Podcast interview

Jamie Leary

Design Director at Philadelphia Magazine

Episode Summary

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. Listen to our discussions about:  magazine art budgets, my incredibly brief tenure as Director of Photography at his magazine, how he uses Instagram to hire photographers, hiring locals vs. hiring around the country, illustration vs. photography, photojournalism vs. conceptual photography, what he likes to see in photographers’ websites, and much, much more.

Episode Notes

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.

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Originally Aired:
July 29, 2019

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