TCF Ep. 529 - Rob Feakins

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

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rob Feakins has spent his career as a writer, executive creative director, and chief creative officer at some of the most respected advertising agencies in America. He has creatively led and won awards on some of the most recognized global brands in the world including Target, Citibank, P&G, BMW, Porsche, Four Seasons, Volvo, Hilton, and Goldman Sachs to name a few. He is now taking his skills and applying it where it is needed most, helping brands, NGOs and charities activate their cause marketing and helping nonprofits with issue raising instead of merely focusing on fundraising. Rob is an award-winning filmmaker and wonderful storyteller who is skilled at creating viral films and mini-docs that drive engagement and emotionally connect followers to charities. Over the last two years, Rob’s humanitarian films received over 20 awards from differing film festivals. Rob is a former member of Facebook's Creative Council, has advanced training in digital marketing from the Wharton School, evaluating social programs from MIT and humanitarian response to conflict and disaster from Harvard. Websites For All Humankind Amy Vitale Paul Nicklen Education Resources: Tokyo: Exploration of the Metropolis 2.0 Momenta Photographic 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	There is a lot of joy to be had in photography.
0:12.0	It's one of the big reasons why so many of us do it, whether we're professional or not.
0:18.0	But one of the most gratifying things about practicing photography is being able to
0:22.7	give back and make a difference in other people's lives. There's nothing quite like that.
0:29.7	Rob Fekins has been doing this after a long career in advertising and marketing.
0:39.0	He's leveraged that understanding of branding to work with nonprofits and NGOs to better
0:44.6	share how their work changes people's lives.
0:48.6	Rob has taken his love of documentary photography and filmmaking that he's had since he was a
0:53.9	youth and created a unique niche
0:56.6	for himself in the latest act of his life. This is Ibody and X, and welcome back to the candid frame.
1:09.7	First off, welcome to the show, Rob.
1:11.6	Thanks for having me.
1:12.6	My pleasure.
1:13.6	I want to start off with your career before you were a photographer and a filmmaker when you were into a marketing.
1:20.6	And tell me about what led you into that career path.
1:23.6	Yeah.
1:24.6	So when I was in college, there were, there were no ad schools or schools for
1:30.2	creative people. There probably was art center back then, but I was on the East Coast, and I was an
1:37.1	English major. When I got out of college, I thought I would probably be, I wanted to be a documentary
1:42.7	photographer slash journalist journalist because I was
1:46.2	interested in photography from high school on. I was a member of the camera club in college and
1:51.3	there was a dark room and back when we were dealing with film and whatnot. And I was doing a few
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