Prime Lenses Iain Farrell

Daniel Milnor is the “Creative Ambassador” for Blurb, Inc. Milnor is a former news, editorial, and commercial photographer who now works primarily on long-term projects. His work combines still photographs, motion, sound, and the written word. Milnor began printing his work in the darkroom in 1988 and has self-published hundreds of titles, from award-winning to experimental. His love of travel and teaching have combined for workshops across Latin America, Europe, Australia, and North America. He has taught at the Art Center College of Design and the Academy of Art University. His work is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collections, The George Eastman House, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He lives in New Mexico.
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A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

My guest today is Dave Herring. Normally I describe guests as photographers but Dave has recently shed this label preferring instead to be thought of as a creative. He produced a really interesting video about it too, explaining why he thinks of himself in this way. He's a working photographer with an interesting lens choice and varied career that's brought him to this place.

Justin Mott is an independent photojournalist, commercial photographer, and documentary filmmaker based in Vietnam and is available for covering assignments worldwide.

Mott has shot over 100 assignments for the New York Times while a retrospective of his work photographed in Vietnam has been featured on the BBC.

Mott is also a global ambassador for Helping Rhinos , a non-profit dedicated to rhino conservation worldwide, and his work documenting the last two northern white rhinos left in the world was featured in Leica’s global witness campaign.

Julien is a French photographer based in Paris specialising in weddings, events and a bit of street.

Prime Lenses - Episode 4 - Ben Fraternale

Ben is a photographer, director and YouTuber probably most widely known for his work on In an Instant. He’s an atomic bomb of enthusiasm and Polaroid information and was great fun to talk to. I challenge you to not buy a new Polaroid camera after listening to him :)

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More about this show:

A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.

Rob Gray is one of a small collection of photographers lucky enough to travel the world as part of the MotoGP traveling circus. His work is incredible and he was fantastic company for this episode.

A camera is just a tool but spend enough time with photographers and you’ll see them go misty eyed when they talk about their first camera or a small fast prime that they had in their youth. Prime Lenses is a series of interviews with photographers talking about their photography by way of three lenses that mean a lot to them. These can be interchangeable, attached to a camera, integrated into a gadget, I’m interested in the sometimes complex relationship we have with the tools we choose, why they can mean so much and how they make us feel.