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Innovate, Create, Evolve - Meet Leaders from across creative fields who have crossed boundaries and built projects and careers that most only imagine. Join Thomas Werner the author of The Fashion Image by Bloomsbury, London; Editor at Large for IRKmagazine, Paris; Former Professor at Parsons School of Design in New York; Former owner of Thomas Werner Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea Art District. He is currently speaking, consulting and hosting workshops on an international basis. Thomas will be in conversation with leading figures in Fashion, Art, Publishing, and Innovation. Practical knowledge, Business advice, Creative skills, Networking, and Innovation are just a few of the topics that will be covered. Logo Photograph by @Benjaminspradley http://benjaminspradley.com/
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Monday Apr 04, 2022
Rosie Kamdem Cameroon Based Women’s and Education Rights Activist
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Today I would like to welcome Rosie Kamdem to the podcast. Rosie is friend and a bit of a hero of mine. A mother of 5 she is an award winning women and education rights activist in Cameroon working in the countries major cities and most remote villages, and at times across the African Continent.
She spends her time visiting tribes and villages that can only be reached by hiking into the bush as she teaches women how to make soap and other goods necessary to provide a more safe and sanitary lifestyle while producing income for these small women run businesses. In most villages women have never run a business before. In many of these areas women to not know a word for their private parts, or for menstruation.
Rosie also focuses on the empowerment of women on the nationally, locally, and tribal level where women most often do not have a voice. Helping women and young girls understand that they have options in life that include education, owning a business, having the right to have their voices heard, and that child marriages are not necessary are primary focuses of her work.
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Asmita Aggarwal, former Editor in Chief L’Officiel India
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Today I would like to welcome Asmita Aggarwal to the podcast. Asmita is the former editor in chief of the fashion magazine L’Officiel India. Prior to that she was a writer for the Hindustan Times, the India Today group, and the Asian age as a national Features Editor. A leading women's rights advocate Asmita now writes for the Fashion Design Council of India. We will be joining the conversation in progress.
As guests on the podcast live around the country and the world. You may hear an occasional click, and at times ambient sound in the interviewees space. My apologies in advance for any of these sounds and may appear in the podcast.
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
French Cowboy, Photographers, Gallerists, Publishers
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Mia MacFarlane and Julien Crougneau, also known as French Cowboy, are a creative force du jour, and an absolute pleasure to collaborate with. In addition to creating imagery for fashion clients across Europe and a career as exhibiting artists they are the Co-Editors-in-Chief at IRK Magazine a Paris based fashion and culture print and web site publication distributed internationally at trend stores and museums, and have recently opened IRK Gallerie in Arles, France, site of the Recontres D’Arles one of the world’s leading photography festivals. They have recently founded the publishing company Les Loupes des Steppes Publishing in Arles, France, and launched their first book Le Sud.
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Maria Moyano Creative Director, Experience Designer
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Maria Moyano is a Creative Director, Experience Designer, and the Executive Producer for the Museum of Ice Cream in New York, Singapore, and previously Miami. Maria specializes in producing the kind of high engagement interactive experiences that businesses and audiences crave. The creation and execution of the exhibits at the museum on a short pressure filled timeline admirable and speaks to the focus, dedication and professionalism necessary to achieve success at this level. Her ability to problem solve and evolve is both informative and inspirational.
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Jenna Close, Creative Director, Photographer, Explorer
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Jenna and her collaborator Jon’s career have evolved along with the changing business of image making and story telling. They have always approached their work with grace, a sense of humor, and deep respect for their client, their craft and the final outcome. In a nutshell Buck the Cubicle specializes in authentic storytelling for Purpose Driven Brands with a focus on green industries and sustainability. They also happen to love anyone who follows their own heart and vision, as you will see at https://buckthecubicle.com/
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
KODO NISHIMURA, MAKE UP ARTIST, MONK, LGBTQ ACTIVIST
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Today my guest is Kodo Nishimura. When I first met Kodo he was an art student interested in becoming a make up artist. His goal was to do make up for the Miss Universe Pageant. Since then Kodo has become a Buddhist Monk living an openly gay life, a successful make up artist, and a humble activist and active supporter of LGBTQ rights. Equally important, he is a bit of an expert in making his dreams come true. Kodo, welcome to the podcast.
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Sunday Nov 22, 2020
David Kennerly - Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Please join me in welcoming David Kennerly to the Podcast. At the age of 25 David won the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Feature Photography for his work in Vietnam. He has photographed 10 presidents, and all 3 impeachment trials. He was with Hillary Clinton when she received news about FBI Director Comey and with Donald Trump the evening he won the election. He photographed the summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikail Gorbachov, the legendary Ali -Frazier Prize Fight, and the Miracle Mets. The range of iconic events that he has covered is hard to fathom. To quote his friend James Earl Jones, “David is like Forest Gump, except he was really there.
Photo by David Kennerly
First Lady Michelle Obama greets former President George W. Bush with a hug at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC on September 24, 2016. Photo by David Hume Kennerly while on assignment for Bank of America.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Joanna Lily Wong
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Elinor Carucci
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Today I would like to introduce you to Elinor Carucci. The breadth of Elinor’s career has been extensive, she has just published her 4th monograph Midlife by Monacelli Press, now part of Phaidon Press. Represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York her work is included in the collections of Museum of Modern Art New York, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, among others, and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, W, Aperture, ARTnews, and numerous other publications. Elinor has exhibited extensively, but one of her greatest achievements is the personal and professional honestly and integrity she brings to her work and career. She is an obsessive image maker with patience and vision. Elinor, welcome to the podcast.
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Maria Baltazzi
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Today, I’d like to welcome Maria Baltazzi to the Podcast. When Maria graduated with her MFA from The Art Center College of Design she decided that she wanted to travel and create adventure television. She is now a 2 time Emmy award winning producer and creator of TV shows, was one of 4 Senior Producers for the first 7 seasons of Survivor, has traveled to all 7 continents, twice, and that is just the beginning. Maria is an innovator whose career is an inspiration.
Maria is the founder of Sojourn Experience. A company comprised of three divisions.
Sojourn Explorers Curating Transformational Luxury Travel Experiences
Picture Happiness: Take A Shot
Working intuitively with her clients to help them name their goals and values, examine any beliefs they perceive as blocking those goals and guide them to a new perspective of what is possible. Maria has a PhD in Conscious-Centered Living.
Sojourn Media Group: Producer and connector
Maria introduces talented content providers to A-list producers and production companies, as a show business veteran and Emmy® winner with multiple nominations.
Learn more at: https://sojourn-intl.com/
Maria is an innovator whose career is an inspiration. Maria, welcome to the podcast.