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Episode 15 with Jonathan Mehring, photographer & film director from Richmond, Virginia. Together we talked about him growing up skating in Virginia, picking up a camera and shooting his friends skating, studying photography in college, his first photography gigs for Slap and Skateboarder Magazine, traveling around the world shooting photos with some of the best skaters of the last two decades, publishing "Skate the world" with National Geographic, getting into more commercial work for brands like Vans, Nike or Converse to name a few, his latest documentary "Walls cannot keep us from flying" about skateboarding at youth empowerment program SkateQilya in Palestine... and as usual a few bonus questions from friends!Intro (00:12) Growing up in VA (01:07) Studying photography (10:46) First photography jobs after college (22:59) First few years in NYC (34:50) Starting to travel (36:25) Most memorable trips (48:33) Vietnam trip with Visual Traveling: “the killing season” (50:32) National Geographic book “Skate the world” (53:19) Favorite photos (01:01:04) Favorite people to shoot with (01:03:13) "Walls cannot keep us from flying" documentary (01:08:38) Questions from friends (01:14:40) Conclusion (01:35:04)
