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.com In this episode, we talk about the upcoming book and how he went from Photo Editor at multiple magazines, including GQ, to becoming a full-time photographer. What happened when he metPhotographer Albert Watson, and how photographer Harry Benson was his mentor. Ian talks about his process going into a photo shoot and what it’s like to work with Morgan Freeman, Steven Tyler, Bob Odenkirk, Jeff Bridges, and more. We discuss cameras, why he left NYC, and the time he had a photoshoot on an aircraft carrier where he was escorted around by armed guards at all times and how he told the ships commander how he wanted them to position two 30 million dollar planes.
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