Newton & Coe on Eye for the Light

Krystal Chryssomallis is one of the world's most positive people and she fines the pluses in everything. She uses her camera as a passport into the hidden and untold lives of people and cultures around the world. Beginning her photojournalistic career through her work as a global music executive, Krystal has worked in over 60 countries, capturing the spirit, emotion, and human stories behind each...

Pippa Ehrlich is passionate about our oceans and their conservation. She is the multi award-winning director of My Octopus Teacher and story-teller. She is very active in conservation, especially in the oceans, and has a particular passion for protecting the Kelp Forests and the wildlife which inhabits it. She works for Sea Change, documenting and exploring the underwater forests of Cape Town to c...

With vast experience, Mark Edward Harris has photographed all around the world, including countries which are hard to access, such as North Korea and Iran. He's a travel and documentary photographer with an impressive list of publications and clients, from Conde Nast and the New York Times to Coca Cola and The Gap. Here Mark chats about his life, his photography career including photographing the...

The world needs people like Ana Maria Arevalo Gosen. She's a visual story teller who tells the stories which no one wants told to bring them to wider attention and affect social change.

Alex Outhwaite is a travel presenter, travel show host and adventurer. She's visited, lived & worked in nearly 90 countries and the list is ever growing. But there's much more to Alex than this. She has an adventurous heart and spirit for sure, but she's also highly intelligent and engaging.

"Have camera, will travel" - pretty much says it all! Tyson's early childhood was spent growing up in jungles and on the coast of Papua New Guinea, before moving back to Australia where I trained and launched a successful photographic career. His story is fascinating, taking him around the world and working with the world’s best photographers, directors, editors and publishers. He primarily shoots...

Charlie Hamilton James is a world renowned photographer and wildlife filmmaker. His work fuses emotion with technical complexity, as a tool for evocative storytelling. Here he talks to Chris and David about how it all began with kingfishers and otter, working with  National Geographic , his conservation work and how this fits with the lives of indigenous peoples.

Karim Iliya is a photographer, filmmaker, whale swimming guide, and soon to be  space explorer  based in Iceland and Hawaii. His journeys have taken him into the depths of the oceans. Next destination – the moon! Karim will be on the up-and-comng  Space X  ‘Dear Moon’ rocket, adding to the list of only 24 people have flown to the moon. He has a passion for the natural world fro...

As photographers go, Ellie Rothnie is one of the more creative ones. She's a wildlife photographer who uses her camera skills to create beautiful images in-camera, rather than relying on the computer afterwards. She explains these techniques during the podcast. Find out how she started, her career in marketing and how that has has proved useful in her photography career in this wonderfully en...

At only 30, Jack Lodge is relatively new to photography but he's already carving himself a career in one of the toughest genres - landscape. In a very interesting chat with Newton and Coe, we discover how a young photographer have worked his way from architect to a new career which is flourishing through his contemporary approach to building his brand.

Angie Nicholson is a champion of women's photography. In a photography world which is too often dominated by male photographers, she is a force for encouraging women to pick up their cameras and show the world their talents. For women photographers, Angie Nicholson is an inspiration. She’s a journalist, camera gear reviewer, competition judge and the driving force behind both Camera Jabber and the...

Marek Biegalski is a Polish nomad turned photographer who discovered photography after a decade travelling around the world. He shoots many different genres of photography but landscapes and the natural world are his passion. Marek now lives in Ireland but it was on a visit to Iceland that he ventured into the realm of aerial photography, both from a plane and with drones. Contrasting ground level...

Cristina ‘Mitty’ Mittermeier is a force of nature, a champion of the oceans and the indigenous cultures which surround them. A Mexican photographer, marine biologist, conservationist and activist she I a leading light in conservation photography with a particular passions for our oceans Mitty came to photography in her twenties and has since become one of the most influential conservation photogra...

Tiffany Coates is a remarkable and inspiring woman. She has explored six continents by motorcycle, riding over 300,000 miles, mostly solo, on her motorbike - an 800cc BMW called Thelma. She's travelled through countless countries during more than twenty years of adventurous journeys. Always a wandering spirit, she began her very first motorcycle trip with her best friend. Having recently passed th...

Well known for their photography and film making, Jonathan and Angie Scott have made Kenya’s Masai Mara their home and the focus of their creative efforts and conservation initiatives. Here they talk to Newton & Coe about their many projects and approaches to the natural world. Jonathan and Angie Scott’s life is a love story with nature, conservation and photography. Based in Kenya, much of th...

Rachel Bigsby is a name you’ll hear more of in the future, especially if you’re in to wildlife photography and especially photographing birds. Still only young and not yet fully turned pro, she’s passionate about her photography and is developing an interesting style. We discover more as we talk to her about wildlife and her career. Rachel has had a passion for wildlife, and especially for birds,...

Barbera Dall’Angelo embodies Italian passion and the sensitive insight of a female photographer. In this podcast we explore her photography and her creative approach to seeing the world in her own unique way. For Italian nature and landscape photographer Barbara Dall’Angelo, photography is a feeling. She uses her creativity to do much more than simply document what she sees. Barbara is a communica...

There’s no money in photography. Wrong! In this fascinating podcast with New York photographers’ agent, Frank Meo gives us a different take on working as a photographer. His advice is pure gold. Frank Meo is a New York photographer’s agent with a genuine interest in photography. If you’re one of those people who thinks there’s no money in photography, then think again! Frank’s advice is pure gold....

As Deputy Director of Photography at National Geographic, Kathy Moran worked with some of the very best photographers, especially in wildlife and conservation. Here she shares her insight into photography and picture editing. Kathy Moran is a softly-spoken bundle of knowledge and experience which any photographer who wants to get their work published should listen to. Her advice is priceless She h...

A quiet persona disguises a dry sense of humour and a fierce passion within Danish photographer Carsten Egevang. Here he gives Newton and Coe a different perspective on the power of photography to drive change. Photographer Carsten Egevang spends a lot of time in Greenland, so we caught up with him in Copenhagen between expeditions. A scientist by training, his first interest in photography was in...

Jason Edwards is an Australian natural history and conservation photographer who is a regular National Geographic contributor. Listen to his career insights in this Newton & Coe podcast. Jason Edwards is a National Geographic photographer, visual storyteller and television presenter. For more than three decades, he’s roamed the world with camera in hand, bearing witness to the raw beauty of na...

Ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no climate cold enough! For adventure photographer Martin Hartley that is probably more true than for any other photographer on the planet. Martin thrives where others fear to tread. In this podcast episode, he gives Newton and Coe a glimpse of his approach to photography and travel. For adventure photographer Martin Hartley, travelling and photographing in rem...

The life of Elisa Iannacone touches areas which many photographers shy away from, yet her positivity and creativity shine through in her inspirational conceptual images and films. Mexican-born Elisa has travelled and worked around the world. She is a conceptual photographer and filmmaker. Her work is unusual and striking, covering challenging environments, from the Rabaa massacre in Cairo to domes...

Travel journalist, Emma Thomson, has won many awards following her passion for travel and adventure. Here she talks to Newton & Coe about her expeditions, writing for National Geographic, photography and much more. Emma Thomson is an award-winning Scottish travel journalist. She has been hooked on all things ‘travel’ since the age of 14 when she would sneakily rip pages out of ageing copi...

Canadian photographer, Chris Rainier, has had an interesting career in photography. Here he talks to Newton & Coe about working for Ansel Adams, indigenous cultures, smartphones, sustainability, language, the power of photography and much more. Chris landed a dream job in the early 1980s at the age of 19, while still in college, when he became Ansel Adams’ assistant. Working for Ansel Adams wa...