Jesse Lenz is a self-taught photographer and multidisciplinary artist. As an illustrator he has created images for the most well-respected publications around the world, including TIME, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and many others. He is the founder and director of Charcoal Book Club, Charcoal Press, and the Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review. From 2011-2018 he also co-founded and published The Collective Quarterly and The Coyote Journal. He lives on a farm in rural Ohio. He latest monograph is titled Seraphim.
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Matthew Jordan Smith is an American photographer based in Tokyo, Japan and working between Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. He has photographed some of the worlds most famous celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett, Tyra Banks and more. His advertising clients include Olay, Pantene, Revlon, Showtime and HBO.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #599 - Kyeong Jun Yang
KyeongJun Yang is a photographer from South Korea. Born and raised in Jinhae, South Korea. Yang came to the United States at 18 and studied journalism and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His works focus on how individuals and small communities are impacted by society and culture.
His ongoing personal project, Men Don't Cry, is an intimate exploration of his complicated relationship with his father, who lives with depression and a history of childhood trauma.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #594 - Debe Arlook & Lori Sandler
Debe Arlook is an award-winning American artist working in photography. Arlook’s conceptual and documentary work responds to her surroundings and the larger environment. Her projects depict the inner and outer worlds of human relationships, informed by her studies in filmmaking, psychology, and spiritual practices.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #541 - Dotan Saguy
Dotan Saguy is a documentary photographer living in Southern California. His second monograph showcases a new body of work that documents the everyday life of a family of vehicle dwellers with their three young children on the streets of Los Angeles.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #531 - Brooke Schultz
Brooke Schultz is a family portrait and wedding photographer based in Southern California. Her fascination with photography was sparked with the work of the photographer that documented Brooke’s wedding. She pursued her new creative outlet that eventually led her to begin her own career as a professional photographer.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #512 -Kristen Joy Emack
Kristen Joy Emack is a photographer and educator who lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds a degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She is primarily a self-taught photographer. Kristen recently won 2nd place in the Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, curated by Steve Locke and Camilo Alvarez, and is a recipient of this year's Mass Cultural Council's Photography Fellowship grant. Her work has been published in PDN, Rangefinder, The Library Journal and The Sun Magazine. Kristen's work includes two long-term projects that look at childhood, family and visibility.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #461 - Thomas Michael Alleman
Thomas Alleman was born and raised in Detroit, where his father was a traveling salesman and his mother was a ceramic artist. He graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in English Literature.
During a fifteen-year newspaper career, Tom was a frequent winner of distinctions from the National Press Photographer's Association, as well as being named California Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1995 and Los Angeles Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 1996.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #395 - Juan Martinez (Beers & Cameras)
Juan Martinez is the co-founder of Beers & Cameras. Beers And Cameras is a bi-weekly meet-up group that meets at local breweries and restaurants, bouncing from one to the other every 1.5 hrs. All while taking pictures, geeking-out on gear, and enjoying delicious indie-beer. The meet-ups are attended by photographers, videographers, and creatives looking to build a stronger local community.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #342 - Ashleigh Raddatz
Ashleigh Raddatz specializes in women and family documentary-style photography. She has been documenting her own family, including documenting the intimate challenges of her eldest son’s struggles with autism.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #306 - Donna Pinckley
Donna Pinckley, a native of Louisiana, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Louisiana Tech University and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from University of Texas at Austin. She has received Visual Artist Fellowships from the Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA and the Arkansas Arts Council.
Read MoreThe Candid Frame #246 - Andi Schreiber
Andi Schreiber is a fine art and documentary photographer. A lifelong New Yorker, Andi was born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island and currently lives in suburban Westchester County with her husband and sons.
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