TCF Ep. 549 - Steve Eichner

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

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Steve Eichner’s work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Women's Wear Daily, Newsweek, Time, Rolling Stone, People, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, GQ, W, and Details. For the past 20 years, Steve has been a staff photographer for Women's Wear Daily and shot over 40 New York Fashion Weeks, inside the MET GALA every year, the Victoria Secret Show, and the CFDA awards. His work is diverse, ranging from celebrity portraiture and fashion photography to concerts, extreme sports, and aerial scenes. Since he began shooting 30 years ago, Steve has captured thousands of key moments on film and now digitally. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, he was the exclusive photographer for night clubs such as Limelight, Palladium, Wetlands Preserve, and Tunnel, gaining access to coveted photo opportunities. His book, In the Limelight showcase that period in the New York club scene. Websites Steve Eichner Bill Cunningham Sponsor Charcoal Book Club - Sign up today Education Resources: 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	This episode of The Candid Frame is sponsored by Charcoal Book Club.
0:13.1	The Charcoal Book Club is the monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts.
0:18.8	Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography,
0:22.4	Charles Cole selects and delivers essential photo books to a worldwide community of collectors.
0:29.0	Each month, members receive a signed first edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections.
0:36.8	Join the club by visiting charcoal bookclub.com
0:40.6	and use the promo code, The Candid Frame at checkout, and receive a 10% discount on your first
0:47.5	membership payment. Music is a big part of all our lives.
0:55.0	Regardless of our generation, we each have a personal soundtrack that accompanies the memories of our youth.
1:01.8	For some, this includes memories of going to clubs to either hear live bands or hit the dance floor.
1:09.1	It was in such venues where the crowd with its stew of
1:13.0	personalities, style, sexuality, and fashion provided a wondrous escape. During
1:19.7	the 90s, photographer Steve Eichner was provided exclusive access to the
1:24.9	world of New York clubs.
1:32.0	Serving as the official photographer for clubs like The Limelight, Club USA, and the Roxy,
1:35.1	he documented a world unlike any other.
1:41.5	Before Instagram and social media, he and his camera provided the only glimpse to a world that you had to be a part of to witness and experience.
1:46.3	Now he provides us entry into that world in his book, into the limelight.
1:52.1	It demonstrates how a photographer and his camera can preserve an important and a fleeting
1:57.5	moment in time.
1:59.7	This is Ibarian X and welcome back to the Candid Frame.
2:07.5	Well, Steve, thank you so much for doing this.
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