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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: Chris Stowers, "Shoot, Ask...and Run" (Earnshaw Books Ltd, 2025)
Description: Chris Stowers, longtime photographer, credits a fellow journalist for the title of his latest memoir, Shoot, Ask...and Run (Earnshaw, 2025). The journalistâs advice to a young Chris, just starting out, went like this.Shoot: Take the photo when the opportunity arises. Then, if someone notices that you took a photo, âaskâ for permission to use the photo. Finally, if the subject seems annoyed, ârunâ...particularly if he or she has a gun.Shoot, Ask...and Run is the second memoir from Chris Stowers, who previously joined the podcast to talk about his first memoir, Bugis Nights (E...