TCF Ep. 370 - Donna Ferrato

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Donna Ferrato is an internationally-known documentary photographer. Her gifts for exploration, illumination, and documentation coupled with a commitment to revealing the darker sides of humanity, have made her a giant in the medium. She has four books including Living with the Enemy which sold over 40,000 copies, and Love & Lust, published by Aperture. She has participated in over 500 one-woman shows and has received awards such as the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Humanistic Photography (1987), the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism (2003), and the Gender Fairness Award from the New York State Supreme Court Judges (2009). She founded a non-profit called Domestic Abuse Awareness for over a decade and in 2014 launched a campaign called I Am Unbeatable, which features women who have left their abusers. In November 2016, TIME magazine announced her photograph of a woman being hit by her husband (1982) as one of the "100 Most Influential Photographs of All Time." Currently, Ferrato is documenting her rapidly-changing New York neighborhood of Tribeca for a new book, and leads experimental photo workshops called The Erotic Eye. Resources: Donna Ferrato Mark Peterson 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
0:23.8	thecandidframe.com. Thank you.
0:30.7	This is Ebody and X and this is The Candid Frame.
0:41.9	For the past few years, the abuse and harassment of women has become a hot button political
0:47.7	and social issue. But despite many people's increased awareness, these have been matters
0:53.7	that too many women have
0:55.0	always been painfully aware of.
0:57.8	The fact that their voices and stories are increasingly being listened to and affirmed is
1:03.1	more a reflection of the need for the rest of us to listen and a change.
1:08.2	But not so long ago, the physical and mental abuse of women was something relegated
1:13.4	to the shadows.
1:15.1	The blame was often levied on the women for taking the abuse or simply choosing not to leave.
1:21.3	It was an attitude that extended to law enforcement who for the longest time saw such abuse
1:25.9	as a personal matter that was best resolved by the
1:28.5	people involved rather than by the law. The shift in public and political attitudes was
1:35.0	aided by the work of today's guest, Donoferado, whose photographs and book, Living with the
1:40.8	enemy, revealed the dark and dangerous world of domestic abuse.
1:45.3	The images were shocking and heartbreaking, but they helped to shift public attitudes and
1:50.3	laws approach to such violence. Decades later, Donna's work continues to challenge both viewer
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