The Photo Banter

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer and director Sophy Holland. Sophy has worked with clients such as Vogue,Elle,The WWE,ESPN the Magazine,and Harper’s Baazar to name a few. In this interview I speak with Sophy about how she began her career working as an Art Director as well as an agent before pursuing her own photography career. I also speak to Sophy about her experience directing a full length documentary titled “Illustrated Man” which documents the history of tattoo culture and how it has collided with fashion in current day society. Sophy is an extremely talented photographer / director who’s work I really respect so I hope you enjoy this interview and thanks for listening. www.sophyhollandphotography.com Instagram - @sophyholland

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Kohjiro Kinno. Kohjiro is an editorial & Commercial photographer based in Southern California who has worked with clients such as Sports Illustrated,Golf Magazine, and The Players Tribune to name a few. Kohjiro is also the current photo editor of The Golfers Journal which is quarterly publication focused on golf culture. Kohjiro is a photographer who’s work I really respect so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.kohjirokinno.com

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Patrick James Miller. Patrick is a commerical and editorial photographer based in NYC and has worked with clients such as Golf Magazine,Men’s Health,Esquire,and American Express to name a few. In this interview I speak to Patrick about how he partnered with his new agent, some of his early assignments, and I also speak to Patrick about his experience photographing the legendary ESPN anchor Stuart Scott. This is an interview that I really enjoyed doing so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! http://www.patrickjamesmiller.com Instagram - @patrickjamesmiller

On today’s podcast I speak with Jesse Reiter who is the current photo editor of Golf Magazine. Jesse has spent over ten years working in the Golf Magazine photo department where he began as an intern and worked his way up to Senior Photo editor. In this interview I speak with Jesse about how he got into photography, some of his early experiences working at the magazine, and also how he finds new photographers. Jesse is someone who has a wealth of knowledge about photography and the photography industry so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! Instagram - @jreiterphoto @golfmagphoto www.jreiterphoto.format.com

Welcome to the photo banter podcast, I’m your host Alex Gagne and on today’s podcast I speak with photographer Jesse Dittmar. Jesse is a commercial & editorial photographer based in NYC who has worked with clients such as The Washington Post,Rolling Stone,Vanity Fair,and Apple to name a few. Much of Jesse’s work is centered around celebrity portraiture where he has photographed people such as Tom Hanks,Denzel Washington,Patti Smith,and David Letterman to name few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about how he made the transition from Photo Assistant to full-time photographer and how he approaches he portrait shoot. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.jessedittmar.com Instagram - @jessedittmar

Welcome to the photo banter podcast, I’m your host Alex Gagne and on today’s podcast I speak with photographer Chris Buck. Chris is an editorial & Commercial photographer who has worked with clients such as Google,Old Spice,GQ,and ESPN the magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Chris about some of his early assignments, his approach to marketing ,as well as his various personal projects. Chris is someone who’s work I’ve respected for many years so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy! www.chrisbuck.com Instagram - @the_chris_buck

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer and photographic educator Nick Brandreth. Nick is currently the historic process specialist at The George Eastman Museum where spends much of his time teaching students about historic and alternative processes such as tintypes,ambrotypes,and wet and dry collodion negatives to name a few.When nick isn’t teaching students you can find him working on various personal photo projects as well as shooting commercially for brands such as Mercedes Benz and the wall street journal. Nick has a wealth of knowledge about photographic history so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening. www.nickbrandreth.com Instagram - @nickbrandreth www.eastman.org

On today’s podcast I speak with legendary sports photographer Brad Mangin. Brad Mangin is a sports photographer based in San Francisco,CA who has worked with clients such as Sports Illustrated , Major League Baseball, and the PGA Tour to name a few. Much of Brad’s work has been covering the game of baseball where he has photographed legendary players such as Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, Pedro Martinez ,and Cal Ripken to name a few. Brad has spent over 30 years photographing professional baseball and has a true passion for the craft of photography so I was excited to speak with him about all his work and experience within photography. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.manginphotography.com Instagram - @bmangin Twitter - @bradmangin

On today's podcast I speak with photographer Peter Yang. He has worked with clients such as GQ,Rolling Stone,Variety,Levi's,and Ray Ban to name a few. www.peteryang.com Instagram - @yopeteryang

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Benedict Evans. Benedict has worked with clients such as ESPN,Esquire,Variety,Wired magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Benedict about how he went from studying film to pursuing a career in photography. I also speak to Benedict his experience assisting legendary photographer Platon and how he broke off on his own to start shooting. Benedict is a very talented photographer who’s work I really enjoy so I was excited to get a chance to speak with Benedict about his work. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.benedictevans.com