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Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe

Richard Bernabe

This photography podcast takes you ‘beyond the lens,’ exploring the arts, travel, conservation, entrepreneurship, creative culture, and more through deep-dive interviews with some of the world"s most influential and inspiring people.Host Richard Bernabe is a renowned photographer, intrepid world traveller, explorer, author, and champion of wildlife and endangered species. He’s been hailed as one of the "Top 30 Influential Photographers on the Web" by the Huffington Post and Influence Digest"s "20

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126. Complexity is the Next Step — Street...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/09/24

Complexity is the Next Step — Street Photographer Julia Coddington on Moving Beyond Simple Images, Flow State, and Compositional Evolution. Julia Coddington is an Australian photographer specializing in street and documentary photography. She's the co-founder of the Unexposed Collective, administrator of Women in Street, and member of the Little Box Collective, Julia championsdiverse voices in contemporary street photography. Julia embraces complexity in your images, capturing intimate,...

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66:14

125. Nick Brandt: African Animal Portraiture to...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/09/09

Photographer Nick Brandt: African Animal Portraiture to Environmental Injustice and the Climate Crisis — 25 Years Behind The Lens Nick Brandt is a photographer, author, and conservationist whose work explores the intersection of animals, humanity, and environmental collapse. He is the author of nine books, including the acclaimed trilogy On This Earth, A Shadow Falls, and Across the Ravaged Land, along with Inherit the Dust, This Empty World, and the ongoing global series The Day May Break. ...

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58:33

124. Scott Wilson: Personal and Professional...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/08/26

Scott Wilson is a Denver-based conservation photographer and photo advocate for America's wild mustangs. Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, he spent over twenty years as a landscape photographer and corporate communications executive before a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis changed the course of his life. Sunlight restrictions during chemotherapy pushed him to photograph wildlife from the shade of his car, and that habit led him to Colorado's Sand Wash Basin, where an encounter with a wild

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56:07

123. Photography and Life on Mars, The World's...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/08/11

Living on Mars with National Geographic Explorer and Photographer, MacKenzie Calle.Mackenzie Calle is a photographer and National Geographic Explorer based in Brooklyn. Her work has been recognized by institutions that include World Press Photo, Magnum Foundation, and the Sony World Photography Awards. She’s a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Cinema Studies and was awarded the Director’s Fellowship to attend ICP’s Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program. Prior

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57:06

122. Art Wolfe: Acts of Faith, Religion, Culture, and...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/07/27

Photographer Art Wolfe on Acts of Faith, Religion, Culture, and Celebrations of Humanity Through Photography.Art Wolfe is an American photographer and conservationist, internationally known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures. He's photographed wildlife, scenes, and people on every continent.Wolfe has published more than 120 books over his 50-year career including Vanishing Act, The High Himalaya, Water: Worlds between Heaven & Earth, Tribes, Rainforests of the

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36:07

121. Books That Matter: Elizabeth Gilbert's ‘Big...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/07/17

Books That Matter for Photographers: Elizabeth Gilbert's ‘Big Magic' — Recalibrating Your Relationship with Fear While Living a Bold, Creative Life.Fresh off a month in Botswana, Richard tackles Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert for the 'Books That Matter' series, and makes the case that fear isn't the enemy of creativity: it's a necessary ingredient. Seneca, mall cops, perfectionism, and why fear is just plain boring, all in service of one idea: stop waiting to feel ready

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54:12

120. Anand Varma: National Geographic Photographer...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/07/08

National Geographic Photographer, Anand Varma on Zombie Parasites, Wonder, Mystery, and Photographic Problem Solving.Anand Varma is a National Geographic Explorer and photographer based in Berkeley, California. He has devoted years of his life to developing innovative and creative techniques to create intimate, dramatic and surprising images of nature most people never see. He earned a degree in integrative biology from University of California and he's become a photographic regular contributor

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56:26

119. Jeff Cable: Photographer of 9 Olympic Games —...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/06/24

Photographer of 9 Olympic Games — How to Capture the Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat on the World StageJeff Cable has photographed the last nine Olympic Games for Team USA, from Beijing to Tokyo, Paris, and Milan. But he didn't start there. For over 25 years he was a marketing executive, shooting on the side until 2016, when the side passion became the whole career.In this episode, Jeff joins Richard to talk about the evolution of his photography career, making pictures on one of the

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54:19

118. On Location in Botswana with Karabo LeBronpeter:...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/06/09

Karabo LeBronpeter is a Botswana-based wildlife photographer, teacher, mentor, and storytelling officer for the Nkashi Trust, the local implementing arm of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP).Launched in 2021, Okavango Eternal is a partnership between the National Geographic Society and the De Beers Group to help achieve long-term, sustainable protection of the Okavango Basin and support livelihood opportunities for its communities. The partnership aims to expand and

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53:16

117. Isabella Tabacchi: Chasing Caravaggio Through...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/05/28

Landscape photographer Isabella Tabacchi: Chasing Caravaggio Through the Shadows, The Tenebroso Landscape, and Creating Emotional Intensity.Isabella Tabacchi is an Italian landscape photographer who captures the essence of nature in all its majesty. Specializing in landscape photography from around the world, Isabella is renowned for her ability to transform ordinary scenes into highly emotional and dreamlike photos.Isabella's awards include the prestigious International Landscape Photographer

