The Photo Banter

The Photo Banter

Podcast by Alex Gagne

Episodes

June 24, 2025 73 mins
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 photograp...
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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. Use Promo Code "Banter" for 2 months free at picdrop.com Peep Michelle's work : www.michellewattphoto.c...
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May 21, 2025 66 mins
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. Use Promo Code "Banter" for 2 months free at PicDrop.com Peep Michelle's Work : www.michellemishina.com @michelle.mishina
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May 13, 2025 99 mins
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. Use Promo Co...
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May 8, 2025 60 mins
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...
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April 29, 2025 62 mins
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. Use Promo Code "Banter" for 2 months free at picdrop.com Peep Nora's ...
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April 9, 2025 77 mins
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 gett...
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March 26, 2025 83 mins
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. USE Promo Code "Banter" for 2 months free at picd...
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March 19, 2025 71 mins
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 app...
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March 12, 2025 60 mins
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. P...
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February 23, 2025 149 mins
On today’s podcast I welcome on photographer Frank Jackson. Frank is a photographer based in Los Angeles,CA and on today’s episode I speak with Frank about how he first discovered his passion for photography, his experience traveling the world as Trans America Life's corporate photographer , as well as his approach to lighting. Frank is a photographer who isn’t constrained by a particular subject matter or theme as he photographs e...
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February 18, 2025 79 mins
On today's podcast I welcome on photographer Bryan Schutmaat. Bryan is a photographer from Houston,Texas and just recently published his new book titled "Sons of the Living" a body of work that spans over 10 years photographing the people and landscape of Americas Deserts. Bryan has been published by the New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic , and has exhibited his work in galleries around the world. Use Promo Code "B...
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February 11, 2025 60 mins
On today's podcast I speak with photographer Sabrina Santiago a NYC based photographer who has worked with The New York Times, Nike, Meta, I-D, and Gucci to name a few. In this interview I speak to Sabrina about her love of street photography, Film, and how she approaches assignment work. Use PROMO CODE "Banter" for 2 months free at picdrop.com www.sabrina-santiago.com IG - @_sabrinasantiago
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February 6, 2025 77 mins
On today's podcast I welcome photographer Todd Glaser who spent over 10 years as a staff photographer for Surfer Magazine. Todd just recently published a new book with Rizzoli a body of work representing 15 years photographing legendary surfer Kelly Slater. The book not only includes incredible action photos of Kelly Slater surfing but also showcases a behind scenes documentation of Kelly Slaters life and travels around the world. ...
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January 28, 2025 82 mins
On today's podcast I welcome photographer Jai Tanju who's based in San Jose,CA. I've been following Jai's work for decades now and even participated in his long running print exchange tilted "film por vida" where he has exchanged prints with photographers from all over the world. Jai's worked has been published in Slap, Skateboarder, Transworld Skateboarding, and Thrasher to name a few. Jai has been apart of the Bay Area skate sce...
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January 7, 2025 112 mins
On today's podcast I speak with photographer Christopher Stricklen a photographer based in the Bay Area who has worked with clients such as Red Bull, Men's Health mag, and Runners World to name a few. In this interview I speak to Christopher about his love of cycling and photographing the sport as well as how he has approached finding client work and building relationships in the photography industry. Use promo code "Banter" for...
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January 2, 2025 60 mins
On today's podcast I speak with photographer Peter Fisher who got his start as a digital photo editor at The New Yorker before pursuing work as a freelance photographer. Peter has worked with clients such as TIME, National Geographic, and The New Yorker to name a few. In this interview I speak to Peter about his approach to assignment work, one of his personal projects where he photographed python wranglers in Florida and I also sp...
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December 25, 2024 61 mins
On today's podcast I welcome back returning guest Ric Stovall who is a photographer and the host of The Visual Revolutionary podcast. At the end of every year Ric and I record this episode to touch base and see how each other's year was and just talk photography. Use Promo Code "Banter" for two months free at picdrop.com Peep Ric's work / show www.stovallstudio.com @stovallstudio www.visualrevolutionary.com @visualrevolutio...
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December 17, 2024 61 mins
On today's podcast I welcome back returning guest photographer Jason Lee. Jason has a new book out now titled "TX |CA 19" a collection of color photographs from his road trips from Texas to California. In this interview I speak to Jason about his approach to making this work, his love of Film cameras and I also speak to Jason about his new camera shop "Eagle Rock Camera" which is located in Los Angeles,CA. USE PROMO CODE "Banter" ...
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December 9, 2024 63 mins
On today's episode I speak with photographer Alec Soth. Alec is a member of Magnum photos and very well known for his books such as "Sleeping By the Mississippi" and "Niagra". On today's podcast speak to Alec about his new book tilted "Advice for young artists" a series of photos he took ar art schools across the country. I also speak to Alec about the early days of his career and how he's approached building and maintaining a care...
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