The Photo Banter

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Wesley Verhoeve. Wesley has worked with clients such as AirBnb, National Geographic, Squarespace, and Wired Magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Wesley about his newly published book titled “Notice” which was photographed during the pandemic in Vancouver, British Columbia. I also speak to Wesley about how he went from working in the music industry to pursuing a career in photography and what advice he has for photographers looking to shoot commercial. I also speak to Wesley about one of his longest running projects titled “One of Many” where he traveled the United States photographing hundreds of different creatives in various cities. Wesley has a real passion for photography and the creative community so I was excited to hear about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. Also if you’re interested in purchasing a copy of Wesley’s new book you can go to his instagram @Wesley to click the link in his bio as the pre order ends in 8 days. www.wesley.co https://www.instagram.com/wesley/ Purchase Wesley's book below : https://newstyle.co/products/notice

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Maarten De Boer. Marteen has worked with clients such as Time Magazine, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, and Samsung to name a few. In this interview I speak to Maarten about growing up in Scotland and Norway before moving to the United States where he went to college to study education before pursuing his passion of photography. I also speak to Maarten about his experience assisting / Digital Teching for legendary photographers such as Peter Lindbergh before breaking off to start shooting his own work for top tier entertainment and editorial clients. Maarten has photographed people such as Helen Mirren, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Hardy , and George Clooney and in this interview I speak to Maarten about how he approaches portrait shoots as well as an interesting shoot with actress Kristen Bell. I was excited to speak with Maarten about his journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.maartendeboerphotography.com @iheartmaarten @maartens_miatures

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer John Loomis. John has worked with clients such as ESPN, Golf Digest,UPS,WIRED ,and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to John about his recent cover for ESPN magazine , how approaches portraiture , and I also speak to John about his newly founded creative studio named Runway 4 in partnership with photographer Rob Tringali and veteran photo director Jim Surber. John is also the host of the Eyeball podcast where he speaks with a variety of creative professionals. John is someone who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the creative world so I was excited to hear about his journey and all the interesting projects he’s been working on so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.johnloomis.com @johnloomis www.runway4.co @runway4.co John's podcast : The Eyeball Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eyeball/id1479435814

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Gulnara Samoilova. Gulnara is a photographer based in NYC having studied photography at ICP in Manhattan. In this interview I speak to Gulnara about growing up in Russia, how she discovered photography , as well as her approach to street photography. I also speak to Gulnara about her newly published book titled “Women Street Photographers” which showcases women street photographers from around the world ranging from veteran photographers as well as new and emerging talent. I also speak to Gulnara about a personal project titles “Lost Family” where she hand paints B&W photographs of her family in Russia. Gulnara has exhibited her work in galleries across the world and has curated shows as well. I was really excited to speak with Gulnara about her new book titled “Women Street Photographers” which I highly recommend so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! PIcdrop.com Use promo code "photobanter" to get 3 months free!! https://www.gulnara.com https://www.instagram.com/gulnara_nyc/ https://www.instagram.com/womenstreetphotographers/

On today’s I speak with photographer Brad Trent. Brad has worked with clients such as Variety,Time Magazine, Pepsi, Esquire and HBO to name a few. Brad has photographed notable people such as Barack Obama, Spike Lee, Tony Bennett, and Patti Smith to name a few. In this interview I speak to Brad about growing up in Canada where he started his photography career before making the jump to NYC. I also speak to Brad about his approach to portraiture and how he handles challenging shoots such has his experience photographing legendary musician Patti Smith in the middle of Penn station in NYC. Brad is someone who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photography business so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his work so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.bradtrent.com @bradtrent

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Cayce Clifford. Cayce has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Airbnb,WIRED, and Time magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Cayce about studying photojournalism at Ohio University , her approach to portraiture , as well as one of her recent assignments for Rolling Stone photographing Joan Baez. I also speak to Cayce about her experience photographing the California wildfires in Paradise,CA and how she approaches photographing people in such difficult and stressful situations. I really enjoy Cayce’s approach to storytelling and portraiture so I was really excited to get a chance to speak with her about her journey with photography so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.cayceclifford.com @cayceclifford

On today’s podcast I speak with Photo Art Director Karen Williams. Karen earned her MFA in photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design and has worked with publications / brands such as AARP, AirBnB, San Francisco Magazine, Square, and now at Masterclass. In this interview I speak to Karen about her experience working with magazines as well as with big tech brands and what goes into producing commercial photography work. Karen also gives advice to photographers who are trying to market their work editors and producers. And lastly I also speak to Karen about some of her photographic influences as well as one of her personal photo project titled “Elegant Wasteland”. Karen is someone who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photography industry 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.karenwilliamsphotography.com

On today’s podcast I welcome back returning guest photographer Jesse Dittmar. Jesse Is a Commercial / editorial photographer based in NYC and has worked with clients such as Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Spotify, and Apple to name a few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about his new work in the NFT digital art space. Jesse explains what an NFT is , his experience turning his work into NFT’s, the process of buying / selling NFT’s and much much more. I also speak to Jesse about some of his new personal work and how he’s been approaching marketing his work during the pandemic. I was really interested to hear about Jesse’s work within the NFT space so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.jessedittmar.com @jessedittmar

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Jesse Rieser. Jesse Has worked with clients such as ESPN, Coca Cola, Esquire, The NBA, and Adidas to name a few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about his recent cover shoot with NBA player Devin Booker for ESPN , I also speak to Jesse about his approach to assignment work and how he balances the worlds of Art & Commerce. I’ve always enjoyed Jesse’s use of color in his photographs so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his recent project titled “Phoenix : A Dystopian Legoland that tastes Like Candy” which is a series of urban landscape photos and portraits that utilize color and space in a unique way. Jesse brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the photographic industry 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.jesserieser.com @jesserieser Use the Promo code "photobanter" and get 3 months free of the Picdrop file transfer tool at www.picdrop.com

On today’s podcast I speak with digital capture specialist George Brooks. George owns and operates his Los Angeles based digital capture company called “Brooks Digi” which specializes in digital capture, post production, and other digital image related services. George has worked with photographers and brands such as Mark Seliger, Alexandra Gavillet, Dana Scruggs, Billboard, and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to George about studying photography at NYU, what led him to pursue a career as a digital tech, his experience working with Mark Seliger on the Vanity Fair Oscars photo booth, and I also speak to George about building his first computer at the age of 8 yrs old. When working on commercial photo shoots the digital tech is such a key component to having a successful shoot so I was really excited to speak with George about his journey with photography and digital tech work so I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.brooksdigi.com @brooksdigi