Show notes
Amy Feitelberg, Photo Creative Lead at Square, and formerly the former Photo Director of Outside and Los Angeles magazines, plus a founding Curator for Images For Humanity — a photo charity supporting Ukraine.Check out her tasty tearsheets and background on Amy’s portfolio site. Seriously, she’s worked with everyone.This is Part 2 of my interview with Amy. Start with Part 1, or you’ll be confused and miss out on lots of good stuff! The following notes include references to both parts, fyi. Don’t miss the links at the bottom, to follow along at home with visual aids.I’m your host, Neil Binkley, Founder of The Personal Photography Project. We are a resource for art producers, photo editors and all creatives to discover photographers (and their licensable images) through their personal work.We touch on so many different brands and publications (many of which she’s worked at, or knows the creatives):Square (and The Reader, it’s in-house publication)AppleOutside magazineLos Angeles magazineThe New York Times MagazineNew York magazineINQUE magazineAphotoeditorMy gosh, we bring up so many creatives, photo editors, photographers and artists — most of whom she’s hired or worked with):Mary Ellen MarkCarlos SeraoFrank OckenfelsLaurie KratochvilKwaku AlstonHerb RittsJill GreenbergAndy AndersonRob HaggartDan WintersEmily ShurArt StreiberArem DuplessisMatt WilleyLandon NordemanDaniele GaspariniIn our discussion today, Amy and I talk about many things. If your podcast app shows chapters — well check ‘em out, because I added them! Otherwise, here’s a list of topics discussed, plus you can click on the timestamp to jump to that part of the interview (but OF COURSE, you’re listening all the way through the episode…):[00:00:00] Amy Feitelberg Intro[00:03:26] What is The Personal Photography Project?[00:04:38] What Does Amy Do at Square?[00:11:37] Licensing Photos (Trends)[00:16:18] The Anonymous Nature of Her Work
[00:19:10] Looking at Personal Work As A Hiring Consideration[00:24:05] How NOT to Get Hired by Square[00:26:48] Print and Email Promos[00:29:18] Coming Up With Ideas For Personal Projects[00:32:36] Where to Send A Print Promo These Days?[00:38:16] Portfolio Reviews[00:40:07] She's Founding Curator at Images for Humanity, which Supports Ukraine[00:45:41] We Live in a Photo Community[00:48:54] BONUS: Us talking about podcasts that we likeThis and much, much more. Links to What We Discuss:[FYI: some podcast apps — I'm looking at you, Apple — cut off these show notes before the end. You can see all of the shownotes on apps like Spotify or Overcast. OR, on our website: https://www.tppp.photo/podcast]Amy’s portfolio site, which includes great tearsheets and colorful work samples from Square, Outside mag, Los Angeles mag, and moreSquare’s colorful brandingSquare’s The Reader, an in-house magazineThe Personal Photography Project, which I founded this year as a website for showcasing photographers’ personal workNeon Alleys, the photorealist CG project, by Daniele Gasparini, that stood out to Amy on our siteRob Haggart and his influential Aphotoeditor photo blogJody Quon’s job listing (she’s Photo Director for New York magazine)Images for Humanity, the photo charity supporting Ukraine that involves an amazing list of photographers — and you can buy their prints! An actually meaningful, last-minute Holiday/Birthday gift idea?Print is Dead, a podcast about the magazine industry. Interviews with Arem Duplessis, Dan Winters, and other editorial luminaries.Matt Willey, former Art Director at The New York Times Magazine (look at all of his amazing cover designs!), Founder/Art Director for INQUE, a boutique literary magazine, ,typeface designer, and Pentagram partner. Can you tell I’m a fan?Smartless podcastHeather Elder’s “Dear Art Producer” podcastThe Photo Banter podcast, by Alex GagneEyeball, a photo podcast by John LoomisWorkbook Radio podcastBonus link: Entertainment Weekly letterhead post about Amy, with lovely hand-drawn illustration by the always-entertaining, former Photo Editor, Michele RomeroPhotopod is the official podcast of The Personal Photography Project. Check out our photographers’ personal projects!See all Photopod episodes by subscribing on your podcast player of choice (Apple, Google, Spotify, what I use (iPhone recommended only): Overcast, etc.), or at www.photopodpod.com.Want to be reminded by email when each episode airs? We’ll do that, including the show’s description, to let you know what you can look forward to! Subscribe to our reminder newsletter here.Also feel free to drop me a line with questions and ideas for future interviews!