S1 #8 - Relocating & Reality TV w/ Justin Mott

In this weeks episode we talk to Justin Mott an American Photographer who has been based out in Vietnam for over a decade. You can find him on instagram here and see both his personal and commercial photography ventures. We discuss the topics of Knowing when to bring other people on ventures. Balancing personal and commercial work. Personal projects and specifically Justin current personal project, how it came about and how it makes it all happen The ‘Photo Face Off’ reality show on the History Channel that Justin took part in for a number of seasons - and what that taught him. The importance of being able to talk to others about your work and get opinions on your images - how Justin uses instagram to get real feedback on his work. In the piece Tom mentions Photomeet in London and the workshops Justin mentions are the Eddie Adams workshop and Gary Knight’s workshop. In the intro we also have a bit of desk chat (see Tom Barnes previous desk escapades here). His current desk is made by a company called Platform. We also talk about Tom’s use of a Stream Deck and Keyboard Maestro, along with the Pomodoro Technique. To finish off we have Justins desert island camera which happens to be the Leica M10-D, and his chosen photobook is Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado.