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Hi, I'm Ravi Agarwal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.

So I'm taking a short break this week, and I wanted to bring you a conversation that is not on the news. This week's episode is a bit

different. It's longer, a bit contemplative, but most of all, it allowed me to take a big step back. I hope you

enjoy it. It's a conversation that works on audio, of course, because here we are, but if you at all

have the ability to watch this one, I think you'll like that even more, because we talk a lot

about photography. We've linked to the video in the show notes,

and this one's free for anyone to view. Now, that was a long preamble before I actually

introduced my guest. His name is Ploton. Even if you've never heard of him, there is no doubt

you've seen his photographs. He's a British portrait photographer who's taken some of the

most famous magazine cover images in history. Bill Clinton, Trump, Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi,

George Clooney, Putin, and countless others. You have seen his work. Pluton has a very

distinctive, wide-length style that captures striking

and memorable moments in history. But his work is not just about the photographs. It's about

connecting. Behind every portrait is a story, a history, a very human exchange. And even as an editor who deals primarily with words,

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