She uses her camera as a passport into the hidden and untold lives of people and cultures around the world. Beginning her photojournalistic career through her work as a global music executive, Krystal has worked in over 60 countries, capturing the spirit, emotion, and human stories behind each moment. 

Her passion for photography as a form of storytelling drives her to create images that remind us of our interconnectivity and the common threads that unite us all, transcending language, culture, and geography.

Krystal's images shine a light on the joy and positivity that can be found around the world. Her work been featured in galleries, hotels, palaces, and private collections worldwide, reflecting her commitment to using her lens as a tool to inspire positive change and foster global connectivity.

Krystal also works with several charities and Krystal also works with several charities and volunteers regularly for UNICEF, donating the proceeds from image sales to charity.

Here she talks to &Coe about her life, her photography and much more.

She is very active in conservation, especially in the oceans, and has a particular passion for protecting the Kelp Forests and the wildlife which inhabits it. She works for Sea Change, documenting and exploring the underwater forests of Cape Town to capture stories that will assist in its long term protection

Here she talks about her life, her work, her film making and her passion for the oceans with Chris

Here Mark chats about his life, his photography career including photographing the Olympics, his awards and books, and his love of photography.

His story is fascinating, taking him around the world and working with the world’s best photographers, directors, editors and publishers. He primarily shoots lifestyle stills and video imagery for advertising campaigns with many leading hotels as his clients.

For Tyson life is truly what you make of it, and his passion for travel, hospitality and the corporate world have taken him across the globe to shoot for a wide variety of clients and meet so many interesting people. He loves to create powerful and emotive images and this podcast is littered with gems to help any photographer to realise their potential.

Here he talks to Chris and David about how it all began with kingfishers and otter, working with National Geographic, his conservation work and how this fits with the lives of indigenous peoples.

Find out how she started, her career in marketing and how that has has proved useful in her photography career in this wonderfully enthusiastic chat with Newton & Coe

He has a passion for the natural world from the smallest creatures to the biggest mammals. His photography and film making have taken him on some amazing adventures, but here, in his conversation with Newton & Coe you find out all about even more amazing ones still to come.

For women photographers, Angie Nicholson is an inspiration. She’s a journalist, camera gear reviewer, competition judge and the driving force behind both Camera Jabber and the SheClicks community.All this makes for a fascinating conversation.

Marek now lives in Ireland but it was on a visit to Iceland that he ventured into the realm of aerial photography, both from a plane and with drones. Contrasting ground level and the different perspective from above have opened up a career in photography for Marek.

Here he talks to Newton & Coe about his life, travels and photography.

Mitty came to photography in her twenties and has since become one of the most influential conservation photographers of our time. She has dedicated her entire life to protecting the World’s oceans – inspiring millions of people to do the same.

Always a wandering spirit, she began her very first motorcycle trip with her best friend. Having recently passed their tests they had just two months of riding experience between them when they set off. Here Tiffany talks to Newton & Coe about her life, her first journey and how the adventure bug grabbed her.

Twenty years and many, many miles later, Tiffany continues to push back the boundaries of motorcycle travel with her own journeys. 

Her adventures have included all the great journeys. As she freely admits, she's not a great planner, but this has lead to some amazing experiences that more structured travel probably wouldn't open up. She grasps the positives and handles the difficulties thrown at her with a smile and joy for life.

Intrigued? Listen to our conversation with Tiffany. She's a fascinating woman who will spark your wanderlust and desire to explore.

Jonathan and Angie Scott’s life is a love story with nature, conservation and photography. Based in Kenya, much of their work is focused around the Masai Mara, where they married in 1992, and over the years they have seen this great wilderness change with impacted of rising visitor numbers and the hunger to photograph it.

Jonathan and Angela are award-winning wildlife photographers and authors who have made their name documenting the lives of lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, recording every aspect of their existence in their drawings, photographs and wildlife television programs.

Rachel has had a passion for wildlife, and especially for birds, since a very young age. Photography has enabled her to capture what she sees and share that passion. She's a good example of how drive is enabling a set-taught photographer to find a career pursuing what she loves most.

