Behind the Scope

Laura Reichert is a photographer based between Munich and Vienna whose work is rooted in documenting people and authentic moments — and whose Studio Reichert project started as something deeply personal. After her grandfather, a typographer and artist, passed away, Laura began archiving his work, photographing his untouched workshop, and eventually turning his prints into something people could carry with them. In this episode we talk about keeping a creative legacy alive, why she stopped performing for the algorithm, what it means to document rather than photograph.

Guest links:
Website: https://laura-reichert.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorakfilm/ & instagram.com/studio.reichert

Creative Boom surveyed young freelancers on the hardest parts of being a creative. The results weren't surprising and very relatable. In this episode we go through every single finding, share where we've been there ourselves, and get honest about the ones we're still figuring out. Money, burnout, AI anxiety, feeling replaceable, direction, visibility, client nightmares.

You've heard it a hundred times, even on this podcast – niche down, become the go-to person for one thing, and the right clients will find you. Our guest Marie Zieger disagrees. She calls herself radically anti-niche, and in this episode we get into why that advice can be just as harmful as it is helpful, what a business as a multi-hyphenate creative looks like.

Guest links:
Website: www.everyseason.xyz
Instagram: www.instagram.com/everyseason.xyz

Image copyright:
https://www.instagram.com/sophienawratil

It's our podcast anniversary! We are spilling the tea on the rebrand, why LinkedIn became our biggest unexpected driver, what changed for us when we started bringing guests on with an actual topic in mind. Thanks for listening for the last three years!

Study, get a job, work your way up. In the creative industry that usually means junior, mid, senior, creative director, and often moving further and further away from the work you actually wanted to do.

In this episode we sit down with Alice Katter, founder of Out of Office Network and we get into why the traditional creative career ladder is outdated, what a non-linear career actually looks like in practice, and why going fully freelance isn't the only way out.

Guest links:
Website: https://www.alicekatter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicekatter