Ep38 - Alister Benn: Opening Up To Our Full Potential As Photographers

Alister is a Scottish landscape photographer well known for his honest and open discussions about the artistic world of photography. Alister love to empower people to use their cameras to authentic express themselves and on this episode he shares his personal journey with us including his life changing trip to the Gobi Desert and how he now dedicates his working lifer to helping others tap into their creative self through photography. 

Topics Covered

• Journey into photography
• Playing with a camera
• Travelling the world for work 
• Moving from play into professional photography
• Publishing his first E-Book
• Being an emotional and empathetic child 
• What travel can teach us about ourselves
• Being happy with our own photography
• What art can do for us
• His love for bird and bird photography
• Pointing your camera at stuff you think is cool
• Creating our own stories and relationships in the images we see
• A period of hating his photography
• The life changing trip to the Gobi Desert 
• His book Out of Darkness
• Suffering from depression and anxiety 
• Creating images using our emotions
• Being open to our full potential 
• How art can be passports for a better future for ourselves 
• Helping others find themselves through photography
• The power of collaboration 
• Leaving behind the generic form of photography 
• The importance of being authentic 
• The subjectivity of photography
• Using creativity to tap into who we are 
• The need for a release 

Connect with Alister
Website: https://expressive.photography/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alister_benn/

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Music by Mark Robinson
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