TCF Ep. 329 - Estevan Oriol

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Estevan Oriol is an internationally celebrated professional photographer, director and urban lifestyle entrepreneur. Beginning his career as a hip-hop club bouncer turned tour manager for popular Los Angeles-based rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain, Estevan's passion for photography developed while traveling the world. With an influential nudge and old camera from his father, renowned photographer Eriberto Oriol, Estevan began documenting life on the road and established a name for himself amid the emerging hip-hop scene. Nearly 20 years later, Oriol's extensive portfolio juxtaposes the glamorous and gritty planes of LA culture, featuring portraits of famous athletes, artists, celebrities and musicians as well as Latino, urban, gang, and tattoo counterculture lifestyles. He has photographed Al Pacino, Robert Dinero, Dennis Hopper, Marissa Miller, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Floyd Mayweather, and Lance Armstrong amongst others. He has also produced shoots for internationally-acclaimed photographers such as Ellen von Unwerth for Sang Bleu and Luca Babini for GQ Italy. In addition to shooting campaigns for companies including Cadillac, Nike and Rockford Fosgate and directing new media projects for My Cadillac Stories, MetroPCS, MTV and Apple, Estevan has designed album covers and/or directed music videos for artists including Eminem, Cypress Hill, Blink 182, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit. His work has been showcased in select galleries and institutions—such as Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Petersen Automotive Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' Art in the Streets exhibit—concluding with a best-selling book of his work: LA Woman, capturing the dangerous and alluring beauty of women shot in his uniquely provocative and raw style. His photography has been featured in Complex, FHM, Juxtapoz, GQ, Vibe, Rolling Stone and other publications, with appearances on popular television shows such as, HBO's Entourage and Last Call With Carson Daly. Resources: Estevan Oriol http://www.estevanoriol.com/EstevanOriol.com.html Eriberto Oriol https://eribertooriol.wordpress.com 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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0:00.0	The Candid Frame is supported by donations by listeners just like you.
0:05.2	Help us to bring you great conversations with great photographers.
0:09.7	Support the show today with your monthly contribution through our Patreon effort at patreon.com
0:16.3	or click on the link in the show notes or the website at the candid frame.com.
0:25.9	Thank you.
0:35.9	This is Ibarianx and this is The Candid Frame.
0:39.2	Estevan Oriel's story begins with him working the door at some of the music clubs here in Los Angeles during the 80s.
0:45.9	This led to him eventually becoming a tour manager for both Cypress Hill and House of Pain.
0:51.4	It was during this time on the road that he borrowed a camera from his father,
0:55.0	who was himself a photographer, and he began making pictures of his experiences while on tour.
1:01.2	But when the tours ended, he kept on shooting, which soon led him to become an in-demand
1:06.5	photographer and video director, and he's photographed people like Eminem, Dennis Hopper, 50 Cent,
1:12.6	Danny Trejo, Kim Kardashian, El Pacino, and Robert De Niro. His photographs with Los Angeles
1:18.3	are of an L.A. you don't typically see in magazines or in the movies. This is the other L.A.
1:23.9	that's east of the 405, which captures the richness and the character of people
1:28.4	that are just as important to the story of this city as the celebrities that we are just too
1:34.0	familiar with. Estelle is definitely an L.A. photographer.
1:48.8	Stelan, thank you, man. I really appreciate you sitting down with me. Yeah, thank you. I always like interviewing people in person because I think the whole vibe
1:54.6	is very different. Yeah. But I also like the fact that I'm talking to another L.A. brother.
2:00.2	Yeah, that's for sure.
2:01.3	You know?
2:01.5	Born and raised.
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