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Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Jimmy Nelson - The Lifelong Journey to Find Yourself

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Nothing I write here will capture the emotional magnitude of the conversation I had with world renowned photographer and artist, Jimmy Nelson. The world knows him as a storyteller primarily via his gorgeous photography, but here is proof that listening to Jimmy tell his story as a guest on a podcast is a masterpiece in and of itself.Jimmy Nelson has hauled his camera to the world's most remote corners in order to create a living document of vanishing tribes and indigenous cultures. His first ...

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0:00.0

I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudette. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

0:16.3

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

0:20.3

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

0:26.0

Welcome to slow mop.

0:27.0

My guest today is someone who has hold his camera to the furthest

0:37.0

corners of the world to give you an eye a glimpse into the lives of

0:42.1

vanishing tribes and indigenous crutchers.

0:45.9

Jimmy Nelson has dedicated his life to finding beauty,

0:50.0

although if you ask him, his journeys were all about finding something that was always with him, himself.

0:58.0

It took him over 40 months of traveling through China to produce his first large format book, literary portraits of China,

1:08.0

a book that became a worldwide hit, a collection of Jimmy's photos before they pass away was then published in 2013 and in 2016

1:20.9

he and his team launched the Jimmy Nelson Foundation, a foundation that aims to

1:27.2

foster appreciation for cultural diversity and to connect people from all

1:32.3

over the world.

1:34.0

I am a huge fan of Jimmy's work

1:38.0

and I can't tell you how long I have been waiting for this conversation.

1:42.0

Jimmy, thank you so much for joining me today.

1:46.3

Thank you for that very grand introduction. So Jimmy, when we were preparing for this,

1:52.1

I told you about so many questions that I wanted to ask.

1:57.0

But somehow, knowing you, I feel I do better for everyone if I just stay quiet and let you tell your story as you would wish to tell it I mean

2:06.5

Pick a starting point any starting point that you like and just tell us what made Jimmy

2:11.9

Nelson You introduced me in the beginning of and just tell us what made Jimmy Letts.

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