TCF Ep. 388 - Fadi BouKaram

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Fadi BouKaram was born and raised in Beirut and never wanted to be a photographer. Growing up in a war-torn country, photos often were -- and still are -- the only remnant of the many people who don't exist anymore. These people unwittingly became mythical, for each photo of them hid fantastical stories that only the adults lived and told; it was magic. But magic wears off with age, and a strictly scientific education, graduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and a corporate career wiped out most of what was left of it. It wasn't until he hit my thirties that he realized how much he needed photography; both as a therapy tool and as a way to discover oddities within the mundane. In 2013 a group of photographers from around the world, including Fadi, started the Observe Collective. It was borne out of a 'common fascination with watching and documenting the diverse humanity that surrounds us.' Aside from this shared interest, he can't but be extremely grateful to these now-14 talented individuals, for their support, friendship, and for shaping my photographic education. Resources: Fadi BouKaram Kate Kirkwood Observe Collective 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.
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0:16.3	or click on the link in the show notes or the website at the candid frame
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0:38.3	When it comes to street photography, there are some photographers you immediately associate with certain places.
0:46.3	You say Joel Meyerowitz and you think New York.
0:50.3	Gary Winogrand, Southern California, Daito Moriama, Japan, Matt Stewart, London.
0:57.2	Though these photographers have photographed in many different locations, they are intimately connected to these places.
1:03.4	You can say the same thing about photographer Fari Bukarum, whose life and work is connected to his homeland of Beirut,
1:10.3	a country that has unfortunately had to contend with years of civil war and their occupation.
1:16.2	And though these events have resulted in painful experiences and memories for this photographer,
1:20.7	Fari has and continues to discover and capture beauty in the land that he calls home.
1:31.5	Well, Fadi, welcome to the Candid Frame. It's a pleasure to have you.
1:35.6	Thank you for having me.
1:36.8	I wanted to talk first before we'd talk about photography, about growing up in Lebanon,
1:40.9	because you grew up there during the Civil War and the occupation.
1:45.0	And I really would like to hear your story in terms of what it was like for you and your family growing up during that time.
1:51.0	Well, you know, I was a kid when, you know, during the Civil War.
1:58.0	The Civil War started in 75 and I was born in late 78, and it ended in 1990.
2:04.7	So I kind of, to me, it represents all my childhood.
2:08.3	But the thing is, as hard as it was, and it was awful, I thought that this was normal.
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