Anthony Bourdain is an accidental advocate.

What’s there to say about Anthony Bourdain that hasn’t already been said? Meeting the man—and even more, getting to work with him—was both an absolute pleasure and a turning point in my career that set me on the path to full-time photography work. I can’t say he felt the same (he gruffly told me that getting his picture taken ranked just below getting a colonoscopy), but we were able to make some amazing portraits together that landed on the cover of the EF Journal and were highly featured in the story within.