TCF Ep. 634 - Dana Stirling

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

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dana Stirling is a fine art photographer and the Co-Founder & Editor In-Chief of Float Photo Magazine since 2014. Originally from Jerusalem Israel, Dana is now based in Queens New York. She received her MFA from The School Of Visual Arts in Photography, Video, and Related Media in 2016 and her BA from Hadassah College Jerusalem in Photographic Communications in 2013. Her work has been exhibited in group show including, Candela Books + Gallery VA, The Rockaway Artists Alliance NY, Vermont Center for Photography, Lafayette College PA, Radiator Gallery NY, Fresh Paint Art Festival Israel, Bezalel Gallery Israel, Inga Gallery Israel, Tel Hai Museum of Photography Israel, Brick Lane Gallery UK, Saatchi Gallery UK and others. Her hand-made artist book is a part of these select library collections, Yale University, Mass Art College of Art and Design collection, Savannah College of Art and Design collection and Goldsmith University, London. Her latest book is Why Am I Sad Resources Dana Stirling Why Am I Sad Websites Photo Workshops Tokyo Exploration Workshop with Ibarionex Perello Sponsors Playpodcast Podcast App Charcoal Book Club Chico Review Photobook Retreat 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	This episode of The Candid Frame is brought to you by the Charcoal Book Club.
0:13.6	Their carefully curated selections reflects the best in contemporary photography and all for
0:19.3	reasonable price, and they are delivered directly
0:21.9	to your doorstep each month. They offer free shipping to the U.S., Canada, and the UK. It's
0:27.5	subsidized elsewhere. It's a great way to begin or expand your photo library. Join the club
0:33.6	at Charcoalbookclub.com today, and remember to use the promo code, The Candid Frame,
0:39.8	at checkout.
0:42.7	What do you want to say with your photographs?
0:45.8	Assuming that you want more than to make a pretty picture, you have to understand why
0:51.0	making specific photographs is so vital to you.
0:55.7	Some photographers are driven to share the beauty of the natural world with an audience that
1:00.5	might otherwise take it for granted.
1:03.2	A photojournalist wants to tell a story that they believe needs to be told.
1:08.5	A portrait photographer makes photographs of a community that they have come
1:12.9	to love and respect. Understanding the why not only helps to define the photography, but provides
1:21.2	the inspiration to persevere when the inevitable ups and downs occur. Those obstacles can become all the more challenging when the themes and ideas you are exploring
1:33.0	are about yourself.
1:35.6	Dana Sterling's project, Why Am I Sad, is a photographic project of self-exploration that includes
1:43.3	not only her struggles with mental illness, but those of her
1:46.5	mother and how it impacted the entire family, both then and now. The images are not cliched
1:53.3	stock imagery of sadness and depression, but beautiful and even funny musings of what it means
1:59.5	to live with lifelong mental illness.
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