The Candid Frame: A Photography Podcast

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Mark and Holly Jansen of Mark Jansen Photography and Jansen Photo Expeditions have been displaying their art as well as teaching and guiding photographic workshops since 2005.  They take their clients on photographic dream tours throughout the American West and the world.  Jansen Photo Expeditions workshops include DSLR workshops, iPhone photography classes, and online classes in basic photography, Photoshop, and Macro Photography.   Mark Jansen is a native of Los Angeles, CA, and the founder of Mark Jansen Photography and Jansen Photo Expeditions.  He was educated at Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA, in Commercial Design and Photography.  Mark participates regularly in photographic continuing education programs and trade shows, so he's always on the cutting edge of our rapidity changing photographic world.  Mark is personally involved in every project and workshop he holds and puts his personal stamp of excellence on everything he does.  Mark has lived and breathed photography all his life. His childhood passi

Influenced by both fashion photographers and internet bloggers, New York native photographer Chloe Rice gives photojournalism a unique editorial feel. But in addition to specific artists and authors, it is easy to see from her photos that she could acknowledge the entire world as her inspiration. Chloe sees trees as “bird umbrellas” and rain clouds as “just parts of the sky that like to laugh until they cry”. In her mind cars all smile and “everything looks prettier with eyelashes". Luckily, Chloe has a series of cameras to capture all of this imagination that she sees. Chloe’s photos both ask you to remain innovative and inspired, to infinity and beyond! http://ohchloe.com/ http://blog.itschloe.com/ www.theselby.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

James Carbone’s life is a study of cultures that’s expressed through his passion for photography. Carbone was born in Los Angeles, Calif. From an early age Carbone read through the books of great photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Mary Ellen Mark. “Seeing all those great images started my obsession with photography,” Carbone says. For the past ten years Carbone has studied under Mary Ellen Mark, a world-renown documentary photographer. The two started working together at Rockport College in Maine and have continued at Pacific Center Northwest in Seattle and El Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo Center in Oaxaca, Mexico. Since 2000, he has documented the day-to-day life of the Lopez family, pepenadores (literally “sorters”) who struggle to survive by scavenging plastic bottles in a garbage dump. He is currently collecting the photos for an upcoming book. His work continues with a chain of newspapers and magazines in Los Angeles and in the San Bernardino Counties. In every picture, Carbone

Don Giannatti has been a photographer for nearly 40 years, and has had studios in Phoenix, Chicago and New York. He was a fashion and beauty shooter for the first half of his photographic career, and now adds "Americana" portraiture and travel work to his diverse subjects. He has written three photography books for Amherst Media (avail on Amazon) and taught two highly acclaimed workshops on CreativeLIVE. He lives in Arizona and travels extensively throughout the West and Northwest. He is also a designer who specializes in working with small businesses and photographers. www.dongiannatti.com http://www.lighting-essentials.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

John Perello (Jon One) was born in New York's Harlem neighborhood to parents from the Dominican Republic. Growing up in Harlem, his introduction to street art began at an early age, when he would see graffiti and tags on subway cars and city walls. When he was 17 he entered the world of graffiti with his childhood friend "White Man," tagging his name Jon with the numbers 156 on walls and trains in his neighborhood. He said, "The subway is a museum that runs through the city." In 1984, he founded the graffiti group 156 All Starz, in order to bring together their passion for painting trains at night and to help forget about their problems, including drug use. At this time, he met the artist Bando, who was living in New York. Following an invitation from Bando, JonOne moved to Paris in 1987. He began his work as a painter on canvas in a workshop at the Hospital Ephemeral, a literal hospital building that became a squatting place for artists, located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Here, he painted with th

After studying photography in Southern California, Dan Winters  finished his formal education at the film school of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. He began his career in photography as a photo journalist in his home town in Ventura County, California. After winning several regional awards for his work, he moved to New York City, where magazine assignments came rapidly.  Known for the broad range of subject matter he is able to interpret, he is widely recognized for his unusual celebrity portraiture, his scientific photography, photo illustrations, drawings and photojournalistic stories. Dan has won over one hundred national and international awards from American Photography, Communications Arts, The Society of Publication Designers, PDN, The Art Director's Club of New York, Life Magazine, and won the world press photo award in the portrait category, among others. He was also awarded the prestigious, Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography. In 2003, he was honored by Kodak as a phot

