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THE CAMERAMAN IN CLOGS: ALWAYS ROLLING
by Jeff Schwartz
After five decades filming everyone from Muhammad Ali to homeless veterans, Jeff Schwartz finally puts down the camera and picks up a pen.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Cameraman in Clogs: Always Rolling is a memoir built on fifty years behind the camera, on movie sets, sports sidelines, fashion runways, prison yards, and streets around the world.
But the book is not just about what Jeff Schwartz saw.
It’s about what happens when you spend a lifetime documenting everyone else’s moments and finally stopping long enough to reflect on your own.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Schwartz spent fifty years as a cameraman and director of photography, filming everything from corporate productions and celebrity interviews to documentaries centered on people rarely seen on camera.
Known as “The Cameraman in Clogs” after an Achilles injury that left him working in open-backed clogs, Schwartz filmed U.S. presidents, worked behind the scenes on major movie sets, and spent twenty-five years producing documentaries about people living on society’s margins.
He stepped away in 2025 and lives in New York.
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1. You filmed everyone from Muhammad Ali to homeless people. Which stories affected you most?
2. The book is called "Always Rolling." Were you ever NOT rolling?
3. You spent fifty years behind the camera. What took you so long to put it down?
4. What's the "money shot"? (And why did it stay with you?)
5. You write: "The camera gave me a life. But it also took one." What did it take?
6. What's the story behind "The Cameraman in Clogs"?
7. Which shoot came close to disaster? (Spoiler: There are several.)
8. You filmed five U.S. Presidents. Any surprises?
9. For twenty-five years, you documented people society had forgotten. Why those stories?
10. What did you learn at seventy-one that you wish you'd learned at twenty-two?
11. What did fifty years behind the lens teach you about people?
12. When did you realize documenting life isn’t the same thing as living it?
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Title: The Cameraman in Clogs: Always Rolling
Author: Jeff Schwartz
Genre: Memoir
Publication Date: [TK]
Format: Paperback / eBook
Length: [TK pages]
Website: cameramaninclogs.com
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50 years behind the camera
Founder of JAN Video, Primalux Video, Primalux Media
Filmed 5 U.S. Presidents
30 years of shooting NY Fashion Week
25 years producing documentaries
Worked on Hollywood sets, Super Bowls, the Olympics
Known as “The Cameraman in Clogs”
Based in New York