In conversation with Newton & Coe, she talks about her evolving career, her ambitions, her photography and the developing style which is leading her towards fine art imagery rather than simply documenting.

It's a tough and competitive world for young and up-and-coming photographers, but already Rachel has done some work for television, including the BBC, and strong and growing social media following is giving visibility to her photography. 

For Italian nature and landscape photographer Barbara Dall’Angelo, photography is a feeling. She uses her creativity to do much more than simply document what she sees.

Barbara is a communicator and she does it through her images and films. In this podcast we talk to her about how she got into photography and the role it has played in her life.

She is passionate about photography. It defines her – what she does and who she is. It’s a way to see the world and to make something new and creative from whatever catches her eye.

She looks for the synergy of lines within the spatial dimension, the light that designs the nuances of a landscape, the perception of time arising from the movement as much as the stillness.

In her photographs, she tries to crystallize extremely delicate moments in Nature’s harmony and balance which unveil the fragility and mutability of our world. Her objective, in a gentle way, is to try to awaken the moral responsibility we all have to protect our planet.

It’s a fascinating listen as we explore her approach to image creating. Join us.

In this fascinating podcast with New York photographers’ agent, Frank Meo gives us a different take on working as a photographer. His advice is pure gold.

Frank Meo is a New York photographer’s agent with a genuine interest in photography. If you’re one of those people who thinks there’s no money in photography, then think again! Frank’s advice is pure gold.

Born in Brooklyn of Italian decent, he is open, engaging and down to earth. In this podcast, Frank talks about how he got into photographer and the world of representing photographers to get the best for them.

He has represented photographers for thirty years as business partner, advocate, curator, and manager. This collaboration has produced hundreds of award-winning ad campaigns, art shows, provocative editorial content and successful books.

Through his online initiative – PROJECTIONS, a moderated social media event that showcases the talent of visionary photographers from around the world to an eclectic audience of creatives – he is giving visibility to photographers who might otherwise struggle to achieve the profile which will help their work. 

He has judged numerous photo competitions, including: Lucie Awards, PDN Photo Contest, Sienna Photo Awards, Moscow Photography Award. This year he has joined the TPOTY judging panel and will be reviewing the work of some of the winners.

You certainly won’t regret listening to him chat with Newton & Coe. We talked for 55 minutes and could easily have done so for twice as long.

Kathy Moran is a softly-spoken bundle of knowledge and experience which any photographer who wants to get their work published should listen to. Her advice is priceless

She has worked on over 300 stories for National Geographic and with some of the best photographers, especially in the field of wildlife and conservation.

As a founder member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and at the forefront of many of National Geographic’s wildlife and conservation stories, Kathy is still heavily involved in wildlife photography since leaving the magazine.

She has just taken over as chair of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and begins her three year tenure this year. You certainly won’t regret it if you listen to her chat with Newton & Coe.

Photographer Carsten Egevang spends a lot of time in Greenland, so we caught up with him in Copenhagen between expeditions. A scientist by training, his first interest in photography was in photographing birds until he was seduced by the wildlife and landscape in Greenland.

Now he visits regularly, is still involved in science as well as photography, and sees the impacts of climate change on both nature and people first-hand.

Carsten has an interesting take on climate change and its impact on communities. That has led to him using his photography to give a more rounded perspective of our changing planet and influence those in power – the decision-makers who can choose to make a difference but often don’t. 

Take a look at his amazing images (below and on his website) and listen to his chat with Newton & Coe. 

You can find out more about Carsten and his photography at: carstenegevang.com.

Jason Edwards is a National Geographic photographer, visual storyteller and television presenter. For more than three decades, he’s roamed the world with camera in hand, bearing witness to the raw beauty of nature and the complexities of humanity. In every imaginable way, it’s been an adventure overflowing with wonder, hardship and laughter.

“I’ve been bitten, clawed, chased, shot at, stoned (with rocks), defecated and urinated on, smuggled, groomed, incarcerated, diseased and even slapped by animals! I don’t count the countries I’ve visited, and it’s difficult to know whether I’ve captured more frames than I’ve travelled miles.” Jason tells us.

