I Love Your Stories- Conversations with Artists and Creatives with Hava Gurevich
I Love Your Stories- Conversations with Artists and Creatives with Hava Gurevich
Podcast Description
I Love Your Stories is a soulful conversation series hosted by artist and creative guide Hava Gurevich, where art meets authenticity. Each episode invites you into an intimate dialogue with artists, makers, and visionaries who are courageously crafting lives rooted in creativity, purpose, and self-expression.
From painters and poets to healers and community builders, these are the stories behind the work—the moments of doubt, discovery, grief, joy, and transformation. Through honest, heart-centred conversations, Hava explores how creativity can be both a healing force and a path to personal truth.
If you’re an artist, a dreamer, or someone drawn to a more intuitive and intentional way of living, this podcast will remind you that your story matters—and that the act of creating is a sacred, revolutionary act.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as the healing power of creativity, the emotional journey of artists, and the intersection of art and personal truth. Episodes delve into topics like the discipline required in martial arts, the role of aging in creativity, and the tension between art and commerce, as seen in discussions with guests like Nick Suino and Dennis Mohr, who share their unique perspectives and experiences.
I Love Your Stories is a soulful conversation series hosted by artist and creative guide Hava Gurevich, where art meets authenticity. Each episode invites you into an intimate dialogue with artists, makers, and visionaries who are courageously crafting lives rooted in creativity, purpose, and self-expression.
From painters and poets to healers and community builders, these are the stories behind the work—the moments of doubt, discovery, grief, joy, and transformation. Through honest, heart-centred conversations, Hava explores how creativity can be both a healing force and a path to personal truth.
If you’re an artist, a dreamer, or someone drawn to a more intuitive and intentional way of living, this podcast will remind you that your story matters—and that the act of creating is a sacred, revolutionary act.
In this episode of I Love Your Stories, Hava Gurevich speaks with award-winning photographer, author and founding host of the B&H Photography Podcast, Allan Weitz.
Allan’s career spans more than five decades of enormous change in photography, from the golden age of magazine assignments and Kodachrome to the arrival of digital photography. He shares how a kid who loved sculpture stumbled into photography in 1960s New York, built a career behind the camera, and eventually became a writer, technology expert and podcast host.
The conversation explores what made Kodachrome so extraordinary and how Allan’s lifelong connection to the film led to his book, Kodachrome: How Two Guys Named Leo Changed Photography. He also shares stories from his years at B&H, including interviewing Jeff Bridges and Graham Nash, his latest creative obsession with Japanese manhole covers, and why his definition of success ultimately comes down to completing something you care about and being able to say, “I’m happy with this.”
Find Allan Weitz:
Official website: https://www.allanweitzdesign.com/
The Kodachrome Store:
https://www.allanweitzdesign.com/the-kodachrome-store
Kodachrome from Chin Music Press:
https://www.chinmusicpress.com/product-page/kodachrome-how-two-guys-named-leo-changed-photography-by-allan-weitz
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Topics covered:
– Growing up as a creative child in Brooklyn
– Discovering photography at art school
– Building a career by knocking on doors
– Photography during the golden age of magazines
– Why photography became Allan’s language
– The uncertainty and discipline of shooting film
– Moving from analogue to digital photography
– The history and unique qualities of Kodachrome
– The two teenage musicians behind Kodachrome
– Hosting the B&H Photography Podcast
– Interviewing Jeff Bridges and Graham Nash
– Finding art in Japanese manhole covers
– Allan’s personal definition of success
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:46 – Welcoming Allan Weitz
02:53 – Growing up in Brooklyn and discovering photography
07:18 – Why photography became Allan’s language
09:00 – Building a career by knocking on doors
09:33 – When photography became collectible art
10:17 – Experiencing the transition to digital
13:04 – Film versus digital photography
16:00 – The mystery of waiting for developed film
19:23 – Why Allan wrote his Kodachrome book
28:02 – Becoming a podcast host
29:23 – Jeff Bridges, Graham Nash and memorable guests
33:01 – Finding inspiration in Japanese manhole covers
35:47 – Allan’s definition of success
40:33 – Allan’s favourite deli sandwich
41:31 – Where to find Allan
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