Sam Faulkner is a London-based photographer and the founder of Print Swap, an iOS app. where photographers and visual artists exchange gallery-quality physical prints directly. No buying, no selling, no follower counts.

Sam came to photography the hard way, travelling into Afghanistan in 1994 with a battered Canon, a few rolls of film and very little plan. His work has since moved between reportage, portraiture and long-form photographic projects, including Unseen Waterloo, his battlefield portrait series exhibited at Somerset House.

Print Swap began with a gap Sam’s own wall and a long-held habit among photographers: trading prints of each other's work. In a world of endless images and thin attention, it is built on a simple belief: a print on the wall changes the relationship.

In episode 285, Sam discusses, among other things:

• How his new app., Print Swap, came to fruition.
• How he got into reportage photography in search of adventure.
• Kashmir and Afghanistan - talkng your way in and talking your way out.
• Coming back with the six rolls of film that won him the Ian Parry Award.
• The influence of Nick Danziger’s book Danziger’s Adventures.
• Changes in the industry.
• His global story about ‘the war on drugs’.
• Lessons learned from shooting Mario Testino.
• The threat of AI and the issue of trusted brands within the news media.
• His decision to step back from photojournalism.
• His new working life directing commercials.
• His Unseen Waterloo project.

Referenced:

• David Hurn
• Jonas Bendiksen
• Ian Teh
• Omar Ashtawy
• Neil Burgess
• Nick Danziger
• Aidan Sullivan
• Mario Testino
• Stephen Dupont

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