What If Your Biggest Client Has Never Heard of Your Other Career? with Kim Newmoney

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Business, Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Los Angeles-based photographer Kim Newmoney has shot for HBO, Showtime, Vogue, and Comedy Central. We get into what it actually takes to build a freelance photography career from the ground up, how a nail salon a 600,000 chickens play a role, and what all of it taught her about how to walk onto any set and make anyone comfortable in front of a lens. Hear the full episode at patreon.com/pastdue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	What does it mean to build two completely separate careers in two completely separate worlds?
0:35.9	This week we're talking with Kim New Money, a professional photographer with a secret.
0:40.0	Most of her clients have no idea she's also a professional skater.
0:45.9	The creative economy is broken, but some people are still making it work.
0:49.9	We're here to find out how.
0:51.4	I'm Anna Marie Cox.
0:52.5	And I'm open Mike Eagle, and this is past two.
0:59.7	We're here with Kim New Money, a Los Angeles-based commercial and editorial photographer who shot for HBO, Showtime, Vogue, Comedy Central, and others.
1:10.7	She also has a parallel life as a roller skater. who shot for HBO, Showtime, Vogue, Comedy Central, and others.
1:14.3	She also has a parallel life as a roller skater.
1:15.8	Ooh.
1:17.4	Ooh, indeed.
1:21.3	I think this is our first roller skater that we're talking to.
1:22.4	How are you today, Kim?
1:23.8	I'm good.
1:24.9	I think it's funny.
1:33.7	You use the word parallel because there really is no crossover between being a commercial editorial photographer and a skater.
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