The Candid Frame #198 - David Strick

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 is the author of the book “Our Hollywood” (Atlantic Monthly Press), and his photographs have won awards in the professional publications Communication Arts, American Photography, Society of Publication Designers and Graphis.

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. You can discover more about David and his work by visiting his website. 

David Strick recommends the work of Jeff Jacobson. 

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The Candid Frame #194 - Mary Ellen Mark

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. You can discover more about her and her work by visiting her website. 

Mary Ellen Mark recommends the work of photographer, James Carbone. 

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The Candid Frame #181 - Alexandra Avakian

Photojournalist Alexandra Avakian has been published in National Geographic, Time, LIFE, The New York Times Magazine and more. She has covered conflict in Haiti, Lebanon, Iran and more. 

Her photographic and written memoir,Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World, was named as one of American Photo’s year-end best. In it, she reveals a more diverse and more nuanced perspective of the muslim world.

You can discover more about her and his work by visiting her website and blog. 

You discover see her work and those of other photojournalists in the War/Photography exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles thru June 2, 2013. 

Alexandra Avakian recommends the work of Susan Meiselas. 

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The Candid Frame #174 - Jonathan Hanson

Jonathan Hanson is a freelance photographer based in Baltimore, MD. His passion for culture, exploration and storytelling inspired him to leave his Midwestern roots for the East coast. His work is inspired by color, light and the relationships photography can often forge. He has travelled through Southeast Asia, Africa, Mexico and Canada. He received dual BA’s in Journalism and Creative Writing from Drake University.  In 2010, he was selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop and was named one of the top emerging photographers in the U.S. by The Magenta Foundation. You can find out more about Jonathon and his work by visiting his website  and blog. 

Jonathon Hanson recommend the work of Joel Sternfeld.

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The Candid Frame #141 - Lauri Lyons

Lauri Lyons is  a photographer who's photographic range has enabled her to shoot celebrity portraits, ad campaigns and documentaries. She has worked in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Mexico and the United States. Her photographs have appeared in such publications as The London Observer, Stern, The Fader and Art Forum. She is the first Black woman to shoot the cover of Fortune magazine.

Lauri is the author of two acclaimed books; Flag:An American Story (2001) and Flag International (2008). She was the commissioned portrait photographer for the book INSPIRATION: Portraits of Black Women Changing Our World (2012).

Lauri is the Publisher & Editor in Chief of the online publication Nomads Magazine. She is also a contributing writer for The Huffington Post and her essays have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.com and U.S.A Today.com. You can find out more about Lauri and his work by visiting her website. 

Lauri Lyons  recommends the work of Ernesto Bazan.

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The Candid Frame #131 - Jerod Foster

Jerod Foster is a Texas-based magazine/editorial and travel photographer. His photographic efforts focus on environmental portraiture and natural history, where he is able to devote visual resources to telling individual stories through the photographic medium and multimedia concerted projects. His background growing up in rural ranch country partially inspires him to seek through stories out among his surrounding cultural environment. He is also the author of Storytellers: A Photographer's Guide to Developing Themes  and Creating Stories with Pictures. You can discover more about Jerod and his work by visiting his website and his blog.

Jerod Foster recommends the work of Jim Richardson.

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The Candid Frame #85 - Dan Winters

Dan Winters is a photographer who has been admired and honored for his work as a portraitist and illustrator. His iconic images of celebrity have adorned the covers of numerous magazines including Texas Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Wired and many more. His commercial clients have included Nike, Sony, Saturn, Dreamworks and Twentieth Century Fox. He is also respected for his work in still-life and illustrations. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website.

Dan Winters recommends the work of Frederick Sommer.

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The Candid Frame #80 - Nevada Wier

Nevada Wier is an award-winning photographer specializing in the remote corners of the globe and the cultures that inhabit them. Nevada's journeys have taken her throughout Southeast Asia, India, China, Nepal, Africa, New Zealand, Central Asia, Mongolia, South America and other obscure regions of the world.

Her work is represented for licensing by Getty and Corbis. Nevada has been published in numerous national and international publications, including: NG Adventure, Geo, Islands, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, and Smithsonian. She is a Fellow of The Explorer's Club, a member of the Society of Woman Geographers and was featured in a Northwest Airlines international television and print ad campaign. You can discover more of her work by visiting her website and following her blog.

Nevada Wier recommends the work of David Alan Harvey & Alex Webb.

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