94: Farrah Skeiky (Photographer): Having the Audacity
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Photographer, Creative Director, and Writer - Farrah Skeiky
On this episode Farrah and Jeremy talk about her moving from Seattle to Silver Spring as a teen, first connections to photography, growing up with a "Sharper Image Dad", learning how to play Bass, Thundercat, food photography, sneaking cameras into venues, shooting from the photo pit, developing film, getting her photo of Screaming Females published in Premier Guitar, Maximum Rocknroll, getting hired to shoot Red Death, self publishing her book Present Tense: DC Punk and DIY Right Now, knowing when to ask for help, and so much more! and so much more!
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| 1:51.0 | The first ever podcast. I am your host, Jeremy Bollm. If this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. My guest today for episode 94 is Fah Skikey. She's an Arab-American photographer, |
| 2:20.6 | creative director, and writer-based out of Washington, D.C. She's a part of the incredible |
| 2:25.0 | collective of photographers called To the Front, which I'm a massive fan of, which also includes |
| 2:29.1 | previous guests, Courtney Coles, and Kat Nij Medine. In 2020, she self-published a book called DC Punk and DIY right now. |
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