TCF Ep. 322 - David Alan Harvey

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2016

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Born in San Francisco, David Alan Harvey was raised in Virginia. He discovered photography at the age of 11. Harvey purchased a used Leica with savings from his newspaper route and began photographing his family and neighborhood in 1956. When he was 20 he lived with and documented the lives of a black family living in Norfolk, Virginia, and the resulting book, Tell It Like It Is, was published in 1966. He was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association in 1978. Harvey went on to shoot over forty essays for National Geographic magazine. He has covered stories around the world, including projects on French teenagers, the Berlin Wall, Maya culture, Vietnam, Native Americans, Mexico and Naples, and a recent feature on Nairobi. He has published two major books, Cuba and Divided Soul, based on his extensive work on the Spanish cultural migration into the Americas, and his book Living Proof (2007) deals with hip-hop culture. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Nikon Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Workshops and seminars are an important part of his life. Harvey is founder and editor of the award-winning Burn magazine, featuring iconic and emerging photographers in print and online. Harvey joined Magnum as a nominee in 1993 and became a full member in 1997. He lives in NC and NYC. Resources: David Alan Harvey http://www.davidalanharvey.com/ Luc Delahaye http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2K1HZOL1Z1WRD1 Carolyn Drake http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=2K1HRG61Y1Y1 Matt Black http://www.mattblack.com/ Burn Magazine http://www.burnmagazine.org/ Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for iOS. Click here to download for Android Click here to download for Windows 8 Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting patreon.com/thecandidframe or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button.

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0:32.0	This is Ivadi AnnX and this is The Candid Frame.
0:35.6	For me and a lot of you, National Geographic was THE magazine when it came to photography.
0:43.1	The Life and Look magazine had it today and helped inspire generations of photographers.
0:48.6	It's Nat Geo that established the benchmark for anyone, aspiring to make not just great
0:54.1	photographs, but photographs
0:56.0	that persist in your psyche long after that particular issue of the magazine disappeared from
1:02.5	the rack. When I think of photographers like Jody Cobb, Bill Allard, Sam Abel, Joel Sartory,
1:10.1	and many others, there are images that just pop into my head.
1:15.0	They have found a home in my mind. That's photography at its best.
1:20.5	And amongst all that company, David Allen Harvey is one of the best.
1:25.5	The way he wields a camera is nothing short of amazing to me. It's
1:29.8	not just the way he uses light and color and composition. He uses them all like a true
1:35.2	virtuoso. But he tells stories in a way that leave me feeling like me were stories that I needed
1:41.9	to know, that I wanted to know. He's just amazing. He's
1:46.7	David Allen Harvey. Thanks for doing this. I've been really excited about having the
1:56.9	chance to talk to you. Well, it's a pleasure, and I like radio interviews better than any of them.
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