TCF Ep. 561 - Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

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

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is an award-winning documentary and portrait photographer working in the medium for 20 years. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. Her work has also been published in Vogue, National Geographic, The Washington Post, VOX, NPR, BBC, The Nation, Le Monde, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Barrayn is co-author of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, the first anthology in nearly 30 years that highlights photography produced by women of African descent. She is a member of Kamoinge, a pioneering collective of African American photographers founded in 1963. Barrayn holds a Masters degree in Art Politics from New York University. She is currently working on a book about contemporary Black photographers due out 2022. Websites Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Liz Johnson Artur Adobe Life Reflected Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Lensrentals.com 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.
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1:24.6	The position of a camera can be a powerful thing.
1:29.9	Whether it's a high-end mirrorless or a smartphone,
1:33.0	the camera has the potential of being a tool for storytelling,
1:36.9	social justice, or personal creativity.
1:40.4	Its power doesn't reside with its cause or its feature set,
1:44.0	but how the photographer chooses to use it.
1:48.0	Leila Amatula Bahrain uses it to serve her work as a documentary photographer, examining issues of race, religion, and various facets of the Black experience, both in the U.S. and Africa.
2:01.9	Layla recognizes and respects the power and the legacy of photography, which led her to serve
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