TCF Ep. 560 - Catherine Opie

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

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Catherine Sue Opie (born 1961) is an American fine-art photographer. Opie studies the connections between mainstream and infrequent society. By specializing in portraiture, studio, and landscape photography, she can create pieces relating to sexual identity. Through photography, Opie documents the relationship between the individual and the space inhabited. She is known for her portraits exploring the Los Angeles leather-dyke community. Her latest book is the self-titled Catherine Opie and is available for pre-order now and will be widely available in June 2021. Websites Catherine Opie Sook Kim Sponsor Charcoal Book Club Education Resources: Using Your Life to Launch Your Photography 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 the Charcoal Book Club.
0:13.3	The Characold Book Club is the monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts.
0:19.0	Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography,
0:22.7	Charcoal selects and delivers essential photobics to a worldwide community of collectors.
0:28.9	Each month, members receive a signed first edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections.
0:36.7	Join the club by visiting charcoalalcolbookclub.com
0:40.2	and use the promo code the candid frame at checkout and receive a 10% discount on your first
0:47.0	membership payment. When you have the chance to look at a photographer's work over the span of their career,
0:57.0	it's interesting to see not only their progression, but the different subject matter and techniques they've considered as part of their work.
1:06.0	You learn so much about what's important to that artist and how they use their medium to express their
1:12.8	ideas and feelings.
1:15.0	When I consider Catherine Opie, I'm fascinated by the photographer's diverse body of work that includes
1:22.2	abstract urban landscapes, portraits of football players, surfers, and members of the LBTQ Plus community,
1:30.2	and intimate self-portraits.
1:33.0	Opie is a photographer that is always challenging not only her viewers, but also herself,
1:38.4	and the results are always fascinating.
1:41.5	Her latest self-titled book, Catherine O.B., comes out next month and provides you a
1:46.6	wonderful overview of her career, and that spurred the conversation we share with you this week.
1:53.1	This is IbarianX, and welcome back to The Candid Frame.
2:00.3	Thank you for making time for me today.
2:03.6	And congrats on the book.
2:05.0	Yeah, sure.
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