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Martine Séverin is a Chicago + LA based lifestyle, advertising and editorial photographer whose vibrant work aims to push boundaries and celebrate inclusivity. Her images are happy, colorful and filled with purpose. Interested in creating fashion narratives that reference non-western norms, she strives to collaborate with brands who speak to a diverse audience. I loved our conversation and hope yo...

Tune into  hear our amazing Podcast producer chatting with Kimberley SE , she specialises in portrait, property, food and event photography.  At 19 she co-founded The Sky’s Not Blue, a photography website featuring how-to-do tutorials for students and camera equipment reviews. Since then, she has become an internationally published magazine photographer in over 8 countries and 13 global cities as...

Tune into this awesome chat with Houston photographer, Amy Scott .  Her work takes us from shooting the people on the farm, in the mill, making the food to the food and the people enjoying it. She is an amazing talent who is involved in her photo community and working diligently on building relationships to help and boost what will soon be an amazing career in photography. Make sure to follow her...

Tune into our chat with the amazing Naomi Lindberg. She is the executive producer and founder of Northern Spy Productions. Her career includes working as an artist agent, a creative studio manager for William Abranowicz as well as a photo editor with Real Simple. All lending her such great insight, expertise and resources for working with a wide variety of commercial and editorial clients helping...

Tune in to hear our chat with Jung Fitzpatrick . Jung is amazing - and quite a good story, she took a little minute to figure out that her lifelong passion, was to be a photographer, and her journey to get there is fascinating and inspiring. Jung and I have had the pleasure of knowing each other from when she was Sue Tallon's studio manager and her energy and positivity are so refreshing. She...

Kelly Marshall is a New York based photographer specializing in interiors, travel and portraiture. Her commercial and fine art work are interwoven as she explores inherent belief systems; how they construct our lives, our physical homes and in essence, our everyday reality. She also is the director of an amazing  feature length documentary Birthing of A Nation - an afro futuristic account of the t...

Born in the former USSR, Ren Fuller found film first her senior year she attended summer school at NYU Film school. After then graduating from NYU Film School she changed her mind and moved to the Bay Area where she was introduced to Chez Panisse. Her love of food started and she decided to focus on photography at that point.  Ren now lives in LA, enjoying the outdoors and shooting travel, lifesty...

Not everyone can say they shoot everything - but Jill Broussard really does shoot almost everything, lifestyle, kids, interiors, food and more. And she does it beautifully creating quite a power house brand for herself.  Covid for her gave time to get involved, she joined the APA diversity panel and spent time with an equity coach, so that she could start looking at her work with a different lens....

Tune into our amazing chat with the super inspiring, Chalkley Calderwood . When Chalkley's career as art and creative director for publications that include Everyday with Rachael Ray, AllRecipes and Budget Travel started to slow down - she pivoted and went back to school to learn video! That then led her to start creating documentaries and video content for all sorts of people. One of her cli...

Tune into this awesome chat with Ean Price Murphy - founder of Moxie Bookkeeping . Her story is awesome, she created the perfect job for herself and now works with thousands of creatives to better manage their finances.  I think we all could use a little guidance in this area especially with Tax time around the corner. Make sure to check out our sponsor - Anchor Artists Support the show If you wou...

Tune in to hear our chat with Maren Rossman of Anchor Artists. Maren is originally from the Bay Area, now based in MA for the past 20+ years. She is the founder and owner of the an agency representing HMU artists, prop, lay down, soft goods and food & drink stylists, set designers and art directors too. They are valued for their extensive experience, responsiveness and candid communication.  L...

Tune into our chat with the awesome Food photographer/director Evi Abeler . Evi is based in New York and represented by my good friends, Mary Dail and Kimberley Sirisalee.  Her work is phenomenal and she is one of my favorite creatives for sure. She is calm, professional and a true female power house all at the same time. Over the past decade she has collaborated with dozens of brands, ad agencies...

Tune into our chat with Andrea Itrube - Senior Director at ONA creative. She has been a bilingual marketing executive for 12+ years. Living in LA and helping to promote multi-cultural brands with her creative talents.  Support the show If you would like to get involved with The Wider Lens, you can review sponsorship and contribution options here , as well as become a member here . Remember to stay...

