'Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived' for The New York Times . Aisha, age 14

Jack Slack-Smith, a multi-generational farmer age 65, feeds sheep on Epping Farm near Pilliga in NSW, Australia in November 2018. Jack and his wife Jan’s property has been in drought since 2012, forcing them to sell part of their property to service their bank loans. They have reduced their sheep stock from 7000 to approximately 3600, and their beef cattle from 260 breeders to 22. As the drought goes on Jack and Jan slide further into debt because they are forced to buy feed to keep their stock alive. Australia is experiencing it’s most severe drought in decades with the state of New South Wales declared drought affected, and the majority of the state of Queensland being in drought for the past six-years. Photo by Adam Ferguson for TIME

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sits for a portrait at the State Department in Washington DC on Feb. 1, 2019. Photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Magazine

Eza Khan, age 45 and born in Iran. He was a garment seller with a wife and two children. He has been addicted to Heroin for 15 years.

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EP 37 | Conflict Photography, Why Being A Photographer Isn’t Enough & More w. Photographer Adam Ferguson

If you want to listen to one of the worlds best conflict photographers talk about how he does what he does your in luck!

If you are at all interested in conflict photography or have picked up a recent copy of TIMES magazine I am sure you would have come across some of Adam work. Adams unique outlook on the world around him and how he often aims to challenge societal beliefs on particular issues makes him one of the most interesting photographers and authors around. For this reason Adams client and publication list is impressive to say the least with his work being featured on the front cover and inside publications such as TIME magazine, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stones and that’s just naming a few.

On this episode Photographer Adam Ferguson and I talk about how he got into photography, what lead him to document the US lead war in Afghanistan, misconceptions people have about war, what it’s like to be a conflict photographer, how he got to work with publications such as TIME magazine, how he goes about pitching to publications, changes he has seen within the photography industry, why just being a photographer today isn’t enough, his creative process and so much more.