Google Hangout with photographer, Bruce Smith


Our second Google+ Hangout featured a conversation with fashion/fine art photographer, Bruce Smith. It revoles around a collection of his best and favorite work over the span of his thirty plus year career. 

You can find out more about Bruce Smith's work by visiting his website or purchasing his book thru Blurb. 

You can also listen to his first and second Candid Frame interviews. 

We are envisioning this videos as an extension of the show, which provides us the opportunity share not only our conversation with photographers but also their images. If you like what you see please subscribe to the YouTube channel to be automatically updated on all new releases. 


The Candid Frame #146 - Bruce Smith


Bruce Smith is a fashion photographer who has been working professionally for over three decades. In this second conversation with the Liverpool-based photographer, we discuss what's involved in sustaining a long-term career as a photographer. His commercial and advertising work has been published in publications throughout the world. His sensitivity and rapport with his models extends to his clients, which reflects one of the reasons for his continued success in the highly-competitive field of fashion photography. He is also a generous teacher and offers his years of experience and talent though his international series of photographic workshops. You can find out more about him and his work by visiting his website.

Bruce Smith recommends the work of Richard Avedon.

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To listen to our first conversation with Bruce, listen to Episode 16.

The Candid Frame #140 - Barbara Bordnick


Barbara Bordnick is a renowned photographer recognized for her fashion, portrait and fine-art work. Her career began in Europe, but quickly began to be recognized around the world when she began being published in Harper's Bazaar. She has been the recipient of many awards including Clios for film and print, Missouri School of Journalism Award and the International Film Festival Gold Medal. Her fine-art photography has built on her unique sensibility and her approach in photography and has made her a popular instructor. You can discover more about her and her work by visiting her website.

Barbara Bordnick recommends the work of Bob Richardson and Richard Avedon.

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The Candid Frame #96 - Anthony Barboza


Anthony Barboza is a self-taught artist, photographer, writer and historian He began his photographic career in 1964 with the Kamoinge Workshop. In 1969 he opened a commercial photo studio in New York City and has continued to do advertising and editorial spreads for magazines throughout the past three decades. Barboza has lectured at the International Center of Photography, Oberlin College, Ohio Univ., Museum of School of Fine Arts of Boston, Lowell Univ., Rochester Institute of Tech., Rhode Island School of Design, Wadsworth Antheneum of Hartford and was a guest instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He was the recipient of grants for photography from the New York State Council of the Arts in 1974 and 1976; the National Endowment for the Arts in 1980; and NYFA-New York Foundation for the Arts in 2002. In 1980 he self-published a book titled "Black Borders" with text by Ntozake Shange & Steven Barboza.You can find out more about him and his work by visiting his website.

Anthony Barboza recommends the work of Bill Brandt.

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The Candid Frame #91 - Jeff Dunas



Jeff Dunas is a fine art, portrait and documentary photographer who has amassed an amazing body of work focusing on the nude, blues musicians and street photography. He is also the founder of of the Palm Springs Photography festival which brings together the best photographers, curators, editors and educators. It was one of the best events revolving around photography held in this country and includes workshops, presentations and portfolio reviews. You can discover more about Jeff's work by visiting his website.

You can find out more about the Palm Spring Photo Festival by visiting its website.

Jeff Dunas recommends the work of Wingate Paine.

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The Candid Frame #74 - Maki Kawakita


Maki Kawakita is an Olympus Visionary whose work covers as diverse a range of photographic work as the cultures — Japanese, American, and European — that have most influenced her. Fashion, editorial, advertising, portraiture, fine art and dance all provide areas for her expression and for her professional work. Kawakita has been featured in Time and Marie Claire, shot advertising campaigns for Coors Light, Olympus, Kodak, Canon, Levi Strauss & Co., and Smirnoff, and photographed celebrities such as Alicia Keys, Paris Hilton, Missy Elliott, Beyoncé, and Hilary Duff. You can discover more of her work by visiting her website.

Maki Kawakita recommends the work of Guy Bourdin.

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The Candid Frame #71 - Douglas Kirkland


Douglas Kirkland has been a staff photographer for Look and Life magazines and has photographed some of the world's most dynamic, controversial and famous personalities including Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and Judy Garland to name just a few. Recknowned for his work in the entertainment industry, he has also created a diverse body of work for advertsing and fine-art. He is one of the few photographers who can lay claim to the term, "a photographer's photographer". To discover more of his work, visit his website.

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Douglas Kirkland recommends the work of Lauren Greenfield.

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