The Photo Banter

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Justin Sisson. Justin has worked with clients such as Patron, Hendricks Gin, Esquire, and Maxim to name a few. In this interview I speak to Justin about his experience working in the fashion industry prior to getting into photography as well as his experience writing about wine. I also speak to Justin about moving to NYC to pursue photography as well as his approach to photographing Still life work. Justin is someone who is constantly working on personal projects and brings a really positive attitude to everything he does so I was pumped to get a chance to speak with him about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.justinsisson.com @justin_sisson

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Sam Jones. Sam has worked with clients such as Vanity Fair, Men’s Journal, Fortune, and Rolling Stone to name a few. In this interview I speak with Sam about growing up skateboarding in California and what led him to pursue a career in photography. I also speak to Sam about his popular Netflix show titled “Off Camera” where he sits down with the likes of Robert Downey Jr. , Jeff Bridges, Cindy Crawford, and Tony Hawk to discuss their respective journeys. I also speak to Sam about photographing Bob Dylan for the cover of Rolling Stone of Rolling Stone and his approach to portraiture. Sam has accomplished a lot within photography so I was interested to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.samjonespictures.com @samjonespictures

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Nolwen Cifuentes. Nolwen has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, TIME magazine,Wired, and Airbnb to name a few. In this interview I speak to Nolwen about a recent assignment for Rolling Stone and how she approaches editorial portrait shoots. I also speak to Nolwen about her experience photographing weddings and how she went on to pursuing a career working with magazines and commercial clients. In this interview I also speak to Nolwen about her recent cover shoot for Entertainment Weekly with actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Nolwen was honored as one of The 30 New & Emerging photographers to watch in 2020 so I was happy to get a chance to speak with Nolwen about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.nolwencifuentes.com @nolwencif @dontbe.astarvingartist

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Yana Yatsuk. Yana has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Flaunt , Billboard, Google, and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to Yana about how she discovered photography through her interest in Pokemon as a kid as well as photographing her friends bands and live shows early on. I also speak to Yana about her experience photographing both Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl for the cover of Rolling Stone and how she approaches editorial portraiture. I’ve been following Yana’s work for awhile now and really enjoy her approach to portraiture so I was excited to get a chance to speak with her about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.yanayatsuk.com @yanayatsuk

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Mark Peterson. Mark has worked with clients such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Magazine, and The New Yorker to name a few. Mark is well known for his work covering politics for which he published a book titled “Political Theatre”. In this interview I speak to Mark about his experience photographing the January 6th insurrection from inside the Capital and how he approached photographing such a chaotic event. I also speak to Mark about his approach to utilizing flash and how he approaches photographing politics. Mark is someone who’s work I have great respect for so I was really pumped to hear about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! Go to picdrop.com to enter promo code "photobanter" and you'll get 3 months free of Picdrop www.markpetersonpixs.com @markpetersonpixs

For my 200th episode I welcome a photographer that I’ve been looking forward to speaking with for years by the name of Arto Saari. Arto is originally from Seinajoki,Finland and currently resides in Hawaii. Arto has worked with clients such as Vogue, Men’s Health,New Balance, Nixon watches, Volcom, and Juice Magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Arto about how he first discovered photography while touring the world as a professional skateboarder and I also speak to Arto about some of his recent work photographing surfing on the North Shore of Hawaii. Beyond being an accomplished and talented photographer Arto spent nearly 2 decades as one of the worlds top professional skateboarders having been awarded Thrasher Magazines 2001 Skater of the year. I grew up watching Arto’s skating in legendary videos such as Menekmati and Flip’s Sorry video. I was really pumped to have Arto on for my 200th episode to hear about his journey with photography and also everything he’s been working on lately so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.artosaari.com @artosaari

On today’s podcast I speak with David Deal who is an intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright infringement matters on behalf of photographers and businesses throughout the US and Europe. Prior to becoming a lawyer David spent nearly 20 years working as a freelance photographer working with top publications and newspapers so he has a deep understanding of copyright issues that professional photographers deal with running a business. In this interview I speak to David about what lead him to a career in law and ways photographers can best protect their work from copyright infringement. I also speak to David about his work on the case of the late photographer Vivian Maier that he’s been working on for years. Copyright infringement is something that most photographers will deal with at some point in their careers so I was happy to get a chance to speak with a legal expert about ways to protect our work so I hope you enjoy this conversation and thanks for listening. www.daviddeal.com

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Peter Prato. Peter has worked with clients such as the New York Times,WIRED,Outside Magazine,and Airbnb to name a few. In this interview I speak to Peter about studying creative writing in college and what eventually lead him to pursue a career in photography. I also speak to Peter about one of his personal projects titled “Game of Chance” which he been working on since 2003 photographing playing cards he has found on the streets in his hopes to put together a full deck someday. Beyond shooting editorial and commercial work Peter has also collaborated with award winning film production company A24. Peter is someone who brings a lot of passion to whatever project he’s working on so I has happy to get a chance to speak with him about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.peterprato.com @peterprato

On today’s podcast I speak with Joe Rodriguez who is a current photo editor at Rolling Stone magazine. Joe has previously worked with publications such as ESPN, People Magazine, Men’s Health, and Entertainment Weekly to name a few. In this interview I speak to Joe about growing up in Brooklyn,NY, how he first discovered photography and what lead him to study photography at SVA in NYC. I also speak to Joe about his experience interning for ESPN which later lead to a full time job as a photo editor within ESPN. Joe also speaks to us about a recent cover shoot he produced for Rolling Stone with photographer Carlos Serrao. Joe is someone who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photo business so I was pumped to get a chance to speak with him about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! @photoeditorjoe

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Rachel Bujalski. Rachel has worked with clients such as National Geographic, The New York Times, ESPN, and WIRED to name a few. In this interview I speak to Rachel about her experience living on a sailboat for 3 years and photographing a project about people living off the grid in alternative housing which was published by National geographic. I also speak to Rachel about her approach to writing and specifically an article she wrote and photographed for the NY Times on the unhoused crisis in California with over 150,000 people living in shelters or outdoors on the streets. In 2020 Rachel won an Emmy for her documentary work with ESPN and was also named one of The 30 : New and Emerging photographers to watch out for. Rachel is someone who’s work I have great admiration for with her ability to tell very intimate and important stories on very serious issues. I hope you enjoy this interview and thanks for listening! www.rachelbujalski.com @rachelbujalski