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Behind the Visual with Mark Hanson
by Mark Hanson
This is a podcast that interviews the people responsible for creating many of the images and videos you see in your world every day. It is a behind the scenes look into what it takes to bring these amazing visuals to life. With interviews from advertising and design agency creatives, producers and owners, to Actors, fashion designers, model agencies, photographers, photographer agents, directors, hair and makeup artist, clothing stylist and more. You will hear about the work it takes to transform an idea into the final visual.
Episodes
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Episode 121 - Doron Gild - NY-Based Portrait Photographer
In this episode, I talk with an amazing Photographer, Doron Gild ( www.dorongild.com ) Doron grew up in Jerusalem and moved to New York City at age 19 and ended up going to school at SVA. We discussed what that was like and he tells me how a meeting with a photo editor completely changed the way…
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Episode 120 - Ben Glotzer - Senior Creative Director @ Little Big Brands
This episode is with Little Big Brands' senior creative Director, Ben Glotzer. In this episode we have a great conversation about so many things I can’t even list them all. We talk about the time he was in Mexico City on a big job for Coca-Cola and he ended up getting chased by a street…
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Episode 119 - Cleo Montagnana - Associate Art Producer - Omnicon Productions
Cleo and I talk about how she moved from France to NYC during her high school years and how she found herself going from being a film production student to eventuallyand Art Producer at BBDO, now Omnicon. We discuss what it takes to be an art producer, what it’s like dealing with cost…
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Episode 115- Bernie Hogya - Creative Director/Art Director
Have you ever wondered how the “Got Milk?” campaign was started or what it was like to work with the celebrities and the celebrity photographers who helped make the campaign? Well, Bernie Hogya can tell you all about it because he was there from the beginning, all the way to the last frame. And...
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Episode 118 - Andrew Manzella - Creative Director / Co-Owner of Paper Theater Studio
Andrew and I talk about what he did to win an Emmy, a shoot where he rebuilt, to scale, the Home Alone house interior, working the Super Bowl and World Cup, why he moved from the Buffalo, NY area to NC, what we like better, using sticks (tripod) or handheld, advice for up and coming creatives and…
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Episode-117-Ian Spanier - Award wining Commercial Photographer
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...
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Episode - 116 - Gregg ONeill – Creative Director/Consultant and Copywriter
Another Great Episode where Gregg tells some amazing stories! We start off with his first time working with the great photographer, Walter Ioss and another great one, Greg Heisler. Gregg gives his thoughts on what makes a good photographer and what you need to know to be a good Creative Director....
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Episode 114 -Priyanka Patill – Sr. Art Director FCB Health
How did Priyanka get from Mumbai, India all the way to NYC? Listen to this episode to hear about her wonderful journey. We also discuss how Personal work can really help in keeping you fresh for client work and what ways Priyanka goes about doing that. She has some advice for anyone who is hoping...
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Episode 113 - Leann Arthur - Art Director for Rotary International
Let’s talk about strange prop request that must be fulfilled in a short period of time! That’s exactly what we will do while chatting with Rotary International Art Director Leann Arthur. We also talk about a very interesting assignment she had while working as a photographer for a small West...
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Episode 112 - Kim Baskinger - Freelance Creative Director
How did the San Francisco 49er’s mascot become part of Kim’s most fulfilling project in advertising? In this episode we hear how! We also hear about Kim’s dream job, how she finds director’s and photographers, her thoughts on doing treatments for jobs, why she loved working at BBDO, how Vayner...
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Episode 111 - Monica Zaffarano – commercial advertising print and video content producer
How did a Burlesque show lead to Monica Zaffaron becoming a producer? In this episode we hear how the woman responsible for Trybe Production Collective started off as a dancer, model and actor and made a living at it for four years in Europe as well as some time in America. She talks about what…
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Episode 110 - Julie Rosenoff - Senior Art Producer/Photo and Art Consultant
Until very recently Julie was the Managing Art Producer at Havas in NYC, so she has a lot of wonderful stories! We talk about her time in Italy where she was taken to a room with no windows and questioned as she was trying to fly out of the country, her favorite shoot which was for Jaguar,...
