Manny Ortiz is a Chicago-based portrait photographer who inspired millions around the world. He became passionate about photography when his wife became pregnant with their first child. He then quickly taught himself photography while working as a police officer, and soon earned enough traction to pursue his passion full-time.

Not only is Manny is followed on YouTube by more than 675,000 people and 250,000 on Instagram but he also has co-created his own photography lighting equipment a beauty-dish with Westcott.

▷ Full show notes on https://pierretlambert.com/2023/02/10/manny-ortiz-podcast/

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Taylor Rees is a documentary filmmaker, Sony Alpha Artisan, photojournalist, and avid explorer of stories on landscape, natural resource issues, and above all else, the human heart. She's worked on adventure documentaries like Moonwalk, Down to Nothing, Sanctity, Under Nordic Sky, and The Last Honey Hunter.

Taylor's focus lately has been to bring a new perspective and deeper public understanding to the complexity of climate change, conservation, human rights, environmental justice, and extractive industries. What matters to her are the people within those stories, and their own experience of co-creating those narratives that break away from traditionally extractive forms of storytelling. 

In this episode, Taylor discusses how she directs adventure films, finds her creativity when it gets lost, her adventures, how cameras change communication with people and the practices that keep her grounded and focused. I hope you enjoy.

▷ Full show notes on https://pierretlambert.com/2022/10/16/taylor-rees-podcast/

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Svenja Krüger is a visual artist and founder of Stories Matter, a platform that uses photography to share the stories of people and places. Svenja believes in the power of a story to connect and inspire humanity, challenge perceptions, and impact communities. She's a passionate advocate for responsible storytelling and is particularly drawn to exploring untold stories around death, duality, and the interconnectedness of humanity: the themes that make our stories matter the most.

In this episode, Svenja discusses the meaning she finds in photographing funerals. She also shares her thoughts on complex ethical issues in photography and reflects on how her art has evolved as a result of her travels around the world.

▷ Full show notes on https://pierretlambert.com/2022/08/27/svenja-kruger-on-death-and-the-world-through-a-lens/

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Emmett Sparling is an award-winning director, photographer and videographer. As a teenager, he left a burgeoning career in fashion photography to backpack across the world. Over the course of his journey, he began to gain momentum on Instagram as a travel photographer and shot more and more short films. 

In this episode, Emmett reflects on lessons learned from years on the road shooting, a rule that increased his creative performance and offers a glimpse into what exciting new projects are next up.

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#66 - Michael Muser on Lessons From Working With The Top 0.1%, Starting a Three-Michelin Star Restaurant and Photography

Michael Muser talks about his experiences working with the top 0.1% best in the world, how he studied winemaking, where he got a taste of the culinary industry, what it means for a restaurateur to earn a Michelin star, bounce back from a closed business, and open another one in the time of the pandemic, and lastly, how he deals with raising a daughter. 

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#65 - Jerome Poirier on Going Viral (13M+views) On Instagram, The Psychology behind Instagram Reels & TikTok, and the lessons from European Football

I highly recommend listening to the entire episode because Jérôme has a fascinating take on TikTok, Instagram reels, and other video content. We also talked about European Football's massive profitability, social media's scalability, the psychology behind reels, virtual influencers, and Deepfakes. 

▷ Full show notes on https://ptl.fm/podcast

▷ Jerome on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jerometraveller/

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#64 - Jessica Moore on How Photography NFTs Changed Her Life, Storm Chasing for Photos and Her Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

Jessica Moore is a meteorologist and a professional photographer. Jessica discusses her experience navigating the NFT space, how she chases storms, how her disease impacted her art & life, the direction of her stormscape photography, and her favorite shooting gear!

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Nima is the COO of Empire Distribution Records and Publishing, an American distribution company and record label founded in 2008 by Gazi Shami and headquartered in San Francisco, California. In his teenage years, he started as a writer contributor in DubCNN, a website for west coast music. In his teenage year Nima was interviewing popular and rising hip-hop artists. He has also produced groundbreaking album records for acclaimed musicians, including 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and many more.

After finishing his Master’s degree in Media Management Program in Hamburg Media School, Germany, he moved to the US and learned the ins and outs of the US music industry.

I highly recommend listening to the entire episode because we cover interesting topics, not only about the hip-hop music industry, changes in music streaming over the years, the decline of piracy, but also about showing up every day to pursue the thing you’re most passionate about. 

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#62 - Laura Dawn on Microdosing for Creativity, Overcoming The 'I'm Not Creative' Label, and Psychedelics Safe Use

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Laura Dawn is a psychedelic advocate, author, and international speaker who has been leading transformational retreats for ten years. Her retreats inspire people to awaken to greater possibilities.

Laura Dawn is a microdosing mentor for executives and top performers and has been leading transformational retreats for over 10 years.

Laura talks about her journey to micro-dosing and how that helped her improve her creative flow. She discusses how psychedelics and sacred plant medicines can be used to manifest your dreams and how they can be woven safely into the very fabric of your daily life.

Find out how her journey led her to her more profound understanding of the intersection and overlap between psychedelics and creative problem-solving.

▷ Discover Laura's work & podcast: https://lauradawn.co

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Erick Hercules on How to Price Your Art, Breaking Creative Blocks, NFTs For Photographers, The Curse Of A Niche, Meditation & Tools to Optimize Life

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Erick Hercules specializes in non-photoshop levitation photography and is an Ecuadorian commercial photographer. His photographs are featured on billboards in Times Square, have been auctioned at the Guggenheim Museum, and published in Hypebeast, HighSnobiety, and other periodicals. Erick has previously worked with fashion and streetwear companies including Nike, Converse, Swatch, FILA, and Alpha Industries.