Tune into this dynamic episode with Carla Buggs - after visiting salons in the community that didn't adequately serve the community she decided to become a Manicurist to bring awareness to issues with Nail Salons in Black Communities. Her career has included delivering services to  Kiplings, Macys, Nordstrom and Cartier. She has provided services for Karly Kloss, Helena Christensen and Janet...

Tune into this super informational episode with the attorney and founder of Creative Genius Law , Patrice Perkins. Her story of taking her passion for the arts and then applying it to her profession of law is amazing. She is a wealth of knowledge and someone we hope to have back to run a workshop in 2021-22.  Support the show If you would like to get involved with The Wider Lens, you can review sp...

Tune in to our conversation with Caydie McCumber - an LA based photographer specializing in commercial advertising and editorial imagery. She works with clients to create fearless shots with a conceptual eye. I love her CA vibe and her go get them attitude as well.  Support the show If you would like to get involved with The Wider Lens, you can review sponsorship and contribution options here , as...

Tune into our episode with the awesome Marvi Lacar. Marvi started her career as a photo journalist. She and her husband Ben Lowy now work together shooting award-winning photography and filmmaking   specializing in authentic, documentary style storytelling. Came to the US from the Philippines and landed in the midwest in Kalamazoo Michigan. From there she gets herself to NY and finds her way to ph...

Tune into our chat with Christina Peters - she has quite a prolific and successful career as a food photographer, based in Los Angeles and also Delaware. She has shot thousands of food images and her clients include: Arby's, Baja Fresh, Bath and Body Works,  Burger King, Campbell's Soups Souplicty Brand, Cesar Pet Food, Chipotle, Domino's Pizza, HarperCollins Publishers, Kraft, Libb...

Tune in to listen to my chat with Dixie Dixon .  She is an internationally renowned fashion, lifestyle, and commercial advertising photographer and film director based out of Dallas, Texas, as well as a Nikon brand ambassador. Most Recently, Dixie released Her New Book " Fashion And Lifestyle Photography ” with a forward by supermodel Kathy Ireland. You are going to love her energy and wit an...

Tune in to listen to Shelly and I's chat with Nicole Morrison . She is a San Francisco based food, lifestyle and product photographer. She creates colorful, bold images that help brands tell their story and stand out online. She is inspired by people and brands that are working towards a more sustainable and just planet by improving our food systems, paying people fairly, sourcing materials e...

Tune into our chat with Ella Sophie - she is a bay area photographer who is sticking to her passion for women, and really focusing her imagery to uplift women and the brands they are creating. She is a thoughtful, mindful soul, who has persevered through 2020 along with the rest of us and is coming out on the other side with more grace and work than she expected. Her instagram handle is @ellasophi...

Tune into our latest chat - Ellie Pritts is an internationally-recognized artist, creative director and colorist based in Los Angeles. In 2016 TIME Magazine named her one of the top photographers to follow on Instagram in the U.S. She helped launch Apple’s Instagram account, @apple and went on to work as an Art Director on the Shot on iPhone campaign worldwide and in 2019 Ellie founded Supermassiv...

Season Four kicks off with our chat with Inti St. Clair . She is an award winning lifestyle photographer based in Austin Texas. She has travelled to over 50 different countries, and her work is so inspiring. It's  playful, light filled and carefree and she, like her work, is a dream to know and work with too. Her way of giving back is her recent appointment to the national board of the APA. S...

Tune into my chat with the amazing prop stylist, Nan Whitney. She is based in SF and NYC and has been a styling guru for over fifteen years. She is specializing now in corporate and hospitality interiors, providing furnishings for model apartments and new luxury living buildings. I was so thrilled to talk to her as our paths have crossed many times in our careers and she is a stylist I love! Thank...

Tune into my chat with Tracy Boulian and David Ahntholz, the Southern California based husband and wife team behind Tracy + David As former news photojournalists, they're passionate about telling stories and creating emotionally authentic images. They shoot still photography as well as directing motion too.  As people say, two eyes are better than one, and in this case four eyes is the perfec...