TCF Ep. 334 - Stacey Tyrell

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Stacey Tyrell was born and raised in Toronto, ON, Canada. She attended OCAD University where she majored in Photography. Her work predominantly deals with themes of identity, race and heritage as it pertains to post-colonial societies and the Caribbean Diaspora. Her work has appeared in such shows as Flash Forward 2012 at the Magenta Foundation, Position As Desired: Contemporary African Canadian Photography at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Canadian Museum for Immigration at Pier 21, MLK50 at the Places des Arts, PQ and Photography NOW 2009 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY. Her images are part of Heritage Canada and the Montreal Arts Interculturels Collections permanent collections and have appeared in such publications as European Photography, Marie Claire South Africa, Pictures From Paradise: A survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photographers, Canadian Art Magazine, ARC Magazine, Prefix Photo and Applied Arts Magazine. She has also participated on various panels including the Canada Council for the Arts Next Generation Sounding 2013. She currently is based in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Resources: Stacey Tyrell http://www.staceytyrell.com/ Peter Hugo http://www.pieterhugo.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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0:51.8	Issues revolving around race and ethnicity have been in the news a lot, especially
0:56.5	during this political season. But it's always been a subject of photography, resulting in some of the
1:03.2	most interesting and sometimes controversial bodies of work. At its best, this kind of photography
1:10.2	goes beyond what you see and forces you to think
1:13.4	about how you see others and even yourself. That's the challenge offered by Stacey Terrell's
1:19.0	project, Bakra Bluin. Terrell's family heritage has its roots both in the Caribbean and in Europe,
1:26.1	specifically around Scotland.
1:28.3	In a series of self-portraits, she transforms the physical markers of her face,
1:33.3	her brown skin and curly hair, and creates characters that people would automatically
1:38.3	identify as white due to their skin tone, hair, and clothing.
1:42.3	The work challenges people to think about how skin color influences and changes how we perceive physical characteristics and who we assume someone is because of the color of their skin.
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