The Photo Banter

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer and director Kwaku Alston. Kwaku has worked with clients such as ESPN, Time Magazine,Amazon, Universal Studios, and The New York times to name a few. In this interview I speak to Kwaku about how he got his start , managing large scale commmercial shoots , and his experience photographing people such as Barack & Michelle Obama and Oprah to name a few. Kwaku is a fellow RIT graduate and I’ve been following his work since I was a student at RIT so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.kwakualston.com Instagram - @kwakualston

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Andre D. Wagner. Andre has worked with clients such as the NY Times, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, and Vogue to name a few. Much of Andre’s work is focused on documenting his neighborhood and community that he lives in. In this interview I speak to Andre about his approach to street photography, what he enjoys about film photography, and also his experience photographing the key art and movie poster for the recent film Queen & Silm. Andre is someone who’s work I really respect for his raw and pure approach to photography so I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening! www.andredwagner.com Instagram - @photodre

On today's podcast I speak to photographer Mark Ostow who has worked with clients such as Politico, Bloomberg,and New York Magazine to name a few. www.ostow.com Instagram - @markostow

On today's podcast I speak with photographer Shawn Hubbard who has worked with clients such as Under Armor, Red Bull, The NFL, and the New York Times to name a few. www.shawnhubbardphoto.com Instagram - @shawn_hubbard

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Amy Lombard. Amy has worked with clients such as Wired, Vanity Fair, Time, Samsung,and Facebook to name a few. In this interview I speak to Amy about here experience spending a day in a Zoo with Newt Gingrich, how she deals with tough personalities, her creative approach, and much more. Amy is a photographer who’s work I really respect so I was excited to get a chance to speak with her. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.amylombard.com Instagram - @amylombard

On today’s episode I speak with Visual engineer , Director, and photographer Steve Giralt. Steve has worked with clients such as Pepsi, Jack Daniels, Timberland, and Hershey’s to name a few. In this interview I speak to Steve about how he got into photography, his experience working with legendary photographer Richard Avedon , what drew him to food,beverage, and product photography and I also speak to him about the amazing motion work he is doing with robots and pneumatics. Steve is an extremely talented photographer and business owner so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his journey. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.the-garage.tv Instagram - @stevegiralt

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Meron Menghistab. Meron has worked with clients such as Complex, Adidas, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Wired to name a few. In this interview I speak to Meron about how he got into photography , his creative approach , early assignments ,and much much more. Meron is a talented photographer who I was excited to speak to so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.meronphotography.com Instagram - @meron_photo

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer and professor of photography Denis Defibaugh. Denis Defibuagh has been a professor of photography at the Rochester institute of technology for over 30 years. He has also shot commercially for clients such as Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, Delta Airlines, and American Express to name a few. His worked has been exhibited around the world and he has published several books. Denis just recently published a new book titled “North by Nuuk , Greenland after Rockwell Kent” where Denis spent over a year living in Greenland where he documented the landscape, people, and culture of Greenland. Denis was one of my favorite professors I had while attending RIT so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his career in photography. www.denisdefibaughgreenland.com Buy the Book - www.rit.edu/press/north-by-nuuk Instagram - @defden

On today's podcast I speak with photographer Steph Larsen who has worked with clients such as CVS,Timberland,Converse,and TJ Maxx to name a few. www.stephlarsen.com Instagram - @stephlarsenphoto

On today's podcast I speak with returning guest Kareem Black who has worked with clients such as MTV,Verizon,Pepsi, and Vice to name a few. In this interview we talk about his experience with the restaurant Applebee's as well as some of his photo projects in 2019. www.kareemblack.com Instagram - @kareemblack