Your Creative Push

Jordan Matter is a portrait photographer specializing in actors, models, and dancers.  He is the photographer behind the NY Times bestseller “Dancers Among Us,” and in October, 2016 he is releasing his new book, “Dancers After Dark.” Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/159 In this episode, Jordan discusses: -How he initially became interested in photography and then how he came back to it. -The black & white printing course that he took at School of Visual Arts in New York City. -The story of what gave him the inspiration to approach photography with a new determination. -How a long period of “alone time” gave him the opportunity to obsess over photography and completely devote himself to it. -How individuals can still keep an open mind to a potential path to making money from their now-casual creative passion. -The difference in results between a defeatist attitude versus an optimistic one. -His books Uncovered and Dancers Among Us and how they led him to eventually create his new book, Dancers A