TCF Ep. 414 - Joana Toro

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Joana Toro Colombian independent documentary photographer exploring issues of immigration, human rights and identity. Joana is a self-taught photojournalist based in New York City and Bogota. She worked as a staff photographer with the major magazines and newspapers in Colombia. In 2011, Joana migrated to the United States to pursue her career as a documentarian and artist. Her work is included in Collections such as ai-ap Latin American Photography, En Foco and exhibited in international photo festivals : GuatePhoto,Just another Festival India, Photoville, International Photography festival Pingyao China, among others. She was participant of Missouri Photo Workshop mpw.68 for a scholarship awarded. Her projects have been featured on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine and other international publications. She published her first monograph, Masked (oodee, London, 2014). Masked was inaugurated with a group exhibition at the Galería Valenzuela Klenner in Bogotá. Masked is sold out. Currently based in New York City, USA, and Bogota, Colombia. Resources: Joana Toro Johis Alarcon Momenta Photographic Workshop Working the Street Photography Workshop - LACP 2018 StreetFoto Fest Workshops including Ibarionex's 2-Day Workshop The Candid Frame Alexa Skill Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for iOS. Click here to download for Android 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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1:03.7	forward slash the candid frame. This is your body in X and this is The Candid Frame.
1:23.6	The pursuit of a dream always involves challenges and adversity,
1:28.1	and it is often the way you handle and overcome those obstacles that are the greater measure of your success.
1:35.2	It is the test of your true character, rather than simply talent or luck,
1:40.3	that proves what you are capable of to yourself and to others.
1:45.5	When Joanna Toro immigrated from Colombia, she left behind a successful career as a photojournalist.
1:53.0	She aspired to expand her career as a photographic storyteller here in the U.S., but within a year she was short on money and opportunities.
2:03.5	In desperation for income, she donned a Hello Kitty costume and walked the streets of
2:08.4	Times Square, New York, soliciting and posing for tips from tourists.
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