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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 217 - George Lange

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8768 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

George Lange’s work as a photographer is known all over the world. He grew up in Pittsburgh and now lives in Boulder, Colorado, though his career has taken him just about everywhere. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, he worked for the legendary photographers Duane Michals and Annie Leibovitz before going out on his own. Since then, his work has appeared on movie posters; billboards; in numerous platforms for many major corporations; newspapers, including The New York Times,The Chicago Tribune and USA Weekend; and in almost every major magazine, ranging from O: The Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, People, ADWEEK, Esquire, Glamour, Parade, and GQ to Self and Sports Illustrated. Lange has photographed everyone from Jim Carrey to Honey Boo Boo; from latex glove factories in Thailand to ice cream production in Columbus, Ohio; from the cast of Seinfeld to Cake Boss; from choreographers to jewelers. Lange is also an accomplished director, working on projects for One Kings Lane, Merrill Lynch and Jeni’s Ice Cream. His work is guided by one simple truth: an unforgettable photograph is not about what the image looks like, but what it feels like. Lange believes that when we do what we love and take pictures from the heart, “all we’re doing is putting love out into the world” - a line heard by all subjects who have been in front of Lange’s camera. http://www.langestudio.com/ http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Capturing-the-moment-George-Lan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Michals www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

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Download the app for free by visiting your favorite app store or clicking on the links in the show notes found at the candid frame.com. Hi, this is the BodyNX and welcome to another episode of The Candid Frame.

1:05.8

Now, I love making photographs.

1:10.0

Decades after I made my very first image with my dad's camera,

1:13.9

that wonderful experience of creating something beautiful

1:17.0

with little more than my own eye

1:19.4

and a little pressure from my index finger is still there for me.

1:23.9

We can talk endless hours about the latest camera or some new Photoshop technique, but when I get down to the core of it, it's really about how I can take the way I see the world and create something that makes other people look at it and go, wow.

1:41.3

That's where the joy is.

1:43.5

And it's been the pursuit of that joyful experience that

1:46.2

inspires today's guest, George Lang. His photographs of President Obama, Jim Carrey, Sophia Loren,

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Queen Latifah, have appeared in newspapers and magazines including glamour, people, GQ, and

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Sports Illustrated. He's a photographer

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whose mantra is, it's not just what the photographs look like, but what they feel like.

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In his recent book, The Unforgettable Photograph, he shares over 200 tips and secrets

2:16.5

for how you can make great photographs of your

2:19.3

own life. I talk to a lot of photographers who have a passion for their work. But along with passion,

2:26.0

George brings his sincere, unadulterated joy about making pictures along for the ride as well.

2:33.6

So enjoy our conversation with George Lang.

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