TCF Ep. 403 - Lauren Welles

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Welles is a freelance photographer based in NYC. Prior to becoming a full- time photographer, she spent 16 years practicing law. The same skills that were invaluable to her as an attorney-- the ability to problem solve, and to see something from multiple perspectives—have been indispensable to her career as a photographer. Lauren shoots many different kinds of assignments—events, portraits, editorial, street/documentary, and architectural/interiors. As a result, she has had the good fortune of meeting and working with many different people, finding stories in every-day life that demonstrate one's humanity, and figuring out how to bring out the best in any subject. Her photography has been exhibited in various venues including "The Fence" at Photoville, NYC & Atlanta; the Museum of the City of New York; PhotoLeiden, The Netherlands, Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC; The Center For Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO; Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, NYC; and the HistoryMiami Museum, among others. Her work has appeared in publications, including the New York Times, La Repubblica, Adore Noir magazine, the New York Law Journal, PDN Online, Rangefinder Magazine, World Photography Organization, the Phoblographer, Women in Photography and Street Photography Magazine, among others. Resources: Lauren Welles Jon Kral Evgenia Arbugaeva 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.
0:30.7	This is IbarianX and this is The Candid Frame.
0:38.9	Happy New Year and welcome to a new season of The Candid Frame.
0:43.3	To begin this year, we sit down with a photographer who I've known virtually for several years,
0:48.6	but who I only met in the real world at the end of last year.
0:53.0	Lauren Wells is one of the photographers who you heard from in a recent episode, as she was one
0:58.3	of the panelists at the Miami Street Photography Festival.
1:02.1	Hers is an interesting story.
1:04.3	As many people I've interviewed on this show, her professional life didn't begin as a photographer.
1:13.8	Instead, she began her working life as a lawyer.
1:18.6	The thing that led her to that career are things that many of us are very familiar with,
1:24.7	feelings of wanting security, financial stability, and so on. But the urge to be creative,
1:27.9	to do something more with her life was also pulling at her.
1:33.6	And while it didn't come easily, she was finally able to make the leap which has resulted in her now making a living as a professional photographer.
1:37.6	Such changes are never easy, but as you look forward to the new year, I hope that this
1:42.9	conversation and the many others that are coming later on will help inspire you to make 2018 your year.
1:55.6	Well, Lauren, welcome to The Candid Frame. It's a pleasure to have you.
1:58.7	Thanks, Sabaryanax. Thanks for inviting me.
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