The Photo Banter

Welcome to the photo banter podcast, I’m your host Alex Gagne and on today’s podcast I speak with photographer Jesse Dittmar. Jesse is a commercial & editorial photographer based in NYC who has worked with clients such as The Washington Post,Rolling Stone,Vanity Fair,and Apple to name a few. Much of Jesse’s work is centered around celebrity portraiture where he has photographed people such as Tom Hanks,Denzel Washington,Patti Smith,and David Letterman to name few. In this interview I speak to Jesse about how he made the transition from Photo Assistant to full-time photographer and how he approaches he portrait shoot. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.jessedittmar.com Instagram - @jessedittmar

Welcome to the photo banter podcast, I’m your host Alex Gagne and on today’s podcast I speak with photographer Chris Buck. Chris is an editorial & Commercial photographer who has worked with clients such as Google,Old Spice,GQ,and ESPN the magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Chris about some of his early assignments, his approach to marketing ,as well as his various personal projects. Chris is someone who’s work I’ve respected for many years so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy! www.chrisbuck.com Instagram - @the_chris_buck

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer and photographic educator Nick Brandreth. Nick is currently the historic process specialist at The George Eastman Museum where spends much of his time teaching students about historic and alternative processes such as tintypes,ambrotypes,and wet and dry collodion negatives to name a few.When nick isn’t teaching students you can find him working on various personal photo projects as well as shooting commercially for brands such as Mercedes Benz and the wall street journal. Nick has a wealth of knowledge about photographic history so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him so I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening. www.nickbrandreth.com Instagram - @nickbrandreth www.eastman.org

On today’s podcast I speak with legendary sports photographer Brad Mangin. Brad Mangin is a sports photographer based in San Francisco,CA who has worked with clients such as Sports Illustrated , Major League Baseball, and the PGA Tour to name a few. Much of Brad’s work has been covering the game of baseball where he has photographed legendary players such as Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, Pedro Martinez ,and Cal Ripken to name a few. Brad has spent over 30 years photographing professional baseball and has a true passion for the craft of photography so I was excited to speak with him about all his work and experience within photography. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.manginphotography.com Instagram - @bmangin Twitter - @bradmangin

On today's podcast I speak with photographer Peter Yang. He has worked with clients such as GQ,Rolling Stone,Variety,Levi's,and Ray Ban to name a few. www.peteryang.com Instagram - @yopeteryang

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Benedict Evans. Benedict has worked with clients such as ESPN,Esquire,Variety,Wired magazine to name a few. In this interview I speak to Benedict about how he went from studying film to pursuing a career in photography. I also speak to Benedict his experience assisting legendary photographer Platon and how he broke off on his own to start shooting. Benedict is a very talented photographer who’s work I really enjoy so I was excited to get a chance to speak with Benedict about his work. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.benedictevans.com

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Nick Onken. Nick is a commercial and editorial photographer who has worked with clients such as Nike,Coca Cola,Conde Nast Traveler,and Addidas to name a few. In this interview I speak to Nick about some of his early assignments , his approach to marketing and I also speak to Nick about his own podcast “Nion Radio” where he interviews people such as Usher , Donna Karen , and Jeff Lipsky to name a few. Nick is a very creative person with a broad range of interests so I was interested to hear more about his story. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.nickonken.com Instagram - @nickonken

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Gina LeVay. Gina is a NYC based photographer who has worked with clients such as ESPN,Vanity Fair,Fortune,and the WWE to name a few. In this interview I speak to Gina about her personal project “Sandhogs” which documented the underground miners of NYC. I also speak to Gina about her approach to marketing which has allowed her to work with a broad range of both editorial and commercial clients. Gina is photographer who’s work I’ve been following for years so I was excited to get a chance to speak with her about her work. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening. www.ginalevay.com Instagram - @ginalevay

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Dylan Coulter. Dylan is a Los Angeles based photographer who has worked with clients such as ESPN the Magazine,GQ,Adidas,and Apple to name a few. In this interview I speak with Dylan about how he made the transition form working as an Art director to becoming a photographer , his experience shooting for ESPN’s The Body Issue, and I also speak to him about some of hiss early assignments. Dylan is a really talented photographer with a wealth of knowledge and experience so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him about his career. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.dylancoulter.com Instagram - @dylancoulter

On today’s podcast I speak with photographer Matt Day. Matt Day is a photographer based in Chillicothe,Ohio who is well known for his youtube channel “Matt Day Photo” where he talks about everything from film photography, different cameras, and projects he’s working on. Much of Matt’s personal photography is based around documenting is family and the town of Chillicothe,Ohio. Matt is someone who has a true passion for photography and has found a unique way to monetize his photography via youtube and social media so I was excited to get a chance to speak with him in depth about his work. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.mattdayphoto.com www.youtube.com/mattdayphoto Instagram- @mattdayphoto