Lou D’s intimate snapshots of Madonna, Jay-Z, and other VIPs are fascinating dispatches from a time before Instagram changed celebrity photography forever. Lou was backstage with some of the most iconic musicians of the 1980s and ’90s. As a photographer, he has recorded pop culture history in publications worldwide.

This week, we hear from Connor Garel who interviewed Lou for The Walrus. Garel was recently the Cannonbury Fellow at The Walrus and has bylines in BuzzFeed, Fashion, Canadian Art, and of course, The Walrus. 

Angela Misri speaks with Connor about the photo essay “Shooting Stars: A Love Letter to the Backstage Photo,” based on his interview with photographer-to-the-stars Lou D and edited by Carine Abouseif. You can find the interview in the January/February issue of The Walrus and online at thewalrus.ca.

We hear about the work that went into “Shooting Stars: A Love Letter to the Backstage Photo,” a photo essay based on Connor’s interview with Lou D. 

After that, we hear about what Connor is reading, watching, and listening to right now.

Finally, we check in on five things we’re talking about this week at the Walrus.

• Shooting Stars: A Love Letter to the Backstage Photo
• The Way We Were
• Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

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Hosted and produced by Sheena Rossiter and Angela Misri, with editing by Sheena Rossiter. 

Music provided by Audio Jungle. Our theme song is “This Podcast Theme” by Inplus Music. Additional music “Stay Cool” by Loops Lab and “Podcast Intro” by Inplus Music.