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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. Links to What We Discuss: Magazines & Related: Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly” cover New York magazine The Curtis Building Norman Rockwell cover for The Saturday Evening Post The New York Times Magazine Texas Monthly The New York Times Magazine’ “Infrastructure” covers One and Two, plus a more recent Photoillustration on the cover Philadelphia Magazine’s “The New Rich” Neil’s Pinterest Page of Outstanding Magazine and Book Covers Photographers, Photo Editors & A Stylist: Kathy Ryan, The New York Times Magazine’s Dir. of Photography, photography book Jonathan Pushnik Claudia Gavin/Philadelphia Magazine’s Photo Editor Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine’s former Director of Photography Justin James Muir Jason Varney Lindsey Foret, stylist Matt Stanley Gene Smirnov Chris Crisman Adam Voorhes Dan Saelinger Clint Blowers See all Photopod episodes by subscribing on your podcast player of choice (Apple, Google, my favorite: Overcast, Spotify, etc.), or at www.photopodpod.com. Also feel free to drop me a line with questions and ideas for future interviews!