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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 335 - Maggie Steber

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8768 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Maggie Steber has worked in 64 countries focusing on humanitarian, cultural, and social stories. Her honors include the Leica Medal of Excellence, World Press Photo Foundation, the Overseas Press Club, Pictures of the Year, the Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service to Journalism from the University of Missouri, the Alicia Patterson and Ernst Haas Grants, and a Knight Foundation grant for the New American Newspaper project. For over three decades, Steber has worked in Haiti. Aperture published her monograph, DANCING ON FIRE. In 2013 Steber was named as one of eleven Women of Vision by National Geographic Magazine, publishing a book and touring an exhibition in five American cities. Steber has served as a Newsweek Magazine contract photographer and as the Asst. Managing Editor of Photography and Features at The Miami Herald, overseeing staff projects that won the paper a Pulitzer and two finalist recognition. Her work is included in the Library of Congress, The Richter Library and in private collections. She has exhibited internationally. Clients include National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, AARP, The Guardian, and Geo Magazine among others. Steber teaches workshops internationally including at the World Press Joop Swart Master Classes, the International Center for Photography, Foundry Workshops and and the Obscura Photo Festival. Resources: Maggie Steber http://www.maggiesteber.com/main.html Ruddy Roye http://ruddyroye.com/ Phil Toledano http://www.mrtoledano.com Donato DiCamillo http://donatodicamillo.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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0:46.7

This is IbarianX and this is The Candid Frame.

0:50.8

Today's guest is Maggie Steber, a photojournalist and documentary photographer whose work has taken her to over 64 countries.

0:59.6

For over three decades, she has covered major stories about war and disasters, but she's also told quieter, but no less important, human interest stories for wire services, magazines, and newspapers.

1:12.6

She's probably most famous for her work in Haiti, a place that she has a special affinity for.

1:19.6

Along with her personal work in the country, she also helped to facilitate the Miami Herald's coverage of the Haitian earthquake in 2010, which earned

1:29.8

the paper a Pulitzer. Steber is a photojournalist who is unrelenting in her pursuit of telling

1:35.5

stories that matter. It's her commitment and persistence that makes her one of the best.

1:47.0

All right, well, Maggie, welcome to The Candid Frame.

1:49.8

It's a real pleasure and a real honor to have you on the show.

1:53.8

Oh, you're so kind to say that.

1:56.5

Yeah, I've been a great fan of your work for a very, very long time.

1:59.5

And so I was really excited when Cynthia let let me know we're finally going to have you as a guest.

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