TCF Ep. 619 - Barbara Peacock

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

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Barbara Peacock is a photographer and director living in Portland, Maine. Since having started American Bedroom in 2016, she has won the Getty Editorial Grant, the Women Photograph/Getty Grant, three LensCulture Awards, four Top 50 Critical Mass Awards, and was named one of the Top 100 Photographers in America 2020. American Bedroom is an unfiltered poetic photographic journey viewing Americans in their most intimate dwelling: the bedroom. The nature of the project is unguarded portraits of individuals, couples, and families that reveal the depth of their character, truth, and spirit. The images are paired with quotes from each subject and are full of subtle details that invite us to contemplate the idiosyncrasies of each enigmatic life. Resources Barbara Peacock American Bedroom Project 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 Contribute a one-time donation to the show thru . 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 Candid Frame is brought you by the Charcoal Book Club.
0:13.9	Their carefully curated selections reflects the best in contemporary photography and all for a reasonable price.
0:20.5	And they are delivered directly to your doorstep each month.
0:23.8	They offer free shipping to the U.S., Canada, and the UK.
0:27.1	It's subsidized elsewhere.
0:29.0	It's a wonderful way to begin or expand your photo library.
0:32.7	Join the club at Charcoalbookclub.com today,
0:35.6	and remember to use the promo code, The Candid Frame,
0:39.5	at checkout.
0:43.3	At its best, photography can do more than document what's in front of it.
0:49.1	It has the power to capture and express intimacy and vulnerability.
0:54.5	We see glimpses of shared humanity and shared experiences of love, lost joy and grief.
1:00.8	It's a special kind of photographer who can enter a stranger's life and create photographs
1:06.5	that allow us to see ourselves in them.
1:09.8	Barbara Peacock's project and subsequent book, American Bedroom, is just such a creation.
1:15.6	She was almost halfway through the project when we last talked to her, and it took her
1:19.6	longer than expected to finish.
1:21.6	However, the result proves that it was time well spent.
1:25.6	The environmental portraits show how Americans make their bedrooms
1:29.7	not only a place to rest their hands,
1:32.8	but also a reflection of how they are and what they aspire to be.
1:38.7	This is Ibarian X and welcome back to the Candid Frame.
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