The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ami Vitale’s journey as a photojournalist has taken her to 85 countries. She has witnessed civil unrest, poverty, destruction of life, and unspeakable violence. But she has also experienced surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit, and she is committed to highlighting the surprising and subtle similarities between cultures. Her photographs have been exhibited around the world in museums and galleries and published in international magazines including National Geographic, Adventure, Geo, Newsweek, Time, and Smithsonian. Her work has garnered multiple awards from prestigious organizations including World Press Photos, the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, Lucie awards, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting, and the Magazine Photographer of the Year award, among many others. She has been working most recently with Ripple Effect Images, an organization of well-known scientists, writers, photographers and filmmakers with a mission of creating powerful and persuasive films and stories illustrating the very specific problems women in developing countries face and the programs that can help them. In 2010, Ami was a Senior Producer for Multimedia, at the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication where she got her Masters and worked on a project on women’s pregnancy and infant mortality in Sierra Leone and a feature film about migration and climate change in Bangladesh. She has been the subject of the five-part documentary series “Over the Islands of Africa” and a featured speaker and judge in more than 20 countries from China to Chile. She is on the board of the Alexia Foundation and frequently gives workshops throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.   Resources:   http://www.amivitale.com   http://www.susanmeiselas.com   http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com   http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/   info@thecandidframe.com   Join Ibarionex for a day of photography in Downtown Los Angeles.    http://www.ssreg.com/juliadean/classes/classes.asp?courseid=26329&catid=3793   Discover the secrets of making a living with photography by listening to the PhotoBizXposed podcast.    http://photobizx.com/candid-frame-listeners/

Born in 1974, Matt Stuart was raised in the leafy suburbs of Harrow, North West London. He admits to a less than distinguished school career, but was called upon aged 11 to play a trumpet solo in front of the Queen Mother. Her Majesty’s reaction is not recorded. A little later, in 1986, Matt discovered skateboarding after watching the film “Back to the Future”. Skating occupied his every waking moment until 1994, when he looked up from the half-pipe and noticed that girls had got a lot more interesting. He also indulged in a brief, ill-advised affair with Kung Fu. Matt’s father, keenly aware that his son would never be the next Bruce Lee, introduced him to photography, handing over books by Robert Frank & Henri Cartier-Bresson. Ever since then, photography has been Matt’s overriding passion, although he’s still quite interested in skateboards and girls. (But thankfully not Kung Fu). Resources:   http://www.mattstuart.com   http://www.in-public.com   http://www.thomasroma.com   Visit The Candid Frame website and sign up for the TCF mailing list to receive your free copy of The Candid Frame: On Street Photography.    http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe   Join Ibarionex on April 25 for an all-day street photography workshop in Downtown Los Angeles. Discover new ways for making photographs of the "theater in the streets".    http://www.ssreg.com/juliadean/classes/classes.asp?courseid=26329&catid=3793   info@thecandidframe.com

John Free is a social documentary/street photographer who lives in Los Angeles. His photographic essays have ranged from railroad tramps in California to automobile abstracts to Paris street life.  John has been inspiring to photographers of all ages of all skill levels for many years through teaching sold-out classes and workshops on street photography in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and London. Part stand-up and part evangelist, he speaks from the heart to inspire new generations of photographers.  He is also involved with several non-profit organizations teaching inner-city kids the excitement and power that they can get being dedicated photographers.    Resources:   http://www.johnfreephotography.com   http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN   http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/   info@thecandidframe.com

Andrew Tomasino is a portrait and street photographer who often crosses the lines between both bodies of work, creating interesting narratives within the world he sees. His ongoing personal project, "Queen City", which peels back the curtain of Drag Performers in his home town, was recently featured at the Art Directors Club in New York City.  Resources: http://andrewtomasino.com   http://andrewtomasino.com/blog/   http://www.brinsonbanks.com   http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/   info@thecandidframe.com

Acuity Press creates exceptionally curated, print on demand, fine-art books, that illuminate the work of both established and talented emerging artists. Through our exquisitely made books, collectors, museums and galleries gain access to undiscovered and under represented talent.  They are dedicated to the creation of an elegant, refined and self-directed discovery of new art, that will celebrate the singular vision of the artist and cater to the most discerning of collectors.  Acuity Press was founded by photographers and educators Everard Williams and Dennis Keeley.  Resources:   http://acuitypress.com   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Martinez   http://www.lopezdezubiria.com   Recieve a free copy of The Candid Frame: On Street Photography by signing up for our mailing list.    http://thecandidframe.us10.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=38abdeb5e0d996c3516edeacc&id=a973698b08

