https://simplecast.com In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson is an audio archive about spaces, memory, culture, and the people shaping them. Through solo episodes, intimate conversations, and essays read aloud and expanded upon, writer and visual documentarian Tatiana Donaldson explores architecture, design, travel, motherhood, creativity, and the art of paying attention. Each episode takes the listener somewhere specific—the way a great photograph does, the way a great essay does. Documenting the world one frame at a time. 2026 Tatiana Donaldson en Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:00:11 +0000 https://in-the-frame-by-tatiana-donaldson.simplecast.com In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6050ba87-4472-41f9-8653-7456d93c540f/45da5224-b0fd-4606-90b9-e5b3e3827de9/3000x3000/in_the_frame_podcast_cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://in-the-frame-by-tatiana-donaldson.simplecast.com episodic In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson is an audio archive about spaces, memory, culture, and the people shaping them. Through solo episodes, intimate conversations, and essays read aloud and expanded upon, writer and visual documentarian Tatiana Donaldson explores architecture, design, travel, motherhood, creativity, and the art of paying attention. Each episode takes the listener somewhere specific—the way a great photograph does, the way a great essay does. Documenting the world one frame at a time. Tatiana Donaldson false https://feeds.simplecast.com/yQJ00OQO black women,design,documentary,essay,film photography,intentional living,las vegas,motherhood,travel Tatiana Donaldson hello@tatianadonaldson.com 0f9b5461-f1e4-4f77-9ffd-09fb4ec8ddda Recognition Recognition isn't about finally being seen—it's about finally seeing yourself.

In this episode of In the Frame, I reflect on the quiet realization that the life I've been building isn't somewhere in the distance. It has been taking shape through small, consistent acts of attention, trust, and authorship. From motherhood and creativity to travel and everyday moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, this conversation is an invitation to recognize the evidence of your own becoming.

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you.

Read my essays and explore my documentary work:
https://www.tatianadonaldson.com

Follow along on Instagram:
@tatidon

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Fri, 3 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000 hello@tatianadonaldson.com (Tatiana Donaldson) https://in-the-frame-by-tatiana-donaldson.simplecast.com/episodes/recognition-10c0biCP Recognition isn't about finally being seen—it's about finally seeing yourself.

In this episode of In the Frame, I reflect on the quiet realization that the life I've been building isn't somewhere in the distance. It has been taking shape through small, consistent acts of attention, trust, and authorship. From motherhood and creativity to travel and everyday moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, this conversation is an invitation to recognize the evidence of your own becoming.

If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you.

Read my essays and explore my documentary work:
https://www.tatianadonaldson.com

Follow along on Instagram:
@tatidon

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Recognition Tatiana Donaldson 00:12:20 Recognition isn't about finally being seen. It's about finally seeing yourself. In this episode, Tatiana reflects on the experiences, choices, and quiet moments that revealed a deeper truth: authorship begins the moment we stop waiting for permission and choose our lives as our own. Through motherhood, creativity, travel, and the practice of paying attention, Recognition explores the evidence that transformation has been unfolding all along. Recognition isn't about finally being seen. It's about finally seeing yourself. In this episode, Tatiana reflects on the experiences, choices, and quiet moments that revealed a deeper truth: authorship begins the moment we stop waiting for permission and choose our lives as our own. Through motherhood, creativity, travel, and the practice of paying attention, Recognition explores the evidence that transformation has been unfolding all along. creativity, becoming, motherhood, discipline, presence, recognition, writer, storytelling, personal growth, creative practice, permission, visual documentarian, self reflection, paying attention, documentary false full 3 fc7aab6d-b51a-41a0-b79b-74821ca19b54 Becoming In Episode 2 of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson explores the moments that quietly shaped her long before she ever called herself a writer, documentarian, or storyteller.

From a middle-school writing contest inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to years of journaling, makeup artistry in New York City, teaching abroad in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of In the Frame, this episode follows the thread connecting every chapter.

Because sometimes becoming isn't about transforming into someone new.

Sometimes it's about recognizing the person who has been there all along.

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:00:09 +0000 hello@tatianadonaldson.com (Tatiana Donaldson) https://in-the-frame-by-tatiana-donaldson.simplecast.com/episodes/becoming-vr9u9QZ6 In Episode 2 of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson explores the moments that quietly shaped her long before she ever called herself a writer, documentarian, or storyteller.

From a middle-school writing contest inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to years of journaling, makeup artistry in New York City, teaching abroad in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of In the Frame, this episode follows the thread connecting every chapter.

Because sometimes becoming isn't about transforming into someone new.

Sometimes it's about recognizing the person who has been there all along.

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Becoming Tatiana Donaldson 00:10:56 For years, I believed I was becoming a writer. But when I began looking closely, I realized the evidence had been there all along. In this episode of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson traces the thread running through childhood journals, a sixth-grade writing contest, New York fashion editorials, teaching in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of the archive she is building today. A reflection on identity, memory, and what happens when you stop asking who you're becoming and start recognizing who you've always been. For years, I believed I was becoming a writer. But when I began looking closely, I realized the evidence had been there all along. In this episode of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson traces the thread running through childhood journals, a sixth-grade writing contest, New York fashion editorials, teaching in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of the archive she is building today. A reflection on identity, memory, and what happens when you stop asking who you're becoming and start recognizing who you've always been. authorship, creativity, becoming, motherhood, memoir, storytelling, personal growth, intentional living, creative identity, self discovery, journals, personal narrative, writing, documentary false full 2 611df116-85df-4ed2-9cd7-f30f325d53c2 Arrival In the first episode of In The Frame, Tatiana Donaldson talks about this exact moment — a new site, a new era, Monument House by Homestead Modern coming up, and the Sister Dreamer essay that brought her to Lauren Halsey's door in South Central Los Angeles on May 23rd. On preparation, alignment, the frequency of 23, and what it means to make your voice audible. Solo episode. No guests. Just the mic.

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 19:00:03 +0000 hello@tatianadonaldson.com (Tatiana Donaldson) https://in-the-frame-by-tatiana-donaldson.simplecast.com/episodes/arrival-n3bdNVh8 In the first episode of In The Frame, Tatiana Donaldson talks about this exact moment — a new site, a new era, Monument House by Homestead Modern coming up, and the Sister Dreamer essay that brought her to Lauren Halsey's door in South Central Los Angeles on May 23rd. On preparation, alignment, the frequency of 23, and what it means to make your voice audible. Solo episode. No guests. Just the mic.

In the Frame by Tatiana Donaldson
Documenting the world one frame at a time.

]]> Arrival Tatiana Donaldson 00:19:35 The first episode of In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson. A new site. A new era. Monument House coming next month. The Sister Dreamer essay. What it means to build something real — and be audible about it for the first time. The first episode of In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson. A new site. A new era. Monument House coming next month. The Sister Dreamer essay. What it means to build something real — and be audible about it for the first time. black women, motherhood, las vegas, travel, intentional living, film photography, 35mm film, sister dreamer, essay, architecture, lauren halsey, documentary false full 1