TCF Ep. 376 - David Patrick Valera

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

David Patrick Valera is a professional artist (photographer/digital-cinematographer/cameraman) based in Los Angeles. "I grew up in Silverlake, CA." Not the Forbes Magazine hippest neighborhood known for an invasion of Teslas, horizontal wood fencing and lumber-sexuals, but the mid-city graffiti urban grit and grime it once was back in the 70's-80's." A latch-key kid, David would jump on his BMX and ride down Sunset Blvd., slaloming around Hollywood street walkers, hair-bands, and the undesirables through the yet to be gentrified regions of Southern California. "Urban life is a part of my upbringing and I always wanted to document those unique, chance moments I came across during my neighborhood expeditions." David's personal projects concentrate on "Street Photography", which he has exhibited in galleries Internationally and across the Los Angeles region. He has been interviewed and his photographs has been featured in Lens Culture, Street Photography Magazine, LA Times SoCal Moments, Lenscratch, The Candid Frame Showcase and Art Photo Feature. David is currently an adjunct instructor at Otis College of Art and Design as well as a contributing photographer for L.A. Music Blog and L.A. Record Magazine. David's creativity doesn't stop there, with over 20 years of Academy winning and nominated film credits, he is currently an Artistic Supervisor/Head Cameraman at a major Hollywood Studio. Resources: David Valera Reuben Radding Jolanta Mazur 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.
0:26.7	This is about you next, and this is The Candid Frame.
0:43.7	In the small community of photographers that I'm a part of here in Southern California,
0:48.7	I really appreciate how different they all are from me and the work that I do.
0:54.0	Along with street photographers,
0:55.9	I know portrait, wedding, fashion, glamour, food, and every kind of photographer that you can imagine.
1:02.8	I not only enjoy looking at their work, but I also like that we can on occasion sit down
1:08.5	and talk intimately about where we are with our work and our
1:13.0	careers. It means a lot to me to be able to be open and honest about the many challenges
1:18.3	involved with leading a creative life. David Valera is one of those photographers in my community.
1:25.3	You may have heard his name before as a previous guest,
1:28.2	Ave Pildas, recommended him as a photographer you should check out at the end of his conversation
1:33.8	with me. But even though I've known David for several years, I've never gotten around to having a
1:40.5	proper sit-down with him. I knew that he has a career in animation
1:44.5	and has worked on several DreamWorks films
1:47.4	including Kung Fu Panda,
1:48.8	How to Train Your Dragon, and Shrek 2,
1:51.6	and I knew that I really love his street photography.
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