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Adrien Belanger interviews photographer Joel Smedley about his unconventional life, from squat raves and bible college to fashion shoots and Instagram notoriety. Topics discussed include Joel's early days playing classical flamenco guitar (4:04), music college (10:40), Adrien's House of Pain cassette (11:17), photographing bands (15:40), pop punk (17:25), Joel's time at Bible college (21:58), learning Hebrew scripture, overcoming dyslexia and impressing Israeli models (22:38), working as a dementia carer (26:15), telemarketing pitches (36:55), becoming the photographer of the coffee scene (40:00), meeting Terroll Lewis and getting into wedding photography (45:52), finding success as a fashion photographer and going full-time (57:00), corporate photography (59:05), Joel's morning routine (1:03:12), the first thing he notices about models (1:06:14), thoughts on Terry Richardson (1:18:00), the Instagram hype machine (1:19:30), '90s hip-hop music (1:24:00), Jazzie Martian's new record (1:28:12) and more. Episode number: 8 Sponsor: CrackerJack Guest: Joel Smedley (@smedleyshots) Producer: Adrien Belanger (@adrienbelanger) Engineer: Matthew Blair (@mattiblair) Music: Matthew Blair (@mattiblair)