But there’s no way you could drag me back to Kodachrome. The quality we have now, and the instantaneous knowledge of the job outcome is something that is amazing nowadays. So I guess you could say I don’t miss the anxiety and stomach churn that occurred while your film was being processed. Everyone now gets anxious about double backing up, and triple backing up your files…which makes sense. But if you really want to get nervous, try dumping 100 rolls of Kodachrome, your production say, for an entire week of shooting a job for the Geographic, into a bag and shipping it from Mumbai to Wash DC. And waiting three days for them to confirm they got it. That I don’t miss at all!

JC: What's your take on the future of the professional photography landscape? Has on-line content and social media taken over the publishing world? And I have to ask the question that's been asked for so many years..."Is print dead?"

JM: I’m no fortune-teller, but I don’t feel print will ever die. Obviously it has diminished, and the internet dominates. But I do think this combination of events has promise of a bright future for visual storytellers everywhere. I always tell our assistants -- who are good young photographers -- they will have to be their own one person info-tainment outlet. They will need to know how to shoot a story, both in stills and video. They will need to know audio. They will need to know how to mesh the still image and the moving image effectively. They will have to keep up with the technology of storytelling, which is moving fast. They will have to know design, and how to work the web.

And, very importantly, they will have to find ways to monetize their efforts. That’s the hard thing. How do you find outlets for the work, and outlets that will pay something for the content in fair fashion? That’s the challenge. Which means it gets thrown back on shooters to seek work and be proactive in proposing ideas and keep pushing their name and abilities out there. They will need to know how to write well, and draw up a cohesive proposal, and write a blog and tweet and do the social media swirl. It’s a lot. But the technology available to us now has enlarged the envelope of our collective imaginations, so it’s worth the effort.

JC: Lastly, what advice can you give to today's aspiring photographer? Do you have any final thoughts on anything that we haven't talked about?