Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Outwear, and

this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.

Today, I'm speaking with photographer and author, Jamie Beck.

Jamie began her career as a photographer at a very early age, and by 28, she had opened

her own commercial photography studio in Lower Manhattan called Anne Street Studio.

Jamie worked with a multitude of commercial clients, shooting campaigns and editorials

for fashion brands like Chanel and Oscar de la Renta, four tech companies like Google

and Microsoft, and magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

Alongside her now husband, the duo actually invented the cinemograph, which Jamie will

explain in detail in this episode.

Somewhere along the way though, she decided she couldn't shake a lifetime dream to live

in the South of France, and so, in 2016, she left it all behind for what was supposed

to be a one-year sabbatical to create a personal body of work in Provence.

Over six years later, Jamie is still abroad with an entirely new type of photography career,

creating and selling her own works.

You may have seen her Provence All Self Portrait series, Grace Your Instagram feed, or perhaps

you stumbled upon her 2020 hashtag Isolation Creation series, where she created a piece

of art each day and encouraged others to do the same.

Most recently, however, Jamie has compiled her work into a book titled An American in

Provence, which includes not only her photographs, but also poignant personal essays, clever

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