Emanuel Hahn on Motivation, Self-Discipline, and Financing Creative Pursuits
Emanuel Hahn is a Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker whose work delves into themes of identity, culture, diasporic experiences, and the search for belonging. In this episode, Salomé sits down with Emanuel to explore the thriving arts career he's built from the ground up, driven by relentless self-motivation and discipline. They also discuss the often-challenging relationship between creativity and financial stability, reflecting on how Emanuel has navigated this balance to achieve significant milestones. From self-publishing his first book, Koreatown Dreaming, which was later acquired by a major publisher, to recently completing his first short film, Emanuel shares the many strategies that have guided his journey.
To learn more about Emanuel's work, visit: https://www.emanuelhahn.com/
Intro and outro music by Pryces.
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Valentina Hernandez Botero on Entrepreneurship as a Creative Practice
In this episode, Salomé interviews Valentina Hernandez Botero the founder of Sana, a Miami-based skin studio redefining the skincare experience through goal driven facials, real guidance, and clean skincare. Among many subjects, Valentina and Salomé discuss the push and pull of looking for stability vs. taking creative risks, the path that led her to starting Sana, the experience of opening their doors only three weeks before the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, and how she views entrepreneurship as a creative practice.
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Book mentioned by Valentina towards the end of the episode: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Intro and outro music by Pryces.
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Camila Falquez on Finding Your Authentic Path
Camila Falquez is a photographer and visual artist of Colombian descent based in New York who was born in Mexico and raised in Spain. With a particular focus on creating portraits and extensive experience as a fashion photographer, Falquez channels conventions of surrealism and a vibrant color palette to create images that reimagine notions of power, beauty, and liberation and celebrate social and gender diversity.
Her work has been published in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, El País, WSJ, and Vogue, among others. In 2022, Falquez had her first solo exhibition in New York at Hannah Traore Gallery, titled Gods That Walk Among Us. In 2023, she was named Fashion Photographer of the Year at the Latin American Fashion Awards. That same year, her work entered the permanent collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM).
In this episode, Salomé speaks to Camila about her personal and professional journey and how she's found her authentic path. Among many things, they discuss Camila's layered identity, her move to New York City at 22, and how she's built a successful career as a commercial photographer, most recently exploring a new facet of her journey as a visual artist.
To learn more about Camila's recent artistic project Compañerx please visit: https://atmos.earth/in-colombia-a-grassroots-bill-for-the-needs-and-dreams-of-trans-people/
To learn more about Camila's work: https://www.camilafalquez.com/
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Solo Episode - On 6 Months of No New Clothes
In this episode, Salomé reflects on her experience of not buying new clothes for 6 months. She goes over why she decided to start the challenge, the many themes it brought up (i.e. awareness around a constant craving for novelty, social media peer pressure, thoughts on repeating outfits), and how it changed her relationship to clothes.
Resources shared:
Remake, Fashion Nonprofit: https://remake.world/
Remake's 90 days #NoNewClothes Challenge https://remake.world/nonewclothes/
Fashion Reimagined Film: https://www.fashionreimaginedfilm.com/
Vestaire Collective, think first buy second campaign: https://www.instagram.com/vestiaireco/p/Czy02drMeav/?img_index=1
Allison Bornstein Stylist: https://www.allisonbornstein.com/
https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/allison-bornstein-three-word-method
Thrift Shop in Miami, Shop Lady Smith: https://www.instagram.com/shopladysmith/
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Willow Defebaugh on Writing, Atmos Magazine, and Leading With Love
Willow Defebaugh is a compassionate and wise writer whose creative practice is all about honoring nature and humanity. As the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Atmos Magazine, a non-profit biannual publication and digital platform, she has dedicated her life's work to re-enchanting others with the environment through captivating storytelling and stunning visuals. And though her writing often addresses daunting subjects like the climate emergency, she has a gift for offering wonder and optimism when we need it most.
Tune into this episode for a candid conversation about Willow's unique approach to writing, how she brings magic into her creative practice, her work at Atmos, and the importance of leading with love amidst such difficult times.
Atmos Magazine: https://atmos.earth/about/
Willow’s new book: https://shop.atmos.earth/products/the-overview-healing
Vogue piece about Willow’s book: https://www.vogue.com/article/willow-defebaugh-the-overview-book-interview
Willow’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willowonearth/
Book’s mentioned by Willow during the interview:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634289/stolen-focus-by-johann-hari/
https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/big-magic/
Intro and outro music by Pryces.
This is a podcast about purpose-driven creativity. A space to pause and reflect on some of the most pressing issues of our time through meaningful conversations with writers, artists, entrepreneurs, activists, and all sorts of trailblazing thinkers who are using their creative gifts in service of humanity and our planet.
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