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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 611 - Barbara Mensch

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

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

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Barbara Mensch is a fine art photographer who probes her subject matter with the curiosity and stamina of a detective. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she began to draw at an early age, attending classes at The Brooklyn Museum Studio School and the Art Students League as a teenager. Mensch has published two books on New York’s legendary Fulton Market, which she photographed under the scrutinizing eyes of federal law enforcement and organized crime.  Mensch’s monograph, New York Photographs, was published with an essay by art historian Bonnie Yochelson in 2013.  Her book, was published in 2018 by Empire State Editions (an imprint of Fordham University Press). Her latest publication, was published in the fall of 2023 by Empire Editions with a foreword by NY Times Reporter and author, Dan Barry. Resources Barbara Mensch Igmar Bergman    Sven Kykvist    Websites Sponsors Nikon Z8 Camera Website 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 week's episode is supported by Nikon USA, whose latest camera is the Z8.

0:16.0

Its compact design and user-friendly form factor are combined with state-of-the-art auto-focus and sensor technology,

0:23.9

making it an ideal tool for any photographer, producing stills, video, or both.

0:30.0

Whether you're upgrading from an older DSLR or making the step up to a full-frame sensor,

0:35.4

find out how the ZD8 can transform and elevate your photography

0:38.9

by visiting NikonUSA.com forward slash podcast Z8. We also have the support of the Charcoal

0:48.6

Book Club. Their carefully curated selections reflects the best in contemporary photography and all for a reasonable

0:55.4

price, and they are delivered directly to your doorstep each month. They offer free shipping to the

1:00.8

U.S., Canada, and the UK. It's subsidized elsewhere. It's a great way to begin or expand your

1:07.1

photo library. Join the club at Charcoalbookclub.com today and remember to use the promo code

1:13.2

the Candrid Frame at checkout. My brother went on a recent cleaning tear in our family home.

1:22.9

As a result, he found a treasure trove of photographs that we hadn't seen in decades. At his birthday

1:28.9

party, he had collected them into small albums, and family and friends, we went through them,

1:34.8

sharing the wonderful memories that those photographs held. It was especially interesting

1:40.0

to see the neighborhood, as it had been. They used car lot that became a church, a gas station that turned into a strip mall.

1:47.2

You know, it's one thing to remember places in your mind,

1:49.8

but it's another thing to see them immortalized in photographs.

1:55.0

Photographer Barbara Munch decades ago documented her neighborhood,

1:58.7

the lower south side of New York,

2:00.3

the location of the original

2:02.2

Fulton Fish Market, a place that at one point in its history was the source of the majority

2:07.6

of fish consumed in the United States. It was a place that was fully alive when the rest of the

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