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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 540 - Harvey Stein

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

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

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Harvey Stein is a professional photographer, teacher, lecturer, author, and curator based in New York City. He currently teaches at the International Center of Photography. Stein is a frequent lecturer on photography both in the United States and abroad. He is the Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts Gallery, located in the East Village of Manhattan. He has also been a member of the faculty of the School of Visual Arts, New School University, Drew University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Bridgeport.  He is known most for his street photography of New York City, featuring Harlem and Coney Island.    Websites Harvey Stein Margarita Mavromichalis   Education Resources: Photo NOLA Ibarionex’s Workshop for Photo NOLA Momenta Photographic 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

Over the span of a long career, a photographer can be known for a particular subject, style, or story.

0:15.7

It's the kind of association that when you see or hear about it, you immediately connected with a particular name.

0:23.0

Harvey Stein is a New York-based photographer, who is known for his black and white street

0:27.4

photography of New York City, especially the areas of Harlem and Coney Island.

0:32.6

With an ultra-wide angle lens on his Leica, he has created a personal vision of one of the most

0:38.0

photographed cities in the world. But it's when a photographer takes on a different subject,

0:44.0

using a different medium, that you come to understand the inherent talent of that person.

0:50.0

Such is evidenced in Harvey's latest book, Then and There.

1:01.4

Then and There is a collection of portraits made in the city of New Orleans during Mardi Gras in 1979.

1:07.6

Using a Polaroid SX-70, Harvey produced portraits that are both timeless,

1:12.0

while being a reflection of the times in which they were created.

1:17.3

This is IbarianX and welcome back to the Candid Frame.

1:26.4

But it's great to see you again and to talk to you about the book.

1:27.8

Yes. So you have some questions or do I?

1:30.4

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

1:31.6

You have the book you looked at it.

1:33.3

Oh, yeah, it's right here.

1:35.3

Great.

1:35.6

Yeah, I've really enjoyed going through it.

1:38.0

And it's a kind of a departure from what I'm used to seeing when I look at your work.

1:42.3

Well, absolutely.

1:43.9

We can talk about that, I guess.

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