TCF Ep. 616 - Rachelle Steele

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

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Rachelle Steele is a Master Photographer based out of Northern California. She is most known for dynamic black and white environmental portraiture and her ability to fill a single frame with design elements of intense storytelling and passionate compositions. Her unique background brings depth and power to her images, communicating something from the eye, heart, and mind. After 9 years in the US Navy, Rachelle circled back to her original love and has been pursuing black and white photography ever since. On the eternal quest for the human spirit, she is most alive behind the lens. Earning both her BFA and MA from the Academy of Art University, her works have been exhibited near and far including Rome, Kathmandu, Morocco, John Wayne Airport, Bowers Museum, and The International Photography Hall of Fame. As an Eddie Adams XXXIII Alumni, Rachelle had the honor of winning the Herman P. Wall Memorial Award for her series “Drifter”. Having been awarded the title of “International Portrait Photographer of the Year, Top 101” for 2021, 22, and 23 has allowed Rachelle to dive even deeper into her dreams and goals as she quests for adventure and conversations with the unknown viewer. Resources Rachelle Steele Academy of Art University Websites Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Frames Magazine Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Santa Fe 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 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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0:46.1	Happy New Year, and welcome back to a new season of the Candid Frame.
0:51.0	I hope that you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season, and I hope that 2024 proves to be
0:57.2	an excellent year for you, and we hope that we can play a small role in making that happen.
1:03.2	I've been thinking a lot about when a photographer is ready to say something with his or her
1:09.1	work. At some point, a photographer becomes skilled enough to make a good photograph consistently.
1:16.6	It's no longer about luck or happy accidents.
1:19.6	There is a purposefulness behind the picture making.
1:23.2	And it's at that moment that the photographer asks the question,
1:30.3	what do I want to say with my photographs? What can I express and share about how I see the world
1:35.3	that makes all the time and effort about more than just spending more money on gear and chasing likes?
1:42.3	It's not an easy question. A photographer, Rachel Steele,
1:47.2	seems to have found her answer. When you look at her work in various projects, you see more than
1:54.0	beautiful black and white imagery. You see an artist with a voice and a purpose as the diversity
2:00.5	of her personal projects to test.
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