Making the Mundane Magic with Dan Winters

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this latest installment of Inquiring Minds, Indre explores the intricate world of photography with the renowned Dan Winters, whose career spans the realms of celebrity portraiture, scientific documentation, and beyond. Winters' journey from a childhood captivated by the narratives of Star Wars to his status as a National Geographic Explorer and award-winning artist underscores his unique ability to see beyond the lens, using photography to explore the world and connect with subjects on a deeply personal level. His conversation here today offers details of his appearance on National Geographic’s new series, Photographer, and reveals how photography acts as a powerful medium for storytelling, capable of capturing the essence of human experience and the natural world with profound depth and emotion. As the episode unfolds, it becomes clear that photography, in Winters' hands, transcends mere visual capture to become a conduit for exploration, conservation, and the immortalization of memory, challenging us to perceive the world with renewed wonder and empathy. Links: Inquiring Minds Homepage: https://inquiring.show/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds See https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information Experience Dan’s magic: https://danwintersphoto.com/

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the Nancy's and Bill's and Joes and Jane's will find in the study of science a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.5	Hey, welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Minds. This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:18.2	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it
0:22.0	matters. Last year, I was lucky enough to be the OSHA Fellow at the California Academy of Sciences,
0:35.5	where I got to work closely with the creative director,
0:38.8	Rhonda Rubinstein, and the team behind the big picture conservation photography competition.
0:44.6	We were aiming to see what neuroscience can tell us about how photos move us and motivate us to
0:50.4	act to preserve and protect the environment.
0:53.0	I got to chat with world-renowned photographers like
0:55.7	Joanne McArthur and Susie Estherhoss, and I quickly saw that photography is a lens through which
1:01.8	we can glimpse another person's mind. So now I'm hooked on delving into the minds of photographers
1:08.5	and learning how they see the world. Nat Geo's new show,
1:12.7	photographer then, is right up my alley, because it does just that. It takes us behind the scenes
1:18.1	and into the worlds of photographers and what motivates them. Photographer premiered on March 18th
1:25.2	on National Geographic, and today I have the pleasure of chatting with
1:29.0	Dan Winters, arguably one of the most versatile, celebrated, and renowned photographers working
1:35.1	today, widely known for his unusual and iconic portraits of celebrities, his scientific work,
1:41.9	street photography, illustrations, and capturing the hallowed grounds of NASA.
1:47.8	He's also a National Geographic Explorer and has won over 100 national and international awards
1:53.4	from World Press Photo, American Photography, SEPA, Communication Arts, Society of Publishing,
2:00.0	Publication Designers, Life Magazine,
2:03.0	and the Alfred Eisenstadt Award for Magazine Photography, among many others.
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