Ep16 DAVID LEE | UPGRADED WITH DEIRDRE LORENZ | Movie Set Still Photographer David Lee Shares How the Camera is His Storytelling Paintbrush

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Deirdre Lorenz interviews renowned still photographer David Charles Lee about his experiences and challenges in the film industry.

We are back in the virtual Upgraded Podcast studio with my friend, the talented and renowned still photographer and visual storyteller David Charles Lee. We share our fun memories meeting on a couple of his brother, filmmaker Spike Lee’s, sets. Then, we discuss David’s travel dreams, current projects, his more than 100 film and show credits (and missing his credits on projects including The Wire!!), and the challenges of organizing a vast and growing collection of photo archives. David shares...

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Host: DEIRDRE LORENZ

Guest: David Charles Lee

Topics covered

• photography
• storytelling
• film
• travel

Keywords

• photo archives
• film credits
• visual storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wire

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