Benjamin Grant is the founder of Overview, which started as a project of sharing 1 satellite image per day on Instagram, now to an audience of nearly 1.5 million. It has since turned into books, exhibitions and collaboration with huge brands like Louis Vuitton; all in an effort to showcase Earth using satellite images.

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About Benjamin:

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Shownotes

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Overview by Planetary CollectivePlanetary Collective's Twitter • Benjamin's Books on Amazon (Affiliate Links) Timelapse • (2020) Overview: A New Perspective on Earth • (2016) • Books & Podcast recommendations: Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman • (Affiliate Link) Lex Fridman's podcast

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction 03:01 Conversation begins: Benjamin describes himself 04:42 What is Overview? 06:50 The Origin Story of Overview 21:43 The serendipitous value of unexpected software use 25:20 Is it Photography or Curation? 32:23 Talking about Climate, without being Doom and Gloom all the time 36:24 Overview's Access to Images; Partnerships & Collaboration with image providers 50:01 Thinking of satellite images like a photographer 54:10 The Louis Vuitton collaboration 01:00:53 Financials: How does a business like Overview run? 01:04:47 Using anything else than optical? 01:09:50 Having a specific audience in mind when sharing something 01:14:17 Changing formats in social media 01:18:28 Feedback from people following Daily Overview 01:21:57 Books and podcast recommendation 01:25:15 Benjamin's collaboration offer to the industry

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