3: Jamie Leary, Design Director at Philadelphia Magazine

Jamie Leary, Design Director, Philadelphia Magazine (formerly of Magnet, Decibel and Grid magazines) designs for a magazine that is more popular in my city than National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Men’s Health and Forbes, according to their circulation #’s.

In our discussion today, Jamie and I (your host, Neil Binkley) talk about:

Magazine Art budgets
My incredibly brief tenure as Director of Photography at my guest’s magazine
How he hired someone to shoot a cover story, inspired by that photographer’s Instagram photos
Hiring locals vs. hiring around the country
Illustration vs. photography
Photojournalism vs. Conceptual photography
Photographers’ websites, and what he likes to see
And we even investigate a mysterious heart attack…
This and much, much more.

Links to What We Discuss:

Magazines & Related:

Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly” cover
New York magazine
The Curtis Building
Norman Rockwell cover for The Saturday Evening Post
The New York Times Magazine
Texas Monthly
The New York Times Magazine’ “Infrastructure” covers One and Two, plus a more recent Photoillustration on the cover
Philadelphia Magazine’s “The New Rich”
Neil’s Pinterest Page of Outstanding Magazine and Book Covers

Photographers, Photo Editors & A Stylist:

Kathy Ryan, The New York Times Magazine’s Dir. of Photography, photography book
Jonathan Pushnik
Claudia Gavin/Philadelphia Magazine’s Photo Editor
Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine’s former Director of Photography
Justin James Muir
Jason Varney
Lindsey Foret, stylist
Matt Stanley
Gene Smirnov
Chris Crisman
Adam Voorhes
Dan Saelinger
Clint Blowers

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