TCF Ep. 367 - Bryan Shih

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Shih is a photojournalist and former contributor to the Financial Times and National Public Radio in Japan. He has a masters degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan. His work on the Black Panthers led to his selection for the New York Times inaugural portfolio review in 2013 and garnered one of the highest rankings among entries in the LensCulture 2015 Portrait Awards competition. His book, The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution (co-authored with Dr. Yohuru Williams) was published this year by Nation Books, and work from the series will be shown at the Oakland Museum of California, the Queens Museum, and the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. Most recently, he has been working in larger format black and white, usually taking just a few exposures of each subject. His work, especially on the Black Panthers, centers on documentary portraiture that probes the boundary between journalism and fine art with subjects who share acute experiences and states of mind. He built trust with these "hidden" subjects, and through their experiences, explores the relationship between images and words in telling lean yet complex and rich stories that address universal subjects and themes. Resources: Bryan Shih Theaster Gates 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.com.
0:25.9	Thank you. This is Ibarianx and this is The Candid Frame.
0:38.3	With the rise of political activism in the last several years, especially with respect to the Black Lives Matter movement,
0:48.3	there has been a revisiting to a time in the U.S. where social activism was just as important and just as controversial.
0:56.9	And if there is one organization that embodied that in the 60s and early 70s, it was the Black Panthers,
1:04.8	a black empowerment movement that began in the streets of Oakland, California.
1:10.5	Where some saw a group of violent extremists,
1:13.7	others saw men and women who were a positive force in an underserved community.
1:19.5	As always, the truth likely lies somewhere between those two extremes.
1:25.4	Photographer Brian Shee, along with writer Yohuru Williams, explores this
1:30.5	story through the people who actually lived it. In their book, Black Panthers, portraits from
1:37.1	an unfinished revolution, you see Xi's stunning black and white portraits of former members of the
1:43.2	organization, which along with the
1:45.6	accompanying text reveals aspects of the Black Panther movement that is less about black and white,
1:52.8	and more about the strengths and failings of people when race, power, and economics come in
1:59.4	conflict.
2:06.0	Well, Brian, welcome to the Candid Frame.
2:07.6	I'm really glad to have you on the show.
2:08.5	Oh, thank you.
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