For him, photography is more than capturing beautiful pictures: it’s about taking people on a journey.

Join presenters David Newton and Chris Coe in this latest podcast as they find out how Jason became a National Geographic photographer. Discover what it’s like to spend much of your time travelling the world, working in nature photography, conservation, sustainability and animal cruelty, and learn how he recounts those stories visually.

You can find out more about Jason on his website jasonedwards.co

For adventure photographer Martin Hartley, travelling and photographing in remote locations and extreme climates is exhilarating, and he relishes the challenge. Martin has spent more than 400 demanding days working in the Arctic and Antarctic on more than 20 polar expeditions and assignments.

His passion for using his hard-won expedition and photographic expertise to benefit the future of our planet has taken him beyond the polar regions to the desert, jungle, mountain and oceanic environments. He has documented indigenous communities, corporate social responsibility initiatives and groundbreaking scientific programmes. Recently, Martin sailed with the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project, documenting one of the largest multi-disciplinary maritime archaeology projects ever attempted.

In between assignments, he found time to talk about his life and his approach to photography. It’s a fascinating podcast and well worth pouring yourself a drink, relaxing and listening to. With Martin, we’ll take you into a world where photography drives him to the limits and, in the process, find out about the project he’s currently planning to photograph the oldest ice on the planet, now threatened by global warming and climate change.

You can find out more about Martin on his website martinhartley.com.

Mexican-born Elisa has travelled and worked around the world. She is a conceptual photographer and filmmaker. Her work is unusual and striking, covering challenging environments, from the Rabaa massacre in Cairo to domestic violence within Iraqi refugee camps and dealing with difficult issues like rape and child illness. She aims to reinterpret traumatic moments with a positive twist.

She has worked on six continents producing work for publications such as Newsweek, National Geographic, and BBC World. Her work has been present around the world, and among her achievement, she has given a TED talk.

Elisa founded Reframe House media agency to shift views on social justice through multi-media. She studied at universities City University in London, UK and York University in Canada, graduating with honours BA in film Production – Cinematography and MA in International Journalism – Conflict Reporting.

Here she discusses her approaches to dealing with difficult and emotive subjects, and her creative ideas develop into strikingly beautiful images, refining traumatic experiences and helping the victims to reframe their experiences and help with the recovery process.

You can find out more about Elisa on her website 

elisaiannacone.com

Emma Thomson is an award-winning Scottish travel journalist. She has been hooked on all things ‘travel’ since the age of 14 when she would sneakily rip pages out of ageing copies of National Geographic in the school library to add to her travel scrapbook. 

Years later, she has followed her dream and is just as passionate about travel, working as a full-time freelance travel journalist since 2011, after spending six years as Commissioning Editor at respected guidebook publisher Bradt Travel Guides. 

She now writes for a diverse range of publications that commission her to produce lively, accurate copy perfectly tailored to their readership and illustrated with high-quality photographs. She specialises in remote destinations and responsible, adventure-based trips and destinations, as well as many of the popular tourist routes.

Her list of awards is numerous (you can see them on her website), and her career has also blossomed. In addition to now writing for National Geographic, the publishing house which inspired her as a teenager, she is also a public speaker and presenter. Despite all this success, she has retained her core love of travel as an adventure.

You can find out more about Emma on her website emmathomson.co.uk

Chris landed a dream job in the early 1980s at the age of 19, while still in college, when he became Ansel Adams’ assistant. Working for Ansel Adams was not only a dream but also a fantastic education in the craft of photography. He was Ansel’s last assistant, and he has gone on the be a National Geographic Society explorer and photographer. We caught up with him at the Xposure Festival of Photography in Sharjah, UAE.

During his tenure with the noted photographer, he worked with Ansel Adams to help amplify the use of art photography as a social tool – helping to preserve threatened wilderness areas and National Parks. Chris went on to collaborate with UNESCO and IUCN on a global project using photography to preserve endangered wilderness areas around the world.

