TCF Ep. 537 - Melissa O’Shaughnessy

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

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Melissa O’Shaughnessy was born in 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and studied at Georgetown University and the University of St. Thomas, graduating with a degree in journalism. She is now a photographer based in New York City. Her work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions and publications, and her work is included in the book Bystander: A History of Street Photography. She is a member of UP Photographers, a collective of 27 international street photographers. Her first monograph, Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs, has just been published by Aperture. Websites Melissa O’Shaughnessy UP Photographers Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops https://momentaworkshops.com/workshops/ Candid Frame 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 by 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	While interviewing a photographer for another project, someone posed a question.
0:13.0	They asked how it's possible to create unique images when virtually everything has already been photographed before.
0:22.8	If you only see photography as a means of documenting something, simply capturing what it looks like,
0:29.3	that question might make sense. Thankfully, there's more to photography than that.
0:36.2	Great photography, even of the most familiar and frequently photographed subject matter,
0:41.3	can be a revelation when created with a distinct point of view.
0:46.3	Such images not only look different, but they evoke a different feeling,
0:52.3	which is both unexpected and gratifying.
0:56.6	Melissa O'Shaughnessy's images of New York featured in her new book, Perfect Strangers,
1:01.8	make a case for just such an argument.
1:05.2	One of the most photographed destinations in the world, New York is a city that has been
1:10.3	interpreted in an endless variety of New York is a city that has been interpreted in an endless
1:11.7	variety of ways. For a city that is so often defined by its legends and its myth,
1:18.6	it is revealed with a surprising sense of intimacy through Melissa's lens. This is Ibarianx,
1:26.7	and welcome back to the Candid Frame.
1:34.0	Well, congratulations on the book.
1:36.6	Thank you.
1:37.8	It's exciting.
1:39.0	I know.
1:39.4	The first book is just like a baby.
1:41.8	It is like a baby.
1:43.5	It is like a baby.
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