TCF Ep. 381 - Robert LeBlanc

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Robert LeBlanc is a documentary photographer who sees the world through a different lens. He has captured the grittiness of the world and the results are gaining attention in the world of photography. His work has been shown in Greece, Seattle, and Los Angeles, it also has been included or discussed in numerous magazines, both online and in print. His book Unlawful Conduct, which pre-sold out in 8 countries, has been carried in leading art bookstores including MoMA PS1, the Frye Art Museum, Arcana Book Store, So Books, and Boekhandel Dominicanen, it also been carried in high-end fashion stores, including Totokaelo and Need Supply Company. In a period of 5 years, Robert has traveled the world taking pictures, and in the process, tried to capture captivating stories in the shadows of human society. Wherever he goes—Los Angeles, Seattle, Montana, New York, Japan, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic—he ventures into parts of a city or country less traveled. Robert's photojournalism is all about grittiness and authenticity. Robert now resides on the West Coast and he looks forward to telling more stories with his camera, continuing to be a witness to what's happening in the dark corners of our world today Resources: Robert LeBlanc Yudo Kurita Christopher Charles Williams Samuel J. Roberts Frankie4fingazzz Druzwant 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.
0:32.3	This is your body an X and this is the Candid Frame.
0:40.0	While photography is often about capturing beauty, it also serves as a tool to educate and inform.
0:49.0	It can sometimes shine a light on subject matter that many of us are not exposed to, or at least, would like to
0:56.9	think we're not touched by. The world of addiction has been explored by numerous photographers,
1:03.7	including Larry Fink, Nan Golden, Marianne Mark, Eugene Richards, Eli Reed, and many others,
1:10.4	and each in their own way has shown a light on the brutal price that addicts and their families face.
1:17.6	They've also helped narrow the gap that we often believe exists between us and them.
1:23.6	Robert LeBlanc is a young photographer who is exploring this very world, focusing on the explosion of opioid addiction as found in the heart of the country.
1:33.8	It's an issue that is impacting people of every demographic, leaving few untouched.
1:39.9	And it's photographers like Robert, who are reminding us that the scourge of addiction is an issue
1:45.4	we all need to be concerned about.
1:51.3	I'm such a less equipment's better anyways.
1:54.3	Yeah.
1:54.6	You know, you start getting too much stuff.
1:56.0	You're just like, ah.
1:57.1	That's the way I am, because I'm, for the trip, I'm just going to be taking my X100S, my Fuji.
2:03.9	And that's pretty much all I take.
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