TCF Ep. 364 - George Nobechi

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

George Nobechi is a Tokyo-born, Japanese/Canadian photographer. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in History/International Relations, which has fostered an interest in life in different regions of the world. When he was 19 his father suddenly passed away, changing the course of his life and informing his future work; he left Vancouver and supported himself and his family with a 14-year career in the business world in Tokyo and New York. In 2008 he embarked on a solo journey around the world through 14 countries on six continents; his quest was to find peace with the death of his father. It was at this time that his interest in photography began. In 2015, Nobechi decided to leave his career and studied photography under National Geographic icon Sam Abell. With Abell's mentorship, Nobechi worked with numerous artists at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and established their first Japan expeditions. Since then he has continued to journey freely, but with purpose, making new work centered around quiet moments that are inspired by his longing to re-connect with life in the wake of his father's death. In 2016, Nobechi received numerous awards for his work, which was selected to international group shows in Texas, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. He also enjoyed some major breakthroughs in winning a Gold Prize in the Tokyo International Foto Awards and being named a finalist in Photo Lucida's "Critical Mass." Nobechi now splits his time between the expansive desert landscape of southern Arizona and the quiet countryside of Japan. Resources: George Nobechi Yukari Chikura Kate Breakey Sam Abell Los Angeles Center of Photography 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 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. You can also provide a one-time donation via PayPal. You can follow Ibarionex on Instagram and Twitter.

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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 a body an ex and this is the Candid Frame.
0:39.3	When it comes to great photography, it's often said that the images are as much about the photographer as they are about what's in front of the camera.
0:50.3	Whether they are taking a portrait, a landscape, or an abstract photograph, a great
0:55.7	photographer learns to see deeply, both within and outside of himself. Photography for
1:02.3	George Nebeji has been very much about that. The sudden death of his father, when George
1:08.4	was still a young man, resulted in a monumental
1:11.6	shift of perspective, which led him to travel the world.
1:15.6	Somewhat mirroring his own father's youthful travel lust, George eventually took up the use
1:20.6	of a camera, which he uses to not only document what he is seen on his travels, but expresses how he feels.
1:32.3	All right, George, welcome to the candid frame.
1:35.1	Hi, Ibarian X. Yeah, thank you very much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.
1:39.2	Yeah, it's a good way to start the week. I mean, a chance to chat with someone who's work
1:43.2	I'm really liking and whose story I'm really curious about. You know, your father seems to have been a pivotal
1:48.4	influencer in the life that you have led, not just as a photographer. Let's start there. Tell me
1:54.9	about your father and your relationship with him. Well, my father was an interesting man himself.
2:06.5	He grew up in a farm town in rural Ontario up in Canada. And, you know, part of a big traditional sort of farming family and all of that.
2:14.6	Everybody stayed, you know, probably within 100 miles of that, that small town,
2:19.4	but my father went off to go see the world, which is pretty unusual, given, you know,
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