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The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

TCF Ep. 626 - Jay Silverman

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

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

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

For over 40 years, Jay Silverman has excelled as a leading Director, Producer, and Photographer specializing in award-winning films, television, digital, and print campaigns. Jay’s narrative films have been awarded numerous Best Feature and Audience Awards at festivals nationwide.  His current dramatic feature ‘Camera’, stars Golden Globe, Emmy, and Grammy Award Winner Beau Bridges, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Scotty Tovar, Bruce Davison, and Miguel Gabriel. A graduate of Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara with a Master of Science Degree, Jay founded Jay Silverman Productions in 1979 in Hollywood, California, and built a 40,000-square-foot facility including three sound stages. Jay currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and has three wonderful daughters. Resources Jay Silverman Camera - The Movie Websites Photo Workshops Tokyo Exploration Workshop with Ibarionex Perello 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 Buy Me a Coffee 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

Many of us discovered photography because of a particular person in our lives.

0:13.3

It might have been a parent, a teacher, a schoolmate, or possibly a passing stranger.

0:19.5

Whoever that person was for you, you recognize the transformative effect that that person had on your life.

0:28.1

I'm forever grateful to the man who did that for me, as you likely are to the person who did that for you.

0:34.9

That special relationship is at the heart of Jay Silverman's latest feature

0:39.4

film, Camera. It follows the story of a local fixed-shop owner played by Bow Bridges and a young

0:47.1

man played by Miguel Gabriel. A misunderstanding between the two over the ownership of an old

0:53.1

Rolayflex camera leads to a friendship that changes both of their lives.

0:59.5

Their unlikely friendship provides the heart of a film that touches on grief and finding one's voice.

1:07.8

Jay has enjoyed a long career as a photographer, director, and producer.

1:11.6

That experience has made him an exceptional storyteller,

1:16.6

allowing him to invest this film with a deep understanding of how a camera can bring what is truly important in life into focus.

1:25.6

This is IbarianX and welcome back to the Candid Frame.

1:30.3

Well, Jay, welcome to the show.

1:34.3

It's a pleasure to have you.

1:36.3

Thank you.

1:37.3

Congratulations on the film.

1:41.3

I got to watch it last.

1:43.3

I got to watch it last. I got to watch it last night.

1:45.5

It was beautiful.

1:49.5

Very moving, not least of which because it revolves around photography, which I'm a sucker for.

1:56.3

For obvious reasons.

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