Jim Veneman is as celebrated of a photojournalist that you will find in West Tennessee, having covered stories across the globe (World Trade Center collapse, combat in Iraq, and meetings with Fidel Castro to name a few) for a number of high-profile publications while consistently lecturing in university and workshops settings over the past few decades. Check out this recap of his talk at AM Creative.

"When you can show a person how beautiful they are on the inside and out through a photograph – that's where the sweet spot is. That's an accomplishment."

Read about photographer Hannah Russell's A.M. Creative talk in March over at Our Jackson Home.