"From Africa to New York, Brazil to the  Texas Hill Country, Sarah Brooke Lyons strives to capture the essence of people and  culture through photography.   A Texas native with roots in the city of San Antonio,  her aesthetic style is most evident when immersed within a subculture or engaged with a subject, allowing her to present an uncommon perspective of their story. Sarah’s desire is to continue her focus on finding the allure in every moment and with every person through her faith in God, entrepreneurial drive, and artistic spirit."  www.sarahbrookephotography.com www.johnhuskin.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

David Strick has worked as an editorial, advertising and corporate photographer whose interest in the entertainment world has led him to originate documentary behind-the-scenes print and web features for major media companies, including eleven years of producing a monthly photo column for Premiere Magazine entitled “David Strick’s Hollywood,” 2 ½ years of originating and photographing a web/print feature called “David Strick’s Hollywood Backlot” for the Los Angeles Times, and a web/print feature for The Hollywood Reporter, entitled “David Strick’s Hollywood.” He has taught at Art Center College of Design, lectured at UCLA Extension, and the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. He has served on the board of APA/Editorial Photographers, and as an honorary member of the Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers. www.davidstrick.com www.jeffjacobsonphotography.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Zack Arias is an Atlanta-based commercial and editorial photographer who specializes in portraiture, music and street photography. He is the author of Photography Q & A: Real Questions. Real Answers. He provides a frank, unique and honest choice to what it means to create and maintain a career as a professional, working photographer.  www.zackarias.com www.feelsgoodletsgo.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Sam (Whittier Sam) Smotherman is narrative street photographer from Los Angeles, who believes in the power of dialogue and that is what he tries to create through his images. Not just a dialogue between observers but within the whole process. He is not removed from his pictures, but chooses instead to speak where subjects often have no voice, making sure to give articulation to those who have not only shared their image, but their words. Photography helps him to define and connect him with the world and his surroundings in a way it does not when he is not shooting. It is not just about the seeing or feeling an image; he wants to be compelled to think. Conveying truth in his images is important and he looks for the beauty in the broken because that is often where the truth lies. Working to show the conditions of life on the margins, he wants all people to feel they can help make the human condition better by working for social justice and spiritual grace.  www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Lindsay Adler is a professional fashion and portrait photographer based in New York. Her work has been featured in several international fashion magazines and photography magazines including Sublime Magazine, Popular Photography, Professional Photographer, Shutterbug, Rangefinder Magazine and dozens more. Her visual artwork crosses many disciplines within photography as well as video.  Lindsay teaches photography workshops at major conferences and seminars worldwide. Each year she reaches thousands of photographers through her classes, gallery shows and DVDs. She has many major industry sponsors and teachers for companies including B&H, Calumet and Unique Photo.  www.lindsayadlerphotography.com http://www.artandcommerce.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=AAC_A_Solve_Sundsbo_VForm&FRM=Frame:AAC_R_SolveSundsbo www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the academy award nominated film STREETWISE, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell. www.maryellenmark.com www.jamescarbone.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

