TCF Ep. 527 - Polly Irungu

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

🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Multimedia journalist, digital editor, and self-taught photographer Polly Irungu is the founder of Black Women Photographers, a global community and online database of Black women and non-binary photographers. Polly is a Digital Content Editor at New York Public Radio (WYNC), where she is responsible for managing social media for WNYC and PRX’s ‘The Takeaway’, a national NPR show with over 2 million listeners, pitching news stories and features for The Takeaway and her podcast is ranked the 4th most downloaded, amongst others. As a photographer, Polly’s work has been published in numerous publications, including Refinery29, NPR, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, CNN, HuffPost, OkayPlayer, OkayAfrica, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and the University of Oregon. In 2017, Polly completed a degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Polly has lived around the world from Nairobi, Kenya to Topeka, Kansas to Eugene, Oregon to Washington, D.C., and ultimately to Brooklyn, New York. Websites Polly Irungu Black Women Photographers Alexis Hunley Education Resources: Tokyo: Exploration of the Metropolis 2.0 Momenta Photographic Workshops https://momentaworkshops.com/workshops/ Candid Frame Resources Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow 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	Photography is often considered a solitary endeavor.
0:13.0	However, the career arc of any photographer relies as much on community as it does on talent and hard work. Community is a big part of achieving success.
0:25.4	Yes, it provides important networking opportunities, but it's also a wellspring of
0:30.4	encouragement and support. And that's the thought behind black women photographers, which was founded
0:37.4	by photographer Polyurungu.
0:40.4	With it, she's created a global community, an online database of black women and non-binary
0:46.0	photographers, which is becoming a valuable resource in the photographic world.
0:51.6	This young photographer, who was originally born in Kenya, is currently a digital
0:56.1	content editor at New York Public Radio, WNYC, where she is responsible for managing social media for WNYC's
1:04.9	and PRX's The Takeaway. She's an incredibly busy woman, but nevertheless, she has found the time to be a valuable
1:12.2	resource to many. This is Ibody and X, and welcome back to the Candor Frame.
1:22.1	Thanks for doing this. I really appreciate it. I'm excited. Thank you for having me.
1:28.4	Now, when I found out about everything you're doing, I was very impressed.
1:32.5	I thought I was busy.
1:35.1	Oh, wow.
1:37.7	I look at everything that you've done in your young life.
1:42.0	I'm a lazy-ass boy.
1:46.1	Not at all.
1:48.4	Oh, man, far too kind.
1:50.9	I don't even know what it takes to do a podcast.
1:53.6	So thank you.
1:54.6	I do appreciate it.
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