23. Cooper Neil, Photojournalist: How to Capture a Pandemic, Storytelling, and How Images Build Community and an Audience On Instagram

Cooper Neill is an award-winning freelance photographer based in Dallas, Tx, covering everything from Presidential elections and immigration issues to cage fighting and Taylor Swift for editorial and commercial clients worldwide, including The New York Times, ESPN, Rolling Stone, Vice, and many more.

Neill and I discuss the personal and professional toll of capturing a pandemic, the nature of storytelling behind the lens, and the factors that make a great Instagram photo.

https://www.instagram.com/cooperneill/

https://www.cooperneill.com/

Originally recorded on March 18, 2021

Host, Earlina Green Hamilton

Chapters

• 1:54 pandemic processing
• 3:37 pandemic affect on business
• 7:01 a diverse toolkit
• 11:19 storytelling
• 18:27 essential workers
• 23:13 attention elected officials
• 23:49 independent journalism
• 28:13 origin story
• 32:30 honest storytelling images
• 36:09 work that last
• 37:19 keys to a great Instagram photo
• 40:00 digital art
• 44:47 strong images
• 46:19 benefits
• 53:19 next generation