TCF Ep. 464 - Sam Abell, Arthur Meyerson & George Nobechi

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Sam Abell, Arthur Meyerson, and George Nobechi recently shared a “buddy trip”, traveling through the heart of Japan via train. While George lives in Japan, Arthur and Sam have frequently traveled to the country on assignment and to teach workshops. However, this trip was a very personal one, which allowed these three friends to do more than photograph together, but to also share a wealth of unique cultural and personal experiences. Sam Abell is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic. He first worked for National Geographic in 1967 and is one of the more overtly artistic photographers among his magazine peers.[citation needed] Sam Abell's style of photography is documentary in the sense that his major avenue, the National Geographic magazine, is a publication of record. Abell has said that he could be perfectly happy with his photography even if his only subject was light itself. Arthur Meyerson is recognized as one of America’s finest photographers. Since 1974, this native Texan has traveled throughout the world, creating award-winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as an extensive body of fine art imagery. A three-time winner of Adweek’s “Southwest Photographer of the Year” award, he is on Communication World’s list of top 10 corporate photographers and was named one of the 30 best advertising photographers by American Photo. George Nobechi is a Japanese/Canadian Fine Art and Documentary Photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. His bicultural upbringing has influenced his vision that simultaneously makes him an insider and outsider to both Western and Eastern cultures. His contemplative work is often described as depicting a warm feeling of humanity. Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Matthew Gore from Wellington, New Zealand. Welcome to the Candid Frame.
0:12.6	As a photographer, you likely know that when it comes to travel, it's often a matter of compromise.
0:18.9	More often than not, you're traveling with people who aren't photographers.
0:22.6	So your desire to get up hours before sunrise or to linger on a street corner for 20 minutes
0:29.6	isn't received with much understanding, much less patience.
0:33.6	So you squeeze in your photographic moments as you can.
0:36.6	Because as your travel partner will no doubt tell you, they didn't come all that way just to watch you take pictures.
0:44.4	So as much as I've enjoyed traveling with my wife and friends, I've always dreamed of a trip that is not only dedicated to photography, but that I would share with a photographic peer,
0:56.4	someone who I wouldn't need to explain myself to or justify myself with.
1:01.6	It would be a trip that would allow us to get lost on streets far away from all the tourist traps,
1:08.0	led by someone who knew the area so well that there would be no
1:12.8	shortage of discoveries and surprises. And while I've yet to have that kind of trip, I know
1:19.2	three photographers who have. Photographers and friends, Sam Abel, Arthur Meyerson, and
1:26.1	George Nebechi recently went on a trip through Japan doing exactly
1:31.1	what I just described. While George currently lives in Japan, both Arthur and Sam have traveled there
1:39.3	to work and teach, but this was the first time that they did it together, not because they were teaching
1:45.1	a workshop or working, but because they wanted to spend time together as friends. It appears to have
1:51.5	been a magical time, and the three of them were kind enough to share some of that with me when we
1:56.6	conducted a Skype call during the tail end of their trip. For Sam Abel, the benefits of that trip were quite obvious.
2:04.0	I will say that, that it's extremely comfortable.
2:08.6	There's a great comfort level here that we don't have to apologize for getting up early,
2:15.5	staying out late, lingering over a situation, or taking a half day off and just taking a walk.
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