Chris Rainier is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who is highly respected for his documentation of endangered cultures and traditional languages around the globe. In 2002, he was awarded the Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorers Club for his efforts in cultural preservation.

He is the founder and director of The Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation – a global charitable foundation focused on preserving biodiversity and traditional culture.

Chris has completed photographic projects for the United Nations, UNESCO, Amnesty International, Conservation International, the Smithsonian Institution, Time Magazine, the New York Times, LIFE Magazine, and the National Geographic Society. He has photographed global culture, conflict, famine and war in such places as Somalia, Sarajevo/Bosnia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cambodia and Iraq for TIME Magazine and for NPR Radio.

You can see more of Chris’s photography and his books on his website chrisrainier.org.

A leading light in travel photography and a fervent educator, Elia is a fascinating character. This podcast is quite a long one, as we had so much to talk about. Here he chats about how he got started in photography and the role of digital manipulation in the craft.

From 2012 to 2017, Elia and his wife, Naomi, gained much notoriety for selling nearly all of their possessions, becoming location-independent (Digital Nomads), and living a 100% mobile lifestyle. For five solid years, they worked in the Photography Industry as they moved perpetually, travelling from country to country and continuously circling the globe while never having a home base. This exciting, albeit complex and challenging lifestyle allowed them to maximize their time working in each destination while simultaneously making each individual location their base of operations.

In recent years, that lifestyle has evolved to keep up with the demands of running multiple companies and collaborating with major market clients and projects worldwide. While still on the road for the majority of the year, The Locardi’s once again call Florida’s Space Coast their home. If you listen to the podcast, you’ll find out what he’s up to and what he plans to do next.

You can see more of Elia’s photography and his books on his website elialocardi.com.

There’s another side to wildlife conservation, and that’s where photographer Aaron Gekoski plies his trade. He is an internationally-acclaimed environmental photojournalist and filmmaker, specialising in human-animal conflict.

Aaron (also known as Bertie to his friends) focuses primarily on Man’s complex relationship with Nature. Over the past decade, he has taken an in-depth look at: Mozambique’s shark finning crisis, Borneo’s last remaining ‘Sea Gypsies’, orangutan tourism, Cambodia’s ‘hero rats’, Madagascar’s ‘tortoise mafia’, West Africa’s voodoo trade, Namibia’s annual seal cull, East Timor’s crocodile whisperers, and more.

Aaron presents and produces wildlife and conservation films across numerous networks. Recent films have been shown on Al Jazeera, Smithsonian, Sky TV, and National Geographic. His recent documentary, Eyes of the Orangutan, is being released this year in partnership with Terra Mater.

You can see more of Aaron’s photography and his books on his website aarongekoski.com.

Born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, Richard was riding at the age of two and went on to become Champion Jockey. In 2000, he published an autobiography, ‘Obsessed’, about the punishing world of National Hunt racing.

Since retiring from horse racing, he has trekked to both North and South Poles and has also been a contestant on TV’s Strictly Come Dancing. 

Richard is now a photographer and web designer. Here he chats to David and Chris about the roles of photography in his life and his approaches to travelling and working with a camera in hand.

His photography extends beyond the work of horses and includes portraiture, as seen below, with the shot of Joanna Lumley taken for the front cover of the Daily Mail Weekend Magazine. 

You can see more of Richard’s photography and his books on his website richarddunwoody.com

Chris is a professional photographer, photography tutor, lecturer, author, exhibition curator, book publisher, photo competition judge and one-half of the Newton & Coe podcast duo. In this episode, he is interviewed by his co-presenter David Newton and talks about how he started photography as a second career and how this led to founding TPOTY. 

Before TPOTY, he was a successful and very busy photographer. He undertook commissions for over 50 books and has published several ‘how to do’ photography books. Now, as TPOTY enters its 20th year, he’s hoping to spend more time on his own photography again.

