Breaking In: Food Photographer Lucas Zarebinski

There’s a kind of photographer in this world who will make you want to trade your lunchbox sandwich away, sharpen your knives, and book a reservation at Per Se: the food photographer. We’ve all been titillated by this tempter’s stock in trade—glistening sauces, toothsome fruits, crickets encased in glossy lollipop . . . wait, what? Today’s most cutting-edge young culinary shooters are showing us a new angle on tastiness. So we asked one of them what it takes to be in the business of putting deliciousness on the page these days. Polish-born photographer Lucas Zarebinski talked to us about how he got into the business and what helps innovative shooters do their best work in this competitive field, and gave us some insight into what young photographers coming from abroad will find in American work culture. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Interview: Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters

Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters talks about how the role of DP is evolving, how to rig a Red to a helicopter, and where the market is headed for filmmakers. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Breaking In: Conservation Photographer Morgan Heim

As the New York photo industry was reminded last November when Superstorm Sandy swept into town, no matter how urban our habitat may be, we all live in the natural world. The current status of our relationship with it? It’s complicated. And while many of us may pause to contemplate the complications only on a rainy day, for some photographers exploring them is a vocation. We asked Colorado-based conservation photographer and multimedia documentarian Morgan Heim, who in her early thirties is one of the younger associate fellows of the International League of Conservation Photographers, about how she has forged a successful career in this specialized, topical, and sometimes dangerous field. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Interview: New Year's Eve Documentarian Jill Waterman

Scary beasts! Flipping kilts! Cavorting goat-men! They're all part of the exuberant worldwide celebration that rings in the new year. Photographer Jill Waterman talks about her 30 years of capturing the anticipation and the antics of New Year's Eve around the world. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Interview: Fashion and Editorial Image Maker Daniel O'Neill

Photographer and motion artist Daniel O’Neill talks with Tenba about the logistics of producing both stills and video for a commercial client, why Mongolian horsemen make a great photo crew, and how new technology has made it more important for image makers to travel with their own gear instead of renting it on location. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Breaking In: Multimedia Documentarian Rick Gershon

If photography is the art of visual economy, multimedia work is an exploration of narrative plenty. Instead of streamlining complex issues into a series of single images, multimedia creators apply a broad array of tools to craft the right combination of video, still imagery, and sound for each story they tell. Brought to life in the online world of the 21st century, multimedia storytelling is still an evolving form of communication. Rick Gershon, an award-winning veteran in the field at the ripe old age of 30, talked to us about his own evolution from photojournalist to multimedia documentarian and explained what the landscape looks like for young multimedia creators today. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Interview: National Geographic Photographer Ira Block

The veteran photographer talks about what he's learned over 30 years of shooting in environments that range from arctic ice fields to desert sands. Block tells us what he brings along on his global photographic journeys and how pictures of penguins are different from actual penguins. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Featured Student Interview: Robert Coombs

The Kendall College of Art and Design student talks with MOC about what he values most in the Kendall program, his portrait project exploring disability and sexuality, and the tools and technology he uses to shoot with a physical disability. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Jeremy Cowart's Humanitarian Work

Celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart talks about the work he does for humanitarian organizations. \ Profoto

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Interview: Filmmaker Patrick Moreau

Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Patrick Moreau explains why having a psychology degree helps him decide which gear to pack, how to go from charging onto the field with a football team to interviewing the President in 30 seconds, and how Tenba’s new Roadie II shoulder bag helps him tell better stories. \ Aimee Baldridge

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