Welcome to the Behind the Shield podcast. As always my name's James Gearing and this week it is my

absolute honor to welcome on the show, accountant, revered photographer and the man who did the

latest Metallica album photography, Lee Jeffries. So we discuss a host of topics from Lee's

childhood mentor that led him into the world of accounting,

a chance meeting with a homeless woman in London that became the genesis of his photography career,

his experience with homelessness around the globe, finding that soul connection with people he photographs,

his own mental health journey, how he ended up working with one of the greatest

rock bands of our era, and so much more. Now before he gets this incredible conversation,

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Lee Jeffries. Enjoy.

Thank you. Well, Lee, I want to start by saying, firstly congratulations on the incredible success that your work is having at the moment.

And secondly, to welcome you to the Behind the Shield podcast today.

Oh, thank you.

It's an honor to be here.

It's an honor for you to ask me to do this.

I've noticed the podcast, and I've been waiting for the invite for a long time and it

eventually came. So yeah, I mean, the work that I do is gradually being, it's slowly taking a path

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