In this latest episode of the Createfulness podcast, the tables are turned as the usual host, Gary Hirson is interviewed.
For 20 days he was trying to raise funds via a crowdfunding platform so that he could get to see his photographs that are to be exhibited in the Swiss Museum of transport.
In this episode, he speaks about his 20-day journey as well as the ins and outs of driving a successful crowdfunding campaign.
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