Joe Aguirre is a San Francisco based photographer currently spending his time focused on personal documentary and lyrical narrative projects. Joe lives among his subjects; he uses the street aesthetic to create candid, nude, and conceptual portraiture.  Dividing his time between art and street photography, Joe is searching for a way to communicate his work to the world in a singular presentation.   Resources:   http://www.joeaguirrephotography.com   http://thoughtlesshero.com   http://thebenmolina.tumblr.com   Subscribe to The Candid Frame mailing list to receive your free copy of the ebook, TCF: On Street Photography.    http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/2015/2/20/free-ebook-on-street-photography   info@thecandidframe.com

Bill Parsons and Natalia Martinez are the team behind Northern California-based Photo Lab Pet Photography and Design Lab Creative Studio (soon to be merged into The Labs & Co.). With a shared passion for animals, their work centers around photographing them in a natural environment and letting their individuality shine. They work with commercial and private clients and volunteer services to shelters and rescue organizations as proud members of HeARTs Speak. They are honored to be favorites of a variety of companies, organizations and publications including Bark Magazine.  They live in Petaluma, California, supported by their two dogs and two cats.    Resources:   http://www.photolabpets.com   http://www.tailsfromthelab.com   http://www.michaelrudin.com   http://www.erikalmas.com   http://localmilkblog.com   https://www.flickr.com/groups/thecandidframe/   https://www.youtube.com/user/lafotoboy/featured?view_as=public   info@thecandidframe.com

Kale Friesen was born into the expansive vistas of Saskatchewan in 1981. At a very young age Kale became immersed in art and knew that he was destined to work in the arts. Kale spent his entire youth painting, drawing and playing music, and it wasn’t until he discovered photography that Kale understood how best he could realize his aesthetic vision.  In 2001 Kale headed west to Vancouver BC where he continued my love of arts, music and skateboarding.  A hunger to see the world and be inspired, Kale moved to Paris, France in 2006 to focus on his artistic pursuits. After visiting the Fondation Cartier-Bresson on a summer afternoon in 2007 he knew in that instant that the only thing he wanted to do was make photographs. The people and architecture of Paris became Kale’s photography school.  While in living in Europe Kale began shooting on the streets of Paris every day and traveling to abandoned spaces in France and Belgium, experimenting with Fine Art photography and street photography.  After returning to Vancouver in 2009 Kale changed direction and photographic focus on fashion photography and portraiture. The genius and originality of photographers of Helmut Newton, Nick Knight and Solve Sundsbo opened Kale’s mind and guided his path towards becoming a fashion photographer. Kale photographs emote a somber mood with a strong sense of colour, design and movement.  Kale currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC as a fashion, beauty photographer, and still carries a camera every day.  Resources:   http://www.kalejf.com/   http://www.creativeexchangeagency.com/artists/photography/sarah-moon   http://ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/   info@thecandidframe.com

Ugo Cei is an Italian IT professional that caught the bug of photography and now spends every free minute he has taking photos and uses every business trip or vacation as an opportunity to create new images of foreign cities and natural landscapes.  He loves to travel and show the beauty of the world and its inhabitants to everybody. He believes that this is really an amazing planet we live on and every place and every culture possesses beauty that deserves to be shown.   Resources:   http://blog.ucphoto.me   http://artwolfe.com   http://www.mediterraneanphototours.com   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608873064/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1608873064&link_code=as3&tag=thecanfra-20&linkId=VK6X4WJO2BILPWEX   http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/products/the-candid-frame-photo-essentials-ebook-video

Christopher Cushman was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. Growing up in Detroit in the 60's and 70's gave him a unique perspective on people, which is central to and has informed his work to this day. He received his degree in Design and Illustration from Ferris State University. He began his career in photography during the 80's attracted to portraiture as a means to understand the human condition. Christopher has had showings at galleries in Detroit and at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto's and has been extensively published. Christopher has specialized in dance photography and has photographed dancers from Alvin Ailey, and Garth Fagen in New York as well as Toronto's Ballet Creole.   He has published a book on Dance in 2008 entitled "Dance Through Life" and is completing two new volumes, one of portraiture Called BLACKBOOK30 a critical response to the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and a documentary piece entitled FIERCE! Being Black, Being Gay. Christopher has resided in Toronto for the last 17 years. Resources:   http://www.epiphanynoir.com/men   http://www.michaelchambers.ca/Testset/G/   http://alejandrosantiagophotography.com   http://zoegemelli.com   Purchase The Candid Frame for Photo Essentials for just $59 using the promo code TCF 2015 using the link below.    http://the-candid-frame-store.myshopify.com/products/the-candid-frame-photo-essentials-ebook-video