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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 605 - Nina Welch Kling

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

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

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Nina Welch-Kling is a New York City-based photographer originally from a small town in southern Germany. Her background in fine art and architecture combined with a love for roaming the city streets inform her photographic depictions of everyday life. Welch-Kling holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1990) and a Master of Architecture from The University of California, Los Angeles (1993). Since 1995 she has lived in New York City raising her two, now college-aged daughters, while continuing to explore creative outlets defined by her passion for photography. Resources Nina Welch Kling Ray Metzer Websites Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Frames Magazine Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for . Click here to download Become a Patron! 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 . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0

This episode of the Gandered Frame is supported by Fujifilm's new integration with Frame I.O. Camera to Cloud. A new integration between Fujifilm and Frame IO allows transferring images or video to the web directly from your Fujifilm camera using C2C technology.

0:29.0

Find out more by visiting Fujifilm-x.com and clicking camera to cloud.

0:38.8

We as photographers judge our work by evaluating the single image.

0:44.3

We assess it immediately on our cameras LCD or later on the computer screen.

0:50.1

We discern whether it's good or bad based on lighting and composition, color and sharpness, moment, and gesture.

0:57.9

If we believe that we've produced something exceptional, we may print it, add it to a portfolio, or simply share it on our social networks.

1:07.2

However, the impact and meaning of that image can be redefined, even transformed, when it's juxtaposed with another photograph.

1:16.3

Called a diphtick, it's an artwork that brings together two separate pieces, in this case photographs, to create a singular art piece.

1:25.1

The beauty and the meaning of that diphtick is derived by the

1:29.6

relationship between the two photographs. They may share similarities of color, shape, or gesture,

1:37.2

or the connective tissue may be something that's more nuanced, taking more time to understand

1:43.6

and discern. When done well, a diptic does more than just put two pretty pictures together. It challenges the viewer to delve deeper into what they're seeing and feeling when they look upon the photographs.

2:00.0

Nina Welch-Kling leverages the power of diphtics in her new book, Duologs.

2:06.5

The book showcases beautiful, surprising, and sometimes funny juxtapositions from her years

2:12.9

of photographs on the street.

2:14.9

It's a wonderful body of work that has inspired me to rethink how I assess and

2:19.7

judge my own photographs and my relationships to them. And I hope it does the same for you. This is

2:27.4

Ibario next and welcome back to the candid frame.

2:38.2

You got on my radar.

2:41.2

I actually didn't want to start off with a thank you,

2:43.5

because I got turned on to you.

2:46.0

I think about a year,

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