Kiliii Yüyan is a photographer, filmmaker, public speaker, and National Geographic Explorer. He captures life of the polar regions, beneath cold seas, and within the heart of human communities. His photographs are intimate and sensory, crafted from deep, long-term immersion.
Drawing from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Richard unpacks the idea of Resistance: the invisible, internal force that shows up whenever we try to create, grow, or change. Procrastination. Self-doubt. Distraction. Rationalization. That voice that says, “Do it tomorrow.” That’s Resistance.
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Joseph Rossbach is an American landscape photographer and educator who has built a life around wild places, quiet light, and the type of images that reward patience. Over the past two decades, he’s explored everything from the slot canyons of Utah to the cypress swamps of the American South and everywhere in between.
Patrick Fore is a commercial photographer and art director from San Diego, California. He spent four years as lead photographer and brand designer for Taylor Guitars and now runs his own commercial photography studio.
Bryan Grieg Fry is an Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland. He’s a herpetologist and venomologist who leads the Venom Evolution Laboratory, working on venoms from a wide range of reptiles, centipedes, insects, scorpions, spiders, and venomous mammals. He’s also known as the “Venom Doc.”
Katie Orlinsky has spent the past decade documenting life in the Arctic, a place where climate, culture, and survival are all intertwined. Her latest exhibition, Vanishing Caribou, now showing at the Natural History Museum in Siena, Italy, captures the heartbreaking decline of Arctic caribou and the Indigenous communities whose lives depend on them. In this conversation, we talk about how she built the project, the balance between beauty and loss, and what it means to tell stories that help the world see differently.
Sean Tucker is a photographer, filmmaker, author, and public speaker from the UK. His YouTube channel, which has more than 600,000 subscribers, features videos about photography, creativity, and living a creative life.
This special episode of Beyond The Lens features listener questions and answers about the podcast as well as some favorite moments from the past 99 episodes.
Jacqueline Emery and David Lei are wildlife photographers and authors of Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City’s Beloved Owl. In this episode, we explore what it meant to follow Flaco day after day over the course of a year, the lessons his story holds for photographers and wildlife lovers, and how one bird captured the imagination of an entire city.
Alanna O’Neil is a lifestyle photographer, designer, and author who left the runways of New York fashion for the slower, more intentional rhythm of Maui. From Vermont to Manhattan to Maui, she’s navigated imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the constant pull of outside expectations in order to find her own creative voice.
