On today's podcast I welcome photographer Matt Sharkey. Matt Sharkey is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and got his start working with the band No Doubt before working in the skateboard industry. Matt has gone on to work as a marketing director for brands such as The North Face, Levi's, Clif Bar, and Chrome to name a few. In this interview I speak to Matt about his new book American Denim as well as his early day's of photographing No Doubt.

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Follow Matt : www.mattsharkeyphoto.com

IG - @mattsharkeyphoto

On today's episode I speak with photographer Michelle Watt. Michelle has worked with clients such as NIKE, Netflix, Vogue ,and HBO. In this interview I speak to Michelle about how she approaches her big productions, her recent key art shoot for HBO's The White Lotus, and I also speak to her about writing treatments for jobs.

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www.michellewattphoto.com

IG - @wattphoto

On today's podcast I speak with photographer Michelle Mishina who is based in Honolulu,Hawaii. In this interview I speak to Michelle about her recent assignment for The New York Times, her approach to assignment work, growing up in Hawaii as well as some of her on going personal projects.

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@michelle.mishina

On today's episode I speak to photographer Kenny Smith who is a commercial photographer based in Australia. In this interview I speak to Kenny about his new book titled "Of Nomads" a collection of photographs that he took on a trip to Mongolia where he photographed the people , landscape and some of the nomadic traditions of Mongolia. I also speak to Kenny about his journey to making photography his full time career.

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Peep Kenny's Work :

www.kennysmithphotography.com

@kennysmithshoots

On today’s episode I welcome on Toby Huss a photographer, Actor and painter. In this episode I speak to Toby about his new book titled “American Sugargristle” a body of work taken on his travels around America where he documented abandoned shopping malls, bingo halls, diners, and many other forgotten corners of this country. The photos in the book are accompanied by text from Toby and the photos often showcase Toby’s sense of humor as well. Many of you may know Toby from his career in Film & TV having acted in films and shows such as King of the Hill, Seinfeld, Carnivale on HBO, Beavis & Butthead , and The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon. It was a pleasure getting a chance to speak with Toby about his new book as well as all the other creative pursuits that inspire him.

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@tobyhuss

On today's podcast I speak with Nora Lalle a San Francisco,CA based photographer and also the founder and editor of Pamplemousse Magazine a magazine completely dedicated to Film photography. In this interview I speak to Nora about her love of film photography, her experience working in fine art galleries as well as her journey publishing Pamplemousse magazine.

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www.pamplemoussemagazine.com

@Pamplemousse.magazine

@Nora_lalle

On today's podcast I speak with Tim Ryugo. Tim has spent over 45 years working for the Kodak film company in the sales & marketing company. In this interview I speak to Tim about his journey with Kodak, the rise in film popularity , as well as why being an active member of the photography community is important to him. Tim has had an amazing career and has helped countless photographers over the years so it was a real pleasure getting a chance to speak with him.

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Follow Tim on Instagram - @timryugo_kodakprofessional

On today's podcast I welcome on photographer Elliott O'Donovan who is based in Washington,DC. Elliott's work has a focus in portraiture and headshots and he operates a successful photo studio in Washington,DC. In this interview I speak to Elliott about his journey to making photography his full time career , opening his studio, how he approaches portrait shoots and much much more.

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www.elliottodonovan.com

@elliottodonovan

On today's episode I welcome photographer Kannetha Brown a Providence,RI based photographer. Kannetha is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art & Design, her work has been published by The New York Times, Rolling Stone as well as having exhibited her work in galleries across the country. Much of Kannetha's work focuses on her family and her Cambodian community in Rhode Island. In this interview I speak to Kannetha about her approach to portraiture , project based work ,as well as her love for working with the 8X10 camera.

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www.kannethabrown.com

IG - @kannetha.brown

On today's episode I welcome photographer Paul Baldonado aka Paulie B. Paul is a photographer based in NYC whose work primarily focuses on street photography but Paulie also runs a popular photography Youtube channel. In this interview I speak to Paulie about his journey with photography and his popular YouTube series "Walkie Talkie" where he interviews fellow street photographers on the streets of NYC and various other cities.

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Follow Paulie's work

Youtube - https://youtube.com/@paulieb?si=wxtLEv_fiMT09ma1

Instagram - @Paulie.B