A View Through the Lens with Josh Rose
[Episode 4] Josh Rose joins us to talk about his lifelong love of photography and how he’s been able to build a career around doing what he loves. When you do what you love as a career, it forces you to approach each project from a business point of view. You apply your creativity as part of your business for the benefit of your clients. No one asks you why you do it, they are mainly interested in your application of creative solutions to benefit their business. And although that is an important aspect to the creative professional, we here at The Gray Matters are solely interested in why our guests do what they love to do.
In this episode, Josh talks about how he feel in love with photography and why he still does it. As a seasoned creative marketing executive, Josh tells us how he got hooked on the creative process, and how even to this day, in every opportunity, he’s searching for that moment of inspiration that he first felt when he was young taking his first pictures with his first camera. He’s still chasing that original feeling and that personal creative journey is what makes Josh special. We should all find something that drives us to express something personal. Why we do it is just as important what we do and we can all relate to Josh’s story.
Episode Book Pairing
Each episode of The Gray Matters podcast is paired with a book that complements the episode’s subject matter. If you’d like to explore more about photography we’d like to suggest the following book for your reading pleasure.
Magnum Contact Sheets
by Kristen Lubben
This groundbreaking book presents a remarkable selection of contact sheets and ancillary material, revealing how the most celebrated Magnum photographers capture and edit the very best shots. Addressing key questions of photographic practice, the book illuminates the creative methods, strategies, and editing processes behind some of the world’s most iconic images.
Featured are 139 contact sheets from sixty- nine photographers, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks, and spreads from contemporary publications including Life magazine and Picture Post. Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by the members’ estates.
Get your copy of Magnum Contact Sheets at Bookshop.org.
About Josh Rose
Josh Rose is a photographer, digital creative director and a master of digital and social campaigns. He led the integration of digital practices for two major advertising agencies: Deutsch and Weber Shandwick. Josh is a pioneer in blueprinting how big brands behave in online communities. His work has won awards at the Cannes Festival, The One Show, and The Effies. Josh is also a frequent contributor to the online platform Medium.com.