The tables turned again! Chris Coe, in conversation with Newton & Coe co-host David

Chris confesses he hasn’t updated his website for about 15 years! He’s currently working on images for a new one and will be launching this next year at chriscoe.com. To find out more about Travel Photographer of the Year’s latest winners and follow it through its 20th year, visit the website tpoty.com

You can also follow Chris’s photo adventures on this site with Shooting Seasons and Travels with Monty

David Newton is s a professional photographer and filmmaker, photography tutor and lover of the great outdoors. In this episode, he is interviewed by his co-presenter, Chris Coe and talks about how he started his photography career and what the future holds for him. 

A listen will reveal his journey through marine biology to photography, teaching and endless adventuring as he chats with Chris about himself, life, photography and what the future holds. 

He’s an interesting character, almost unremittingly positive about life, and with matching enthusiasm for photography. But we won’t tell you everything here. Have a listen and discover for yourself.

You can see more of David’s photography on his website, photopositive.co.uk and follow his travels on our Eye for the Light membership area or his adventures at globaltraces.co.uk

Kiran is a photojournalist working throughout Europe and Asia, concentrating on news, social-political topics and the human experience. His recent work includes the Australian bushfires, the Hong Kong Pro-Democracy protest, and the Greek/Turkish border refugee crisis.

Kiran talks with Chris and David about his career as a photojournalist, which has taken him into some volatile situations and has seen him pick up a number of awards in recent years. 

In 2019, Kiran’s portfolio of 10 images of the Hong Kong protests saw him win TPOTY’s Travel Documentary category. Part of his prize was a place on Timothy Allen’s TAPSA scholarship and a trip to the Xposure Festival of Photography in Sharjah, where he, and a small group of photographers from around the world, received mentoring and the opportunity to meet with some of the world’s leading photographers.

Larry joins Chris and David for a chat about how his photography sits alongside his career and charity work, the influences on his photographic style and his two self-published books. 

He is a humanitarian documentary photographer and storyteller and, using his optometry and photography as a platform, he raises awareness on social issues and the challenges people are encountering in a world facing rapid urbanisation and globalisation. His intimate images show high regard and respect for his subjects, as well as the time he takes to observe and understand before shooting.

You can see more of Larry’s photography and his books on his website larrylouie.com

Since this podcast was recorded, we have learned of the sudden death of Eamonn. Growing up, he was one of my photographic heroes and went on to become a friend. His contribution to photography was remarkable and he inspired both me and many other photographers to be better. I shall miss deeply our photography chats in the pub and will always regard him with great warmth and fondness. Chris Coe

Eamonn McCabe has won Sports Photographer of the Year (4 times), News Photographer of the Year and Picture Editor of the Year (6 times). So how did he get into photography, and where has it taken him?

Eamonn joins David and Chris for a chat, telling the story of how a north London boy came to be an award-winning photographer. We also discuss the many phases of his career, including picture editing for a national newspaper and what he’s doing now. 

He’s gone on to front a BBC series on the history of photography and regularly appears on the radio.

Amongst his many accolades, he also has several pieces of his photographic work hung in The National Portrait Gallery collection in London, England.

During this podcast, Eamonn talks about photographing the Rolling Stones. Since the recording, drummer Charlie Watts has passed away. We’d like to offer our sincere condolences to Charlie’s family and friends.

To see more of his work, visit his website at: www.eamonnmccabe.co.uk

Philip Lee Harvey is a professional photographer working in both editorial and advertising, primarily within the travel and travel-related industries.

David and Chris chat to Philip, a London-based editorial and advertising travel photographer and TPOTY winner in 2014, about how he got into photography, his training and influences and how he approaches photographing different subjects. 

You can also read his article – Sense of Place – about photographing Casablanca here on Eye for the Light.

To see his work visit his website at: www.philipleeharvey.com

Margaret Soraya is an English landscape photographer based in Scotland. Her work is thoughtful and with one eye firmly on mindfulness.

We chat with Margaret about her approach to photography and the role which mindfulness and wild swimming play in her life and work.

As we become increasingly aware of our own mental health, it’s interesting to look at the role which photography can play in finding balance in our lives.

Check her website at: www.quietlandscapes.co.uk