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Episode 109 - Courtney Swift-Copeland – Owner/CD @ Salt Paper Studios
Courtney tells us how she created the successful production studio Salt Paper Studio and the meaning behind the name. We discuss one of the coolest things to happen to her, which involves Adobe, what unusual thing would be in the rider of her contract (I stole this question from my friend who…
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Episode 108 - Nina Millane – CEO – Photo/Video Producer @ The New Black Creative
Nina started out in her early teens as a booker for punk rock bands, so she always had the spirit of a producer and entrepreneur. In this episode we talk about the model with no shoes, none at all! We also discuss how she started as a photo studio manager which led to her eventually starting her...
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Episode 107 - Mike Bilbrey, Producer at Leo Burnett
There are so many good things on this podcast, I don’t know if I can list them all here. Mike talks about the time he was in Italy and a 10-foot wall of dirt magically appeared overnight in front of the photo-shoot location and what they had to do to have it removed so they could shoot. We…
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Episode 106 - Alessandra Amodio – Digital Photo Editor at Travel and Leisure
Alessandra and I talk about the time she thought a famous musician was going to blackball her for something she did. We also talk a lot about travel and cool places to travel, including the country that really surprised her and made her almost move there. We chat about her love of photography and...
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Episode 105 - Liz Miller-Gershfeld - Self Employed Art Producer
Liz and I talk a lot about AI on this episode and the positive and negatives of this new technology. She knows a lot about it and I was very interested in what she had to say. We also talk about a class she is starting for photographers, which I would love to take, what it’s like being self...
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Episode 104 - Sarah Wilson – SVP, Group CD for TBWA/World Health
Sarah has some great stories, everything from a multi-day shoot for a schizophrenia drug that took place in the abandoned wing of a working, possibly haunted, mental hospital, to her dream project (listen to find out what that is), her favorite project so far, which involved Ebola, and the story…
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Episode 103 - Ashley Epping - Art Supervisor at The Bloc
Ashley is a classically trained artist and a world traveler! In this episode we talk about the time she found herself on her own in Italy and ended up having a meeting at a café with two Advertising legends. We talk about her time at the Clio Awards and what were some of her favorite ads and...
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Episode 102 - Dwight Loew - Content/integrated Producer
Dwight left Virginia after college and drove to NYC with $20 in his pocket and by the time he got to Manhattan, he owed New York $17! He then went on to assist some of the top photographers in the world like Mary Ellen Mark, Bert Stern, David LaChapelle and more before doing his own thing as a...
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Episode 101 - Ken Zane, what's new?
In this episode Ken and I discuss what he's been up to since we last spoke, which was during Covid lockdown. Ken has moved to a new city and state and has joined a new agency. We also discuss the good and bad of AI for photographers and what Ken thinks about source books. It was fun catching up...
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Episode 99 - Erada Svetlana - Owner of the Erada Agency a design and creative production company
We talk about everything in this episode as we catch up on the changes in Erada's life. Her new Design and Creative Production Agency, Shooting in NYC, being a photographer and the stereotypes that come with it, therapy, price of apartments, dating, and a lot more! It's a really fun episode that…
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Episode 98 - Mary Dail – Owner & CD at Big Leo Productions
Mary talks about working at Martha Stewart Living and not even knowing who Martha Stewart was when she took the job. We also discuss how she handled a client paying her invoice and then two months later, asking for part of the money back, due to no fault of Big Leo, what to look for if you’re...
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Episode 97 - Kelly Swanson - Producer at Home Depot
Kelly can tell you what it’s like to almost have your head crushed by an elephant’s tusk! She tells us all about that story, which happened during her time working for Ringling Brothers. She will also chat about working with Disney on Ice, Wrangler, Lowe’s, Sealy, owning her own agency and a…
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Episode 96 - Tony Reagan – Former Model Agent, Photography Agent and movie producer
Tony has done it all! We discuss a shoot where the talent had Secret Service protection, what it’s like to shoot with Mary J. Blige, multiple times, how to put together a 45-day shoot and what it really takes to be successful as an agent. We chat about times when your expense account was so large...
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Episode 95 - Griselda Sanchez – Senior Social Manager at BBDO NYC
Griselda left her home country of Mexico and came to NYC with only a dream and almost immediately landed a job with worldwide advertising agency TBWA. She has since worked with celebrities, traveled, for work, to other countries, secured Bacardi as a client and can tell you all about how to run...
