This is a podcast that interviews the people responsible for creating many of the images and videos you see in your world every day. It is a behind the scenes look into what it takes to bring these amazing visuals to life. With interviews from advertising and design agency creatives, producers and owners, to Actors, fashion designers, model agencies, photographers, photographer agents, directors, hair and makeup artist, clothing stylist and more. You will hear about the work it takes to transform an idea into the final visual.
Cleo and I talk about how she moved from France to NYC during her high school years and how she found herself going from being a film production student to eventuallyand Art Producer at BBDO, now Omn…
Have you ever wondered how the “Got Milk?” campaign was started or what it was like to work with the celebrities and the celebrity photographers who helped make the campaign? Well, Bernie Hogya can t…
Andrew and I talk about what he did to win an Emmy, a shoot where he rebuilt, to scale, the Home Alone house interior, working the Super Bowl and World Cup, why he moved from the Buffalo, NY area to …
This one is for the photographers! Ian Spanier is an award-winning commercial and celebrity photographer who has a new book coming out called Cigars: A Biography, whichyou can get at www.Sigculture.c…
Another Great Episode where Gregg tells some amazing stories! We start off with his first time working with the great photographer, Walter Ioss and another great one, Greg Heisler. Gregg gives his th…
How did Priyanka get from Mumbai, India all the way to NYC? Listen to this episode to hear about her wonderful journey. We also discuss how Personal work can really help in keeping you fresh for clie…
Let’s talk about strange prop request that must be fulfilled in a short period of time! That’s exactly what we will do while chatting with Rotary International Art Director Leann Arthur. We also talk…
How did the San Francisco 49er’s mascot become part of Kim’s most fulfilling project in advertising? In this episode we hear how! We also hear about Kim’s dream job, how she finds director’s and phot…
How did a Burlesque show lead to Monica Zaffaron becoming a producer? In this episode we hear how the woman responsible for Trybe Production Collective started off as a dancer, model and actor and ma…
Until very recently Julie was the Managing Art Producer at Havas in NYC, so she has a lot of wonderful stories! We talk about her time in Italy where she was taken to a room with no windows and quest…
Courtney tells us how she created the successful production studio Salt Paper Studio and the meaning behind the name. We discuss one of the coolest things to happen to her, which involves Adobe, what…
Nina started out in her early teens as a booker for punk rock bands, so she always had the spirit of a producer and entrepreneur. In this episode we talk about the model with no shoes, none at all! W…
There are so many good things on this podcast, I don’t know if I can list them all here. Mike talks about the time he was in Italy and a 10-foot wall of dirt magically appeared overnight in front of …
Alessandra and I talk about the time she thought a famous musician was going to blackball her for something she did. We also talk a lot about travel and cool places to travel, including the country t…
Liz and I talk a lot about AI on this episode and the positive and negatives of this new technology. She knows a lot about it and I was very interested in what she had to say. We also talk about a cl…
Sarah has some great stories, everything from a multi-day shoot for a schizophrenia drug that took place in the abandoned wing of a working, possibly haunted, mental hospital, to her dream project (l…
Ashley is a classically trained artist and a world traveler! In this episode we talk about the time she found herself on her own in Italy and ended up having a meeting at a café with two Advertising …
Dwight left Virginia after college and drove to NYC with $20 in his pocket and by the time he got to Manhattan, he owed New York $17! He then went on to assist some of the top photographers in the wo…
In this episode Ken and I discuss what he's been up to since we last spoke, which was during Covid lockdown. Ken has moved to a new city and state and has joined a new agency. We also discuss the goo…
Erica Ptohos is the SVP, Group Creative Director for TBWA\World Health and she has some great advice and stories for you in this episode. Erica talks about shooting in an active mental institution an…