TCF Ep. 357 - Kawai Matthews

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

KAWAI MATTHEWS is an internationally published and award-winning photographer specializing in portraiture for editorial, entertainment marketing & advertising. Her ability to capture the depth of a subject, while delivering quality, awe-inspiring imagery is uncanny and unmatched. Shooting unforgettable moments of flair, confidence, substance and honesty in her subjects, her heavyweight portfolio includes some of today’s most celebrated entertainers. Her power list includes: Idris Elba, Roselyn Sanchez, Kanye West, Taraji P. Henson, Pamela Anderson, Al Sharpton, Michael Rapaport, Derek Luke, Angela Bassett, Kerry Washington, Queen Latifah, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Kat Von D and many more. She’s also been featured and made appearances on the following television networks: WeTV, BET and VH1. Matthews has been published in various magazines, including: Essence, Vibe, Glamour, Ebony, The Source, Rolling Out and more. Commercial clients include: NBC Universal, LA Times, Interscope Records, PETA, ABFF, Nike and Allied Integrated Marketing. As much about her art as she is about her business, she heads Air Philosophy, LLC (), a Los Angeles-based powerhouse creative studio, offering video production solutions & photography for a diverse range of companies and brands. Matthews also allocates a hefty portion of her time to teaching photography, digital art and entrepreneurship, placing community outreach and mentorship high on her list of priorities. Check out her teaching schedule at the Los Angeles Center of Photography: Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	The Candid Frame is supported by donations by listeners just like you.
0:05.1	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
0:24.6	dot com thank you this is ebodynx and this is The Candid Frame.
0:39.4	With the presence of a camera in everybody's smartphone, a phrase you often hear is, now
0:45.2	everybody is a photographer. Now, more people may be taking more pictures than in the past,
0:50.9	but that doesn't equate to these people being photographers. I mean, just because millions of people own running shoes doesn't mean Usain Bolt is anything to worry about.
1:00.0	But being a good photographer is more than just making a great photograph,
1:05.0	and being a professional photographer demands more than just making great photographs consistently. As many have found, being savvy
1:13.7	when it comes to business makes the difference of living life as an enthusiast or as a working
1:19.6	professional. Photographer Kauai Matthews is an editorial and commercial photographer who has an eye
1:25.8	both on the creative and the business side of being
1:29.2	a pro photographer. It's led her to have a creative career in both the editorial and commercial
1:34.7	world and has allowed her to photograph talents such as Kanye West, Queen Latifah, Angela
1:40.1	Bassett, and Idris Elba. She has and continues to demonstrate the hard work required to lead and thrive while living a creative life.
1:52.0	All right, well, Kauai, thank you for joining me. Thank you for having.
1:55.0	I'm really excited to have a chance to sit down and chat with you. You're quite accomplished.
2:00.0	Thank you. Very're quite accomplished.
2:01.3	Thank you.
2:02.9	Very impressive resume.
2:06.5	But one of the things I wanted to start off the conversation talking to you about is that I know that along with being involved with photography and multimedia and all these
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