TCF Ep. 601 - Mark Edward Harris

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

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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After graduating from California State University, Los Angeles with a Master of Arts Degree in Pictorial/Documentary History, Mark Edward Harris started his professional photography career doing the stills for the Merv Griffin Show and various television and movie companies. When the show ended in 1986 he set off on a four-month trek across the Pacific and throughout Southeast Asia, China and Japan. His numerous accolades are CLIO, ACE, Impact DOCS Award of Excellence, Aurora Gold, and IPA awards. His books include Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work, The Way of the Japanese Bath, Wanderlust, North Korea, South Korea, Inside Iran, The Travel Photo Essay: Describing A Journey Through Images and The People of the Forest, a book about orangutans. Resources Mark Edward Harris Websites The Candid Frame Patreon Page Signed Editions of “Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow. Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Frames Magazine Education Resources Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources The Candid Frame Flickr Pool The Candid Frame YouTube Channel Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click below to download it for iOS. Click below to download it for Android Support the work at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via .

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0:00.0	This episode of the Candid Frame is supported by Fuji Film's new integration with Frame I.O. Camera to cloud. A new integration between Fuji Film and Frame.O allows transferring of images or video to the web
0:23.8	directly from your Fujifilm camera using C2C technology. Find out more by visiting Fujifilm-X.com
0:33.0	and clicking on camera to cloud.
0:48.3	It's really easy to feel sad and depressed when human behavior makes things worse rather than better.
0:56.6	War, mass shootings, prejudice, global warming, these and other events make it seem that we live in the worst rather than the best of times. Every generation experiences such thoughts and feelings,
1:04.8	and yet they often find that they have survived such times and overcome the worst of their imagined outcomes.
1:13.3	Yet it's hard to be that hopeful when all that's wrong in the world is magnified and distributed
1:19.4	en masse every single moment of the day. However, there are countless stories that run counter
1:26.8	to that hopeless narrative.
1:29.3	They showcase that despite the insurmountable odds, there is still good that is worth doing,
1:35.7	and that is being done, from the benefit of humans and the other creatures we share this
1:40.6	planet with.
1:42.3	Mark Edward Harris' most recent book, The People of the Forest,
1:46.0	focuses on the plight of orangutans. The book documents how the palm oil industry and war
1:52.3	have threatened the existence of our fellow primates. Yet it also showcases how people are fighting
1:59.0	to save this important species and the habitat they depend on.
2:03.8	Mark, who was one of the show's earliest guests, has made a career of overcoming difficult challenges to tell and share important stories.
2:12.9	I'm honored and humbled to spend time with them again.
2:16.9	This is IbarianX and welcome back to the candid frame.
2:27.2	But it's good to talk to you again.
2:30.1	It's been a long time.
2:32.1	Yeah, I started our first conversation for this was, what, 598 people ago?
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