TCF Ep. 423 - Fadi Boukaram

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 48 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. A simple Google search on his hometown of Lebanon resulted in him discovering a large number of towns in the United States that shared the same name. His curiosity about those towns led him on a multiple-year adventure on the road to explore, discover and photograph those communities and the people that make those places their home. Along the way, he has discovered much about the changing face of small-town America. Resources: Fadi BouKaram Stacy Kranitz The Candid Frame #388 - Fadi Boukaram 2-Day New York Street Photography Workshop 2-Day Paris Street Photography 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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0:00.0	Your support of the Candid Frame over the past 12 years has been invaluable to us. You have not only helped us to produce over 400 episodes, but your donations directly helped us to create the Candid Frame app and making it available for free. We are now proud to announce the release of a new way for you to listen to TCF. We have released a new skill that is compatible
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1:01.0	Contribute today by visiting patreon.com
1:03.5	forward slash theor frame.
1:23.6	While I'm here in San Francisco, attending Street Photo SF, I've had the pleasure of meeting a lot of wonderful photographers.
1:30.9	I've met some new people as well as reconnected with some old friends.
1:35.7	I have also had the pleasure to sit down with a young photographer I spoke to last year, Fadi Bukharam.
1:42.0	If you remember Fadi, he is from Lebanon, and his personal project
1:46.1	involves his traveling across the United States, visiting towns that share the same name of his
1:52.0	hometown back in Beirut. This trip has resulted in him meeting some amazing people and having
1:58.2	some exceptional encounters. He has also been able to document a facet of modern American life that for good or ill has not only influenced our politics, but also how we see ourselves.
2:12.0	My conversation with Fadi not only provided me a chance to check in on his progress, but to have a frank conversation about what it takes
2:20.3	to become a better and more sensitive photographer.
2:27.5	Well, Fadi, welcome back to the candid frame.
2:29.9	Well, thank you for having me again.
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