21: This is Valter Antunes

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... For a full transcript, and to join us at This is Reportage, head to our website at https://thisisreportage.com/