TCF Ep. 424 - Ira Block

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ira Block is an internationally renowned photographer, teacher, and lecturer who has produced over 30 stories for the National Geographic Magazine. He has led National Geographic Photo Workshops, Expeditions, and private workshops to Mongolia, Bhutan, Cuba, and Tibet where students learn about culture and photographic vision. His documentary photography work is balanced by a stable of commercial clients for whom he shoots portraits and corporate branding. Ira can best be described as a cultural documentary photographer. He uses his cameras and lights to document people around the world, recording the change in traditions and practices. The changes are most often gradual, which is why he returns to a location time after time after time, helping us see these changes and appreciate them through his eyes—and through social media. Over 300,000 people currently follow him on Instagram. For Ira, this has become the new media for documentary photography. He has had photographic exhibitions around the world. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery, Ira is often called upon to comment and give critical feedback on the Sony products he uses to create his work. His latest book Cuba Loves Baseball: A Photographic Journey documents the culture of Cuba through its love for baseball and sports. Resources: Ira Block Bill Eppridge Workshops & Apps 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	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.
0:30.9	The exceptional things that people do have always been a lure for a photographer like today's
0:41.3	guest, Ira Block, who in his career with National Geographic has published over 30 stories
0:47.6	for the magazine.
0:49.7	But his most recent project is a personal one that combines his love of baseball with his fascination with the people of Cuba.
0:58.3	Cuba loves baseball is an intimate exploration of this island country's fascination with the game.
1:05.7	In his book, he illustrates how baseball is more religion than a sport to Cubans.
1:11.6	The project allows Ira to move beyond the cliches that we've been witnessed to
1:16.6	since travels to the country has been eased.
1:19.6	He shows us how an entire culture can fall in love of the game.
1:26.6	You know, books really don't make you much money these days, but they do help promote,
1:33.5	you know, you, your brand.
1:35.4	So they did publish it did get to the copy of the book.
1:37.9	Yeah, yeah.
1:38.5	Thankfully, yeah, I got it late last week, so give me ample time to go through it several
1:43.1	times.
1:43.9	All right. And not a lot of texts except for the two forwards and my afterwards,
1:49.6	but that's sort of how I wanted it.
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