21: This is Valter Antunes - a podcast by Alan Law

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Delighted to be bringing you the fab Valter Antunes for episode 21 of the This is Reportage Podcast! Valter was ranked joint-second in our Top Photographers of 2019, with a remarkable haul of 12 Awards - including 4 Story Awards - during 2019. Stick with us today, as Valter talks about:

• watching everything on Netflix,
• how moments are always happening and how we should be finding them,
• how he's been a musician all his life,
• how he transitioned to becoming a photographer,
• his past busking life in London,
• what makes him happy,
• the work/life balance of being a wedding photographer and Dad,
• time vs money,
• why he switched from Canon to Sony,
• his favourite lens,
• how he gets his incredibly intimate captures of brides (and why he's known by quite a few photograhers in Portugal as 'the naked bride photographer'),
• what's been the most effective marketing tool(s) for him,
• his specific Instagram tips,
• what album he would take on a desert island,
• how he misses being a kid and his childhood,
• moving from Portugal to London when he was 12/13,
• the story behind one of his specific Reportage Awards (the bride giving the finger),
• his tips for improving our documentary work,
• the importance of sleep,
• why he always shoots with a second,
• his fear of cats,
• his nerves about talking at Inspiration Conference,
• thinking about the future,
• and more...

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