-zapatista-garage-punk-instrumental-instrumental-201262/ __________Follow Ashley Taylor-Gougé:Watch Me Rise on Instagram: @watchmerisempls Watch Me Rise website: watchmerisempls.com ___________Some things referenced in the episode: Have Heart - Watch Me Rise video (live at last show, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkyjcg5klkE Heather Vaught is the photographer who took the photo of everyone on stage at the end of the Have Heart show while they played ‘Watch Me Rise’, which Ashley refers to in the episode. Follow Heather here: https://www.instagram.com/heatherxedge/ Alexa Wilkinson is a movement photojournalist that Ashley cited as an inspiration. Follow Alexa here: https://www.instagram.com/framed.unrest/ In the interview we referred back to the conversation with Brooke Anderson in Red Lens Episode 17 - check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzKrcw1rF4 ___________Find Red Lens on these platforms:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sigalphotos YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@redlenspodcast/videos Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3c4t1K4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pljJukathDC1VdlzUq4Go Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=717127 Spotify for Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/redlens