Ep. 196 Pete Souza – American Photojournalist, Former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama
This week, Wes and Todd sit down with former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama, Pete Souza. Pete discusses his childhood, how he got his start in photography, his early experience as a photojournalist shooting for small newspapers, what working at those small newspapers taught him, how the opportunity to work as an official White House photographer came about, the difference in access between photographing President Reagan and President Obama, his thought behind capturing important historical moments of the presidency, the contrast between the Obama presidency and the current presidency, his books, the documentary “The Way I See It,” and his take on what we can do to facilitate change in the United States.
Ep. 061 Carl Corey - Documentarian, Photographer
Wes and Todd talk with Carl Corey. Corey talks about being a Documentarian, his interest in photography at age nine, commercial photography, honesty and truth in photography, following your voice, the state of the photography world, process, rural life, photography books, publishing books, prints, galleries, portraits, one print for one month for one hundred dollars, successful photographs, being a Guggenheim Fellow and his new book, “The Strand.”