A Photographic Life-400: 'Special Anniversary Episode'

In this special 400th episode UNP founder and curator Grant Scott looks back over the podcast's evolution from idea to reality, from shed to garage and from one man talking into a microphone to live events. Engaging in trans-Atlantic conversations and building an incredible archive of photographers thoughts on photography. Contributors to the mega mix in order of appearance: Tom Stoddart Daniel Meadows Alys Tomlinson Ilona Langbroek Ashleigh Coleman David Rothenberg The Guzman Harry Borden Fabio Ponzio Jason Langer Kenneth Jarecke Katherine MacDaid Jill Hannes Mark Klett Greg Marinovich Paul Lowe Anna Boyiazis Andrew Jackson Jeremy Nicholl Simon Roberts Yukari Chikura Polly Alderton Seamus Murphy Sirrka Konttinen Yael Martinez Venetia Dearden Derek Ridgers Dan Burn Forti David Eustace Julia Fullerton Batten JM Golding Stephen Dupont Tim Davis Robert Trachtenberg Ruth Lauer Manetti Richard Ansett Reuben Wu Pixy Liao Paul Russell Mona Kuhn Melissa Breyer Buku Sarker Chris Floyd Alys Tomlinson Aaron Turner AD Coleman Brian Griffin Claire Thomas Cathal McNaughton Craig Easton Dafydd Jones Danna Singer Ed Kashi Jim Mortram Daniel Meadows David Eustace Art Streiber Tom Oldham Clare Strand Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongside his photographic career Scott has art directed numerous advertising campaigns, worked as a creative director at Sotheby’s, art directed foto8 magazine, founded his own photographic gallery, edited Professional Photographer magazine and launched his own title for photographers and filmmakers Hungry Eye. He founded the United Nations of Photography in 2012, and is now a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, and a BBC Radio contributor. Scott is the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019), What Does Photography Mean To You? (Bluecoat Press 2020) and Inside Vogue House: One building, seven magazines, sixty years of stories, (Orphans Publishing 2024). His photography has been published in At Home With The Makers of Style (Thames & Hudson 2006) and Crash Happy: A Night at The Bangers (Cafe Royal Books 2012). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was premiered in 2018. © Grant Scott 2026