1 hr 16 min
Ep 27 - Photographer Eric Meola ASMP Experts & Masters
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- Visual Arts
Eric Meola is an incredibly talented commercial photographer out of New York City. He has spent his career attempting to make his work distinctive, photographing things like the incredible weather of The Great Plains and Bruce Springsteen on the rise. Eric began his commercial photography career after he graduated from Syracuse University, going from his first job as a photography assistant to Time Magazine. Throughout his career, Eric has been able to balance doing commercial work, which brings in money, and his personal work, which is much more important in the long run.
In this episode, Tom Kennedy, ASMP’s Executive Director, and photographer Eric Meola talk about…
How Eric began his commercial career from Syracuse UniversityKeeping a balance between commercial and editorialForces that drive photographers to make their work distinctiveThings learned from outside assignments and making mistakesDifferent sources of inspiration that have helped open Eric’s eyesApproaching the challenge of filming the weather of The Great PlainsAchieving clarity and precision in the moment during all the chaos of the stormsPreparation for chasing storms across such a massive land areaPhysical and mental challenges when chasing storms for long periods of timeStaying careful and aware of the environment when photographing a stormHow the process of editing and publishing changes between booksImportance of being on press during the publishing process for the photographerThe positives and negatives that can be taken from The Great PlainsMaking a statement about yourself with your portfolioWays that the photography market has changed since Eric started his careerGetting outside of your comfort zone to realize what you might be good at
Links to resources:
Eric Meola’s Website: http://www.ericmeola.photography/
Books by Eric Meola:
Fierce Beauty
The Last Place on Earth: India
Streets of Fire: Bruce Springsteen in Photographs and Lyrics 1977-1979
Born to Run The Unseen Photos
Last Places on Earth
Send us your comments and suggestions: communications@ASMP.org
To donate to the ASMP archives go to: https://www.asmp.org/asmp-foundation/
Support the show
Eric Meola is an incredibly talented commercial photographer out of New York City. He has spent his career attempting to make his work distinctive, photographing things like the incredible weather of The Great Plains and Bruce Springsteen on the rise. Eric began his commercial photography career after he graduated from Syracuse University, going from his first job as a photography assistant to Time Magazine. Throughout his career, Eric has been able to balance doing commercial work, which brings in money, and his personal work, which is much more important in the long run.
In this episode, Tom Kennedy, ASMP’s Executive Director, and photographer Eric Meola talk about…
How Eric began his commercial career from Syracuse UniversityKeeping a balance between commercial and editorialForces that drive photographers to make their work distinctiveThings learned from outside assignments and making mistakesDifferent sources of inspiration that have helped open Eric’s eyesApproaching the challenge of filming the weather of The Great PlainsAchieving clarity and precision in the moment during all the chaos of the stormsPreparation for chasing storms across such a massive land areaPhysical and mental challenges when chasing storms for long periods of timeStaying careful and aware of the environment when photographing a stormHow the process of editing and publishing changes between booksImportance of being on press during the publishing process for the photographerThe positives and negatives that can be taken from The Great PlainsMaking a statement about yourself with your portfolioWays that the photography market has changed since Eric started his careerGetting outside of your comfort zone to realize what you might be good at
Links to resources:
Eric Meola’s Website: http://www.ericmeola.photography/
Books by Eric Meola:
Fierce Beauty
The Last Place on Earth: India
Streets of Fire: Bruce Springsteen in Photographs and Lyrics 1977-1979
Born to Run The Unseen Photos
Last Places on Earth
Send us your comments and suggestions: communications@ASMP.org
To donate to the ASMP archives go to: https://www.asmp.org/asmp-foundation/
Support the show
1 hr 16 min