John Ellis and Laura Preston left their lives in New York City on February 1st, 2013 to spend a year traveling around the United States in a 34 foot Airstream trailer. But instead of choosing their own destinations, they crowd-sourced the itinerary, letting the internet decide where they go. John, a freelance web developer, designed and built a website where people can suggest any place in the country for the couple to visit. The suggestions can then be voted upon; John and Laura visit the places with the most votes. They share photos and stories about their experiences on their blog and various social medias.  Both John and Laura come from artistic backgrounds. John went to school in Atlanta to study photography and worked for legendary photographer Jay Maisel for a number of years in Manhattan. Laura is a painter and studied art history and studio art at New York University.   www.zacharyconcepcion.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Jonathan Lucas Auch was born in New York City in 1984. He studied painting at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. Upon returning to New York City, and training as darkroom printer, Jonathan worked for 3 years as the exhibition printer and assistant for photojournalist James Nachtwey, where he was responsible for all print production used in exhibits, periodicals, galleries and museums. As a freelance photographer, Jonathan works both on the street and producing photo/video reportage on a variety of stories which focus on; political, cultural and emotional isolation, alienation, loneliness, racism and discrimination. Jonathan Lucas Auch was born in New York City in 1984. He studied painting at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. Upon returning to New York City, and training as darkroom printer, Jonathan worked for 3 years as the exhibition printer and assistant for photojournalist James Nachtwey, where he was responsible for all print production used in exhibits, perio

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's recent exhibitions include the Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, Sepia International, New York City, the RISD Museum, the 2006 Noorderlicht Photo Festival in Netherlands and the 2005 Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal Photo Biennale in Canada.   In 2007, Matthew was the first of three artists to be awarded the 2007 MacColl Johnson Fellowship in Visual Arts. Among the list of other grants recently supporting Matthew's work include the John Gutmann Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship and the American Institute of Indian Studies Creative Arts fellowship. She was recently an artist in residence at the Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. Her work can be found in the collection of the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, and the RISD Museum, Providence, RI, among others. Matthew's work is included in the book BLINK from Phaid

Sarah Allegra is a Los Angeles-based fine art photographer specializing in conceptual and self-portrait imagery. A self-taught photographer, she has also indulged in other forms of artistic expression – from painting to songwriting – since she could first hold a crayon. Her photography is darkly ethereal, deeply symbolic and other-worldly. Drawing inspiration from music, books, fairy tales and her own personal demons, she creates visual poetry through her work. http://sarahallegra.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/artosthebear/ http://www.unsinnimage.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

Walter Plotnick is a photo-based artist who lives and works in the Philadelphia area. He received his MFA from University of the Arts and BFA from Tyler School of Art. My current work is a hybrid of wet photography and digital process. I am influenced by the work of Bauhaus, Constructivist and Surrealist Photographers from the 1920s through the 1930s. I make photographs and photograms by constructing temporary still lifes, using vintage found objects and images on top of photographic paper in the darkroom. By manipulating a variety of light sources, then digitally combining, repeating or adding images, I am able to visually explore an abstract environment with objects and light, creating movement, form and tension.  http://walterplotnick.com http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/heartfield/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

After a short-lived tenure as a junior high school teacher and coach, then a flirtation with filmmaking, Will Jacks finally settled in on a career as a photographer. Eager to get started, he left Journalism graduate school in 1996, even though he was only a few hours shy of receiving his degree. His business has grown to serve a diverse clientele of commercial and editorial clients throughout the southeast, and his personal work is represented in several galleries in the region. In addition, his documentary work of the Mississippi Delta is a prominent part of the Viking Range permanent archives. Will is also active in the photographic and arts communities, serving as a past executive board member for the Delta Arts Alliance, a governor-appointed board member of the Mississippi Blues Commission, and as a judge for the ShootQ Grant, among others. He also owns and operates a small photography gallery focusing on imagery from the Mississippi Delta, and just this spring has re-enrolled at the University of Mississ

Joshua Mann Pailet was born in New Orleans in 1950 and raised in Baton Rouge, LA.  He graduated from Rice University in 1972 and 1973 with a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Accounting.  In 1973 Pailet founded A Gallery for Fine Photography to create a venue to collect, display and sell 19th and 20th Century photographs. He taught at Louisiana State University (Spring 1977). Though he has photographed locations across the country, the greater body of his work revolves around the city of New Orleans, which has allowed him to document life there for the last several decades, especially the years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. You can discover more about Joshua, his gallery and his own work by visiting his website.  Joshua Mann Pailet recommends the work of Josephine Sacabo and Louviere + Vanessa.  Support the work we do on the podcast by donating using PayPal. Your contributions help directly in us continuing to bring great interviews every week directly to you. www.agallery.com http://josephinesaca