Built Not Born Podcast: Barry Butler — Turning Negatives Into Positives (Episode #18)
Barry Butler is an internationally published landscape photographer.
Known as “Chicago’s Picture Poet”, Barry Butler’s remarkable photographs have appeared everywhere: from television, books, billboards, to album covers of rock bands. His images have been featured on the Weather Channel, CNN, and every local news affiliate in Chicago.
The Huffington Post has recognized Barry’s work as top’s in Chicago photography.
Born in Ireland, Barry Butler immigrated to Chicago as a child with his parents in search of a better life.
Barry describes his life as series of “turning negatives into positives.”
A self-taught photographer, Barry picked up a camera for the first time after a breaking his collar bone playing ice hockey to stay active while he recovered from his injury.
Barry and I discuss what it was like to immigrate to the USA, how a series of “negative” events led has to positive outcomes and why his late father is still his hero.
Barry shares how he starts each day 2 hours before sunrise and why the Chicago winters, sometimes -50 degrees below zero are his favorite time of the year.
Barry also shares some tips on how the average person can take professional looking pictures
We also get into some serious deep life questions like who a better front man for Van Halen was — David Lee Roth or Sammy Hager, the book that most inspires him and how photography (like life) is all about persistence and creativity.
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“Life is built, not born.”
Joe Ciccarone