In 2013, he launched the “#WeLevitate” movement, a global community of aspiring levitation photographers and content creators that partners with World of Dance, SONY, Nike, and other brands.

In addition to his campaign work, Erick serves as an official SONY Alpha Ambassador and educator. He currently leads his own visual and strategy agency called Hercules New York and is the Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of INCMMN.

▷ Discover Erick's work: https://www.instagram.com/erickhercules/

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Sean Li on Saying No to 300,000$+, Restarting the Podcast, Building Your Business, NFTs and Lessons from Becoming a Dad

Welcome back to the show after a "short" break. Today we're diving into topics like how to make hard decisions (like turning down 300k offers), what I have planned for this podcast reboot, how to build your own business, brainstorms around the world of NFTs, lessons from becoming a dad and much more with Sean Li.

Sean is a serial entrepreneur having launched and sold multiple businesses over the past 10+ years. He has founded a co-working space in Downtown Los Angeles, multiple e-Commerce companies focused on inbound content marketing for DIY products, and numerous podcasts. Most recently he completed his MBA from the Berkeley Haas School of Business and co-founded a new business called Clever.

▷ Discover Clever: https://clever.fm

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Max Lowe is a director, filmmaker, TEDx speaker and photographer who has travelled across the globe to tell stories. He's worked with National Geographic, Science Magazine, The North Face, Red Bull, Outdoors Magazine and many other big names in the industry. Max's recent documentary "TORN" dives into his family complex history and is his most vulnerable and difficult project to date. Max shares with us how he got started, how he leaning into vulnerability helps his story telling, how he ended up in Iraq with veterans, the power of emotional openness and much more. Deep conversion with a lot of valuable content! 

▷ Max on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/max.lowe/

▷ Max's website - stay up to date for TORN release: https://www.maxlowemedia.com/

▷ Max's TED talk on radical vulnerability: https://www.ted.com/talks/max_lowe_radical_vulnerability_can_you_find_it_within_your_own_story

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Ted Chin explains NTFs (Non Fungible Tokens), how he sold and created his first pieces and what it means for the future of creators. Ted Chin is a digital artist and photographer from Taiwan now based in San Francisco, USA. He is most well known for his Photoshop composite art. Ted's work can be described as a fantasy world with a touch of surrealism, sometimes with spirits of nature. His most recent accomplishment is the Adobe Photoshop 2021 splash screen cover artist.

▷ Ted's NFTs: https://niftygateway.com/collections/tedchin

▷ Ted's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedslittledream/

▷ What are NFTs? https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/

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Peter Dering is the founder and CEO of Peak Design & co-founder of Climate Neutral org. Peter shares with us how he created Peak Design, how it started, the risks he took to make it happen and the lessons he learned along the way. We also talk about creativity, then change in technology for photography and his morning routines. 

▷ Peter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterdering 

▷ Peak Design: http://peakdesign.com/

▷ Climate Neutral: http://climateneutral.org/

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Ben Moon is an adventure, lifestyle, and portrait photographer whose vibrant images have graced the pages of Patagonia catalogues for the past 18 years. Ben is a Sony ambassador and has shifted his focus into filmmaking. Surviving colorectal cancer in his 20s inspired Ben to develop a deeper connection to others and the natural world and gradually shifted his artistic focus from capturing the pursuit of adventure to telling nuanced human stories that have inspired and impacted millions worldwide. 

▷ Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_moon

▷ Ben's new book mentioned: https://bit.ly/denali-book

▷ Ben's Viral film mentioned "Denali": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2zQbsEGh_Q&ab_channel=BenMoon

▷ Ben's work: https://benmoon.com/

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Ryan Borne is a talented French filmmaker and photographer currently working for Coral Gardeners in Moorea. Ryan creates stunning videos not only for NGOs but also for brands mainly around the water.  Ryan was also the creator with the Coral Gardeners team of a video that amassed over 100 Million views and helped raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help protect the ocean.

▷ Ryan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan_borne

▷ Viral video mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/B45ip7oAtHY/

▷ Coexistence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgfwCWr8cQ&ab_channel=CoralGardeners

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Etienne Claret is a Swiss Filmmaker documenting the adventures of famous explorer Mike Horn. Etienne shares his crazy story on how he got to work with Mike Horn and the adventures he's been on lately. 

🔥 Etienne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/etienneclaret/ 

🔥 Mike Horn's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeHornexplorer 

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Luke Jackson-Clark is a professional travel photographer who co-founded MoveToCreate, a travel video. & photo production company. In this episode Luke shares how he wants to shoot on the moon, how he found his business partner, how he became a travel photographer, tips for inspiring photographers and his work with his secret talent. 

🔥 Luke on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchluke/

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Sam Newton is a pro travel videographer who co-founded MoveToCreate, a travel video. & photo production company. Sam has recently popped up on the social media scene through his comic videos making a satire of the cliché travel photography/videography world. Beyond the funny content Sam's cinematic films are deep and aim to share a story or a message.

🔥 Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samnewtonmedia/

🔥 Videos mentioned:

• "My year 2018" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WyZWvpZiB4
• Interview with his grandmother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9JpbpAkANE
• "Influencer preset pack bundle" https://www.instagram.com/p/CByPS2pn27X/ & https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnoXY6nAKQ/

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Chris Hau runs a content creation agency working for brands like Corona, Mercedes, tourism boards... to create video ads and campaigns. Chris also has over 700,000+ people following his creative work online on his YouTube channel and Instagram. Dive into his story, his failures, and how he found his own voice. 

🔥 Chris on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thechrishau

🔥 Chris on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRte954rw0oeMWFroy_ClAw

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