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Episode 94 - Brian Freeman – Founder/CD of Sensitive Guy Design
Do you want to know what Will Smith is really like to work with? Brian tells you in this episode. We also discuss almost getting beat up by Ghost Face Killah, working with Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Wu Tang Clan, BeBe Winans, Randy Moss and a lot of other artists. We spend time talking about…
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Episode 93 - Barbara McKay - Media Personality and Author
Have you ever asked a celebrity to watch your coat and bag so you could go spend time with friends? Barbara has, and it was a huge country music star, who waited around on her to come back and get her things. This is just one of the many great stories Barbara McKay tells during our chat as we...
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Episode 92 - Cindy Hicks – Prop Master/Set Decorator
This is a must listen/watch if want to hear some great stories about set decoration and propping for film and TV. Cindy has some amazing stories. We talk about the time she was shooting for a newspaper and wasn’t allowed on the infield of the Richmond NASCAR track because she had on shorts, but...
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Episode 91 - David M Watts – Chief Creative Officer, Consultant, Editor in Chief, Mentor
Listen to David talk about the time the licensing company he worked for turned down a video game that turned out to be a huge hit and a movie! We also talk about what David thinks every creative needs to be successful, his time working with Andrew Lloyd Weber, what it’s like to own and start a...
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Episode 90 - Katie Buntsma – Sr. Integrated producer @ Mullen Lowe US
Ever had a 300 lb boulder crash your set? Katie has! We discuss what happened when this monster boulder rolled through her set heading straight for the photographer, camera and the car they were shooting. We also discuss shooting in a remote area with the client on zoom and you have to have a...
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Episode 89 - Chris Cain - Guitarist for the band Bad Wolves
Are you curious as to why the old lead singer left? Well, we discuss that in this latest episode, along with fan reactions to what was being said by the former lead singer leading up to the departure. We also talk about how Bad Wolves practices, different ways bands do their live shows, how to...
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Episode 88 - Dee Ann Davis – Executive Print and Art Producer
What did Dee Ann have to do to the topless model pics for one of the Easy Rider magazines during the time she worked for their printing company? Listen and find out! Dee Ann gives you the answer to that plus, we talk about living on a boat, the difference between Art and Print Producers, what it...
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Episode 87 - John Lehr – Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer
Have you ever been told to Rise, by Steven Tyler, backstage at the MTV Music Awards or had a Television Executive have a nose bleed while you’re pitching a new idea? Well, John can tell you how both of those things happened to him as well as what it’s like to be the Geico Caveman, a comedian, a...
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Episode 86 - Nate Johnson – Assoc. Creative Director @ Digitas Health
Nate and I talk about a model who showed up on set missing something that was needed and no one knew ahead of time the model was missing it. They worked it out, but listen to hear what was missing. We also discuss Nate spending his High School years in Hong Kong and part of it, he was living on…
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Episode 85 - Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi – Sr. Art Producer @ Innocean USA
What happens when your car prep guy parks a car at the shoreline on a beach and leaves it there? Nothing good, and Chrissy can tell you all about what happened. She can also tell you about the Apple ‘Think Different’ and iMac campaigns, because she worked on them! We also discuss how she turned...
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Episode 84 - Michele Romero – Former Senior Photo Editor at Entertainment Weekly
Who has worked with the cast of The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Grey’s Anatomy, Amy Schumer, Stephen Colbert, and every other entertainer you can think of? Michele Romero, that’s who! In this episode we discuss being backstage at a Kiss concert and seeing an older woman bring Gene Simmons baked...
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Episode 83 - Muzam Agha – Photo Director @ Real Simple - Owner & Executive Producer at Muzam Productions
Muzam and I discuss, a certain Keeping up with the Kardashians star asking if she can take her clothes off, Martha Stewart planning here own funeral and letting everyone in on a secret they didn’t know about, first job as an intern at Glamour magazine was working on a cover shoot of Beyonce, He...
