Episodes

"David Valdez: My Years with George H.W. Bush (Part 1)"

"David Valdez: My Years with George H.W. Bush (Part 1)"

When President George H.W. Bush told him to “jump”, he of course did... which seems like a perfectly good way to start another episode of The Camera Café Show 😄📸 In Part One of my conversation with former Chief Official White House Photographer David Valdez, we travel back to where his remarkable ...

"Bruce Dale: Planning for the Unplanned (Part 2)"

"Bruce Dale: Planning for the Unplanned (Part 2)"

What happens when you strap a camera to the tail of a jumbo jet?😅📸 In Part Two of my conversation with former National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale, we continue our conversation by uncovering the stories behind some of his most iconic National Geographic photographs. It turns out getting the...

"Bruce Dale: Planning for the Unplanned (Part 1)"

"Bruce Dale: Planning for the Unplanned (Part 1)"

Did you read National Geographic magazine as a kid in your bedroom, dreaming about all those faraway places? The only difference is that some end up spending thirty years travelling the world and photographing those very places—all because they never stopped exploring 🌍📸 In this first part of my c...

"Ian Berry: The Boy Who Wanted To See The World"

"Ian Berry: The Boy Who Wanted To See The World"

As a teenager, Ian Berry left England to see the world. A few years later, he had joined Magnum Photos and would go on to spend more than six decades documenting people, places, and some of history's defining moments with his Leica. Together we travel across continents and through more than sixty ye...

"Meryl Meisler: Street Photography and Boogie Nights (Part 2)"

"Meryl Meisler: Street Photography and Boogie Nights (Part 2)"

Retirement usually means less work, fewer surprises, and a cleaner attic. Unless, of course, you're a photographer with a lifetime of negatives waiting upstairs. And that's exactly where we continue our conversation today 😊 In Part 2 of my conversation with photographer Meryl Meisler, we move beyon...

"Meryl Meisler: Street Photography and Boogie Nights (Part 1)"

"Meryl Meisler: Street Photography and Boogie Nights (Part 1)"

Remember the wild hairstyles, the fancy dance moves, and the nights when Studio 54 ruled New York? Well, today's guest was there... camera in hand, and thankfully she kept the negatives! In this first part of my conversation with Meryl Meisler, we travel back to the beginning of a remarkable photogr...

"Pedaling the Whooper Highway: Mike Forsberg & Andy Caven"

"Pedaling the Whooper Highway: Mike Forsberg & Andy Caven"

Most people look at bird migrations on maps. A photographer and a biologist decided to follow one on bicycles...for 2,500 miles! When I first reached out to Mike Forsberg, the plan was to talk about his remarkable photography career and decades of conservation storytelling. Then I discovered that Mi...

"Ukraine: Living Inside the Story — Oksana Parafeniuk & Iva Sidash (Part 2)"

"Ukraine: Living Inside the Story — Oksana Parafeniuk & Iva Sidash (Part 2)"

War doesn't end when the photograph is taken. For many people, that's where the story begins. In Part 2 of this special two-part conversation, I once again sit down with Ukrainian photojournalists Oksana Parafeniuk and Iva Sidash. While Part 1 focused on home, and their personal journeys in photogra...

"Ukraine: Living Inside the Story — Oksana Parafeniuk & Iva Sidash (Part 1)"

"Ukraine: Living Inside the Story — Oksana Parafeniuk & Iva Sidash (Part 1)"

For most photojournalists, war is something they travel to. For others, it's the reality of the place they call home. In Part 1 of this special two-part conversation, I sit down with Ukrainian photojournalists Oksana Parafeniuk and Iva Sidash. Iva was on our show in 2023, one year after the Russian ...