The Photo Banter

On today’s podcast I welcome back returning guest photographer & Director Estevan Oriol. Estevan welcomed me to his home to experience his daily routine of 60 minutes in the Sauna and ice baths before we recorded the podcast. In this interview I speak to Estevan about his recent documentary titled LA Originals which is available on Netflix which documents is more than 25 year career and longtime c...

On today’s podcast I speak to photographer Trevor Traynor. Trevor has worked with clients such as Billboard, VIBE, Adobe, NASA, and Amazon to name a few. In this interview I speak to Trevor about growing up in New York , how he first discovered photography through his passion for music. Trevor’s work was published in the Contact High book which documented the history of hip hop through the Lenses...

On today’s episode I speak with photographer, writer, educator and podcaster Ibarionex Perello. Ibarionex has over 25 years of experience in the photographic industry having worked for companies and institutions such as Nikon, Rangefinder publishing, and Art Center College of Design to name a few. Ibarionex has a passion for street photography and photographing people and can often be found docume...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Tommy Garcia. Tommy has worked with clients such as Netflix,AT&T,Beats, and FOX to name a few. In this interview I speak to Tommy about how he first discovered photography, working as a Digital Tech for some of the top working photographers prior to making the jump to shoot on his own. I also speak to Tommy about how he approaches portrait shoots and hi...

On today’s podcast I speak with Ed Varites. Ed is one half of the photo representation agency John X Ed where along with his business partner John Kenney they represent top working commercial photographers and directors such as Gary Land, Chris Crisman, Kate Woodman, and Sam Barker to name a few. In this interview I speak to Ed about his path to becoming a photo Rep, partnering with John Kenney, a...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Karl Ferguson Jr. Karl has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Billboard,Vibe,Samsung, and Target to name a few. In this interview I speak to Karl about his love of music, his experience working in the music business and how he first discovered photography. I also speak to Karl about his approach to portraiture , his experience photographing Chri...

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 musi...

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...

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 di...

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 showcas...

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...

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 experi...

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 produ...

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,...

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...

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...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Justin Sisson. Justin has worked with clients such as Patron, Hendricks Gin, Esquire, and Maxim to name a few. In this interview I speak to Justin about his experience working in the fashion industry prior to getting into photography as well as his experience writing about wine. I also speak to Justin about moving to NYC to pursue photography as well as...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Sam Jones. Sam has worked with clients such as Vanity Fair, Men’s Journal, Fortune, and Rolling Stone to name a few. In this interview I speak with Sam about growing up skateboarding in California and what led him to pursue a career in photography. I also speak to Sam about his popular Netflix show titled “Off Camera” where he sits down with the likes o...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Nolwen Cifuentes. Nolwen has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, TIME magazine,Wired, and Airbnb to name a few. In this interview I speak to Nolwen about a recent assignment for Rolling Stone and how she approaches editorial portrait shoots. I also speak to Nolwen about her experience photographing weddings and how she went on to pursuing a caree...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Yana Yatsuk. Yana has worked with clients such as Rolling Stone, Flaunt , Billboard, Google, and Nike to name a few. In this interview I speak to Yana about how she discovered photography through her interest in Pokemon as a kid as well as photographing her friends bands and live shows early on. I also speak to Yana about her experience photographing bo...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Mark Peterson. Mark has worked with clients such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Magazine, and The New Yorker to name a few. Mark is well known for his work covering politics for which he published a book titled “Political Theatre”. In this interview I speak to Mark about his experience photographing the January 6th insurrection from inside the...

For my 200th episode I welcome a photographer that I’ve been looking forward to speaking with for years by the name of Arto Saari. Arto is originally from Seinajoki,Finland and currently resides in Hawaii. Arto has worked with clients such as Vogue, Men’s Health,New Balance, Nixon watches, Volcom, and Juice Magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Arto about how he first discovered pho...

On today’s podcast I speak with David Deal who is an intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright infringement matters on behalf of photographers and businesses throughout the US and Europe. Prior to becoming a lawyer David spent nearly 20 years working as a freelance photographer working with top publications and newspapers so he has a deep understanding of copyright issues that profe...

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Peter Prato. Peter has worked with clients such as the New York Times,WIRED,Outside Magazine,and Airbnb to name a few. In this interview I speak to Peter about studying creative writing in college and what eventually lead him to pursue a career in photography. I also speak to Peter about one of his personal projects titled “Game of Chance” which he been...

On today’s podcast I speak with Joe Rodriguez who is a current photo editor at Rolling Stone magazine. Joe has previously worked with publications such as ESPN, People Magazine, Men’s Health, and Entertainment Weekly to name a few. In this interview I speak to Joe about growing up in Brooklyn,NY, how he first discovered photography and what lead him to study photography at SVA in NYC. I also speak...