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Episode 82 - Lisa Kunst – SR. Integrated Content Producer
Do you know Morris the Cat? Lisa does, and she know if he actually eats 9Lives cat food. Listen to find out the answer. Lisa and I also discuss what it takes to shoot on remote islands with a large crew, how a model getting a breast enhancement before a shoot and not telling anyone can cause…
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Episode 81 - Wylie Moran - Art Producer
Are you ready for some great stories? Well Wylie has them! We talk about shooting in Spain and recreating the running of the bulls for a campaign, her first ever shoot which was with Faye Dunaway, who the nicest celebrity she ever met was, why she had to call a photographer’s agent and have them...
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Episode 80 - Frank Maddocks – VP Creative Services at Warner Bros. Records
I’m welcoming back Frank Maddocks on this episode to discuss the Deftones current albums ‘Ohms’ and how he, and they, came up with the album cover. We also discuss the Deftones brand of beer, NFTs, Frank’s sticker packs he trades and sales, his inclusion in ‘The Future Happens’ exhibit as well as…
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Episode 79 - Guto Araki – Chief Creative @ Big Family Table – EVP Exec, CD Deutsch L.A.
Have you seen the Tom Brady Hulu Ad, or the Baker Mayfield, Saquon Barkley deep fake Hulu ad, or the Taco Bell moon campaign? If you have, then you know some of Guto Araki’s work. Guto and I talk about all of these campaigns as well as how he started his own company at 19 and then was bought out...
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Episode 78 - Carmen Roselles – Sr. Project Manager at Hot Dish Advertising
What do you do when the model misses her flight, doesn’t tell you until the morning of and doesn’t show up for the shoot? Carmen can tell you what she did. She can also tell you how to handle a stylist and assistant that get drunk the night after day 1 and sleep through their alarms and show up...
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Episode 77 - Toby Kaufmann – Creative Director at Facebook
Did you know that Facebook has Creative Directors, and at least one amazing Creative Director. If you didn’t know that, or even if you did, you should listen to this episode. Toby and I discuss the time she worked on the floor of the NY Stock Exchange, how she is partly responsible for the...
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Episode 76 - Forest Abruzzo – Sr. Art Director MullenLowe U.S.
Want to know what it’s like to work with Bad Bunny and Snoop Dogg and Zoe Saldana, Forest can tell you. He can also tell you about working with Rick Ross and having deep conversations with celebrity athletes. Forest tells us about the time he drove from Colorado to Atlanta, just for a job...
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Episode 75 - Kim Gougenheim – Photo Editor at the New York Times
You want to know what a Diva, Hand Models can be? Listen to this episode with New York Times editor, Kim Gougenheim. Kim and I discuss, hand models, shooting on the set of Sesame Street, meeting and working with Elmo. We find out what Elmo can’t do, or is allowed to hold, we discuss her time at...
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Episode 74 - Ryan Hose – Creative Director, FCB Health, New York
Ryan talks about a dinner he had in London where a couple of famous artists, asked him to go out and party with them and then asked him to attend one of their showings. Find out who they were and what Ryan said to their invitations. We also discuss working at smaller agencies versus larger ones,...
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Episode 73 - Krystle Mortimore – Executive Producer, Brand Lead Nike at Wieden and Kennedy
This is one of my most interesting episode, so definitely check this one out! Krystle and I talk about the time she played HORSE with Kobe Bryant and it wasn’t easy, for him! We discuss working on shoots with Kobe, LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo, including which one always has to have…
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Episode 72 - Tim Dillingham – Creative Director, Dill Advertising and Design
Tim tells us about what it was like to work at McCann Advertising as his first job, how things go down in meetings where the agency is presenting Photographers and Directors to their clients. We also discuss the time he worked with Cindy Crawford, a voiceover he did with Gary Sinise and how nice…
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Episode 71 - Nathan Richards - London Fashion Photographer
In this episode Nathan and I catch up on how his career has exploded since he moved to London and lockdown has ended. We discuss how he has been getting jobs, the benefits of constructive criticism, his shoots for Mimi London, and other companies, what it was like when each of us shot covers…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a podcast that interviews the people responsible for creating many of the images and videos you see in your world every day. It is a behind the scenes look into what it takes to bring these amazing visuals to life. With interviews from advertising and design agency creatives, producers and owners, to Actors, fashion designers, model agencies, photographers, photographer agents, directors, hair and makeup artist, clothing stylist and more. You will hear about the work it takes to transform an idea into the final visual.
HOSTED BY
Mark Hanson
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