Episode 091: Neale Haynes - Through The Lens

Full episode info and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.com Shining a light in stories you may not know about, or speaking to people who are deserving of a wider audience, is a really important part of the Looking Sideways ethos. It is why my guests have included journalists, activists, chefs and musicians, as well as the big name professional athletes we all know. And it’s why I invited my old friend Neale Haynes onto the podcast for this week’s episode. Neale is a photographer, although that description doesn’t really do justice to the life Haynsey has led for the past 30 years. It’s a truly picaresque tale, which sees Neale, a man definitely both under a lucky star, forge a truly remarkable career that takes in the birth of Loaded and lad mag culture, sees him set up a ground-breaking action sports stock agency; and generally garner enough shameless, name-dropping anecdotes to give DJ BBQ, previous Looking Sideways namedrop world record holder, some serious competition. Yes, this is a romp of a conversation in which Neale outlines the entire rollicking tale, while also imparting a couple of really salutary life lessons which apply to everybody, no matter what they’re trying to achieve in life. Sure, it’s nice to embark upon a three week road trip around California. But sometimes it is equally nice to hop on a train to London and sit down with an old mate who you know has had one of the maddest, most incident-packed and downright successful careers of anybody you know. So that’s what I did. Hope you enjoy the episode. Thanks to Matt Ward for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.