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116. Dr. Diane Boyd: A Woman Among Wolves

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/05/13

Dr. Diane Boyd is a world-renowned wildlife biologist who has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. When she started in the 1970s, she was the only female biologist in the United States researching and radio-collaring wild wolves.A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery, winner of a 2025 National Outdoor Book Award, is the captivating story of Diane Boyd's work as a wildlife biologist studying

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59:25

115. David duChemin: Thinking Inside the Box for...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/04/29

Photographer David duChemin: Thinking Inside the Box for Transformative Creative Breakthroughs, the Virtue of Imperfection, and Finding Your Magic.David duChemin is a Vancouver Island-based photographer, author, educator, and avid traveler who has published eight books and spent much of his three-decade career teaching others to make creative photographs all across the world.Richard asks David about the content in his newest book, Light, Space & Time: Essays on Camera Craft and Creativity. Some

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50:19

114. Books That Matter: John Szarcowski and ‘The...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/04/16

Books That Matter for Photographers: John Szarcowski and ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ — The Thing Itself, The Detail, The Frame, Time, and Vantage PointIn this episode of Beyond the Lens, Richard revisits John Szarkowski's 1966 classic The Photographer's Eye for the latest episode in the Books That Matter series. Szarkowski spent nearly thirty years as Director of Photography at MoMA, studying thousands of images across every era and genre. What he discovered was a quiet internal logic that

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57:07

113. Ami Vitale: National Geographic Explorer at...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/04/02

Photographer Ami Vitale: National Geographic Explorer at Large on Przewalski's Horses, Jane Goodall's Legacy, and Finding Hope in the Face of Extinction.Ami Vitale is a National Geographic photographer, documentary filmmaker, writer, and a newly-named national Geographic Explorer at Large who has traveled to more than 100 countries. She began her career as a photo editor for the Associated Press before becoming a contract photographer with National Geographic. A six-time World Press Photo

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62:24

112. Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/03/23

Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic Photographer on Solar Eclipses on All Seven Continents, Art of the Night Sky, and a World United Under One Roof. Babak Tafreshi is a National Geographic photographer, science communicator, and founder of The World at Night, an international project dedicated to documenting and protecting the night sky. In this episode, Babak shares what it was like growing up in post-revolution Iran and how a feeling of isolation drove him toward the stars. We talk about the four

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50:07

111. Deborah Sandidge, Nikon Ambassador: From...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/03/05

Travel, Landscape, and Bird Photography with Deborah Sandidge.Deborah Sandidge is an American Travel, Landscape, and Wildlife Photographer, a Nikon USA Ambassador, and KelbyOne Instructor. Deborah is the author of Digital Infrared Photography and has collaborated with the Nikon Learn and Explore site demonstrating star and star trail photography, along with long exposure photography.In this episode, Deborah and Richard explore the creative tension between still photography and video, how to find

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65:25

110. Extreme Time-Lapse Photography with Louie...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/02/19

Extreme time-lapse photography with Louie Schwartzberg.Louie Schwartzberg is a filmmaker who has spent more than four decades revealing the hidden beauty of the world around us. A pioneer in time-lapse, macro, and high-speed cinematography, his work has appeared in National Geographic, Netflix, and DisneyNature films and series including Fantastic Fungi, Moving Art, and Wings of Life, helping millions see nature and time itself in an entirely new way.In this episode, we explore:• How Louie pioneered

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48:43

109. Leoni Kolberg the Cyclonaut: Lessons from World...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/02/10

What happens when you walk away from the life you’re supposed to live and follow your curiosity and sense of adventure instead?In this episode, I sit down with Leoni Kolberg, better known as LaserLeo the Cyclonaut, who has spent the past several years living on a bicycle, cycling across continents, sleeping in a tent, and navigating the world, and her inner landscape, one mile at a time.This isn’t just a story about adventure. It’s about choosing uncertainty over comfort, learning resilience through

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54:14

108. Suzi Eszterhas: Quiet Wildlife Photography,...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/01/27

Wildlife Photographer Suzi Eszterhas on Quiet Wildlife Photography, Cultivating Vulnerability, and the Power of Patience.Wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas joins the Beyond The Lens Podcast to talk about ethical wildlife photography, patience in the field, animal behavior, and photographing mothers and baby animals. We discuss vulnerability, stillness, conservation, long-term projects, and what it takes to build a meaningful career in wildlife photography.She’s been published in TIME magazine,

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56:02

107. Kiliii Yüyan: National Geographic Photographer...

Beyond The Lens with Richard Bernabe ·

2026/01/15

Kiliii Yüyan: National Geographic Photographer on Creative Vision and the Magic Sweater Exercise, The Art of Observation, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.Kiliii Yüyan is a photographer, filmmaker, public speaker, and National Geographic Explorer. He captures life of the polar regions, beneath cold seas, and within the heart of human communities. His photographs are intimate and sensory, crafted from deep, long-term immersion. Of Chinese and Nanai/Hèzhé (East Asian Indigenous) descent, he works

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