#525 How to change your life profoundly

About this episode

In this episode, Neale James returns from his travels to discuss listener letters and insights on photography with guest Valerie Jardin.

After a handful of specials, four weeks away from the studio, and a journey that took me from Austria to Bangladesh and on into India, it feels a little overdue, and very welcome, to make this a mailbag week, walking one of my favourite photowalk paths with camera and Sir Barkalot, spending a good hour and a bit with the letters you've been sending in, some contemplative music, the wind doing its thing along the path, and the welcome return of Valerie Jardin, our street photography mentor, fresh from her own travels in Mexico, for TEACH ME STREET. Letters and stories today from Martyn Cox, who wonders if exotic places and travel lead to making better photographs, Paul Morgan has some thoughts on Bangladesh and her workforce, Andreas Noeh shares a super project from New York where loft life rules for artists, Jon Otis has me diving for cover behind the sofa of flattery, Dennis Linden is researching family history and creating his own, Tom Cavness practices Haiku, and Monika Adler finds profound beauty and peace with her photography and a famous English backdrop. Read more about our photographic adventures on our photography travel website, The Journey Beyond . Links to all guests…

People in this episode

Host: Neale James

Guest: Valerie Jardin

Topics covered

• photography
• travel
• street photography
• mailbag
• personal stories
• artistic projects

Keywords

• photowalk
• photography
• travel
• street photography
• listener letters
• artistic insights
• Valerie Jardin

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: WHY: A Sketchbook of Life

Places: Austria, Bangladesh, India, Mexico, New York

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