I was one of those kids who loved reading so much that, late into the night, I’d secretly stay awake with my book when I was supposed to be sleeping. I’ve explored the working secrets of Abbey Road Studios for The Atlantic, profiled a singing/dancing Bangkok motorcycle taxi driver for New York Magazine, photographed a block-printing village in Rajasthan for The Kindcraft - and I’ve even interviewed a Pulitzer Prize-winning author at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival for AFAR. To kick off the series we spoke to narrative journalist and photographer Justin Lancy.Īs a freelance contributor of interviews, narrative journalism, analysis, and photography, I travel around the world to document interesting human stories and subcultures. Our new interview series Five Minutes With… sees us speaking to those in the writing and publishing industry – authors, journalists, editors, biographers, translators – to discover what compelled them to pick up the pen and work with words, and the hurdles they’ve overcome along the way.
