382: Natural Beauty as Fine Art Photography

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Parish Kohanim was born into the lush, natural beauty of the wine country of southern Iran, into a loving family that savored their times together absorbing nature. Would this 17-year-old want to leave it all behind for the U.S., and with only $300? Parish had a love for the United States and all things American, strong enough to convince his parents to let him go. He believes his lifelong love of visual beauty was recorded in his subconscious during his childhood with his parents and siblings in the Iranian countryside.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 382. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.7	Every day, I interview someone around the world who has discovered his
0:22.2	talents to do work he loves, to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:29.2	Surrounded by the lush, natural beauty of the wine country of Iran, growing up in a loving
0:34.8	family that savored their times together, absorbing it,
0:38.6	why at 17 would Parrish leave this all behind and with $300 in his pocket moved to the United States by himself?
0:47.5	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Parrish Kohanim.
0:51.6	Welcome, Parrish.
0:52.8	Thank you very much, Don.
0:54.5	Parrish, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely. And I feel so blessed
0:59.6	and honored. Good. Consistently original, diverse, inventive, and timeless are the hallmarks of
1:06.7	Parrish Kohanim's photography. During his career of three decades, he's worked commercially for
1:12.6	many Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Coca-Cola, and De Beers, and his work has appeared on the pages
1:18.7	of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Forbes, Time, and Newsweek. In his own words, photography has given me
1:25.7	an expanded vision of the world, elevating my passion
1:29.2	and profound appreciation for the majestic beauty of nature and all life.
1:33.8	There's no substitute for such profound pleasure, joy, and fulfillment documenting
1:38.3	such splendid beauty.
1:39.8	Parrish, that's a summary of your career.
1:41.9	Take just a couple of minutes and tell our listeners around the world what you're engaged in now that has you excited.
1:48.6	Well, what I'm working on, I'm constantly trying to give myself assignments and to elevate my passion and to elevate me to the next level of creativity.
1:59.7	As long as I've been doing photography, a lot of people
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