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Podcast: Just a Good Conversation
Episode: Just a Good Conversation: Nathaniel S. Butler
Description: Nathaniel S. Butler have photographed more than 35 NBA Finals as the senior official NBA photographers. Based in the New York area, Butler has been covering the New York Knicks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets for the NBA since 1984.
Butler went to St. John’s University and began photographing basketball games at Madison Square Garden, where the team played their larger games. At MSG, he met photographers from Sports Illustrated who were also there to cover the game.
“I started working as an assistant which was basically an apprenticeship. It was the greatest experience ever,” Butler said...