The Pierre T. Lambert Podcast

#72 David Burnett: Capturing History and Inspiring Stories in Photography

In this episode, Pierre welcomes legendary photojournalist David Burnett, known for covering pivotal events such as the Vietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Iranian Revolution. Burnett shares engaging stories about his experiences, including the challenges of delivering film for publication and the evolution of media over the years. The discussion highlights his views on the shift in photography with the rise of digital media, the significance of inspiration in his recent projects on elderly athletes, and his reflections on notable portraits like the historic meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. This engaging episode not only covers his career challenges and strategies but also provides insights into the creativity and determination that drive photographers despite evolving industry landscapes.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Overview

00:23 David Burnett's Iconic Work

00:55 The Evolution of Photojournalism

01:43 Challenges of Film Photography

14:11 The Shift to Digital Photography

16:43 Inspiration from Senior Athletes

24:25 Memorable Portraits and Patience

30:07 Conclusion and Reflections

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Prince McClinton is the CEO of Art of Visuals, a media company that produces content and strategy for brands and businesses across the globe. He uses his creativity and experience to transform chaos into content and deliver value to the clients he works with.

Art of Visuals has more than 1.9 million followers on Instagram, and has collaborated with some of the largest brands on the planet.

In this episode, Prince gets into his own hero’s journey, how to position and price your services, his optimistic pessimistic view of AI invading professions, and how to maintain and monitor energy behind a protective moat.

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Manny Ortiz is a Chicago-based portrait photographer who inspired millions around the world. He became passionate about photography when his wife became pregnant with their first child. He then quickly taught himself photography while working as a police officer, and soon earned enough traction to pursue his passion full-time.

Not only is Manny is followed on YouTube by more than 675,000 people and 250,000 on Instagram but he also has co-created his own photography lighting equipment a beauty-dish with Westcott.

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Taylor Rees is a documentary filmmaker, Sony Alpha Artisan, photojournalist, and avid explorer of stories on landscape, natural resource issues, and above all else, the human heart. She's worked on adventure documentaries like Moonwalk, Down to Nothing, Sanctity, Under Nordic Sky, and The Last Honey Hunter.

Taylor's focus lately has been to bring a new perspective and deeper public understanding to the complexity of climate change, conservation, human rights, environmental justice, and extractive industries. What matters to her are the people within those stories, and their own experience of co-creating those narratives that break away from traditionally extractive forms of storytelling. 

In this episode, Taylor discusses how she directs adventure films, finds her creativity when it gets lost, her adventures, how cameras change communication with people and the practices that keep her grounded and focused. I hope you enjoy.

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Svenja Krüger is a visual artist and founder of Stories Matter, a platform that uses photography to share the stories of people and places. Svenja believes in the power of a story to connect and inspire humanity, challenge perceptions, and impact communities. She's a passionate advocate for responsible storytelling and is particularly drawn to exploring untold stories around death, duality, and the interconnectedness of humanity: the themes that make our stories matter the most.

In this episode, Svenja discusses the meaning she finds in photographing funerals. She also shares her thoughts on complex ethical issues in photography and reflects on how her art has evolved as a result of her travels around the world.

▷ Full show notes on https://pierretlambert.com/2022/08/27/svenja-kruger-on-death-and-the-world-through-a-lens/

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Emmett Sparling is an award-winning director, photographer and videographer. As a teenager, he left a burgeoning career in fashion photography to backpack across the world. Over the course of his journey, he began to gain momentum on Instagram as a travel photographer and shot more and more short films. 

In this episode, Emmett reflects on lessons learned from years on the road shooting, a rule that increased his creative performance and offers a glimpse into what exciting new projects are next up.

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#66 - Michael Muser on Lessons From Working With The Top 0.1%, Starting a Three-Michelin Star Restaurant and Photography

Michael Muser talks about his experiences working with the top 0.1% best in the world, how he studied winemaking, where he got a taste of the culinary industry, what it means for a restaurateur to earn a Michelin star, bounce back from a closed business, and open another one in the time of the pandemic, and lastly, how he deals with raising a daughter. 

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#65 - Jerome Poirier on Going Viral (13M+views) On Instagram, The Psychology behind Instagram Reels & TikTok, and the lessons from European Football

I highly recommend listening to the entire episode because Jérôme has a fascinating take on TikTok, Instagram reels, and other video content. We also talked about European Football's massive profitability, social media's scalability, the psychology behind reels, virtual influencers, and Deepfakes. 

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▷ Jerome on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jerometraveller/

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#64 - Jessica Moore on How Photography NFTs Changed Her Life, Storm Chasing for Photos and Her Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

Jessica Moore is a meteorologist and a professional photographer. Jessica discusses her experience navigating the NFT space, how she chases storms, how her disease impacted her art & life, the direction of her stormscape photography, and her favorite shooting gear!

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Nima is the COO of Empire Distribution Records and Publishing, an American distribution company and record label founded in 2008 by Gazi Shami and headquartered in San Francisco, California. In his teenage years, he started as a writer contributor in DubCNN, a website for west coast music. In his teenage year Nima was interviewing popular and rising hip-hop artists. He has also produced groundbreaking album records for acclaimed musicians, including 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and many more.

After finishing his Master’s degree in Media Management Program in Hamburg Media School, Germany, he moved to the US and learned the ins and outs of the US music industry.

I highly recommend listening to the entire episode because we cover interesting topics, not only about the hip-hop music industry, changes in music streaming over the years, the decline of piracy, but also about showing up every day to pursue the thing you’re most passionate about. 

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