Courage and Vulnerability - ft. Oliver Minnett - DSMTL.01

Imagine you grew up in a photography studio run by your father, who was constantly telling you being a photographer was a dying career. But you did it anyway.

What would you learn from starting a game-changing creative agency focused so much on the art form and developing a stable of young photographers, that the business side of things crashes and implodes the company? 

What becomes the reaction when you speak freely about the model-photographer relationship within the fashion industry, and about a culture that often turns a blind eye to harassment. 

These are the reason I wanted to interview Oliver Minnett. 

He is an experienced and accomplished photographer, who is still working on improving his skills every day.

I also know he struggles with things. With how people treat each other. With how he treats himself. 

He is someone like us. Someone who wants to create and share with the world a beauty he wants others to experience. But there is darkness there too. Something that before this interview we never really talked about, but I saw. There was self-doubt. Lack of confidence. Social anxiety. A bit of anger. Loneliness. 

That's why this show is for people like us. Because we all feel that at some time, but need to find ways to keep pushing toward an often unrecognisable dream that few understand. 

For myself, this was also our very first podcast and interview in this series. I was a mix of terrified and excited. My awesome crew, Christian and Ryan, are absolute pro's but were also problem-solving on the fly.

I went into this wanting to help Oliver tell his story, and communicate the points I feel would help you as the listener. 

It's a slow start, I admit it. I’m still feeling this thing out. But as we get into the episode Oliver is dropping some absolute gold that would be of benefit in whatever you are trying to accomplish. 

Thank you for listening to Episode 01. I hope you enjoy it. I am so excited that you’ve decided to join this movement, and be the best version of yourself you can be.

- Clayton Idato