TCF Ep. 636 - Surviving the Eaton Fire

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

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The recent Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, impacted Ibarionex and his family. They lost their home and studio and are among the tens of thousands of people displaced by the disaster. In this episode, he describes his escape from the fire and the early days of recovery. They welcome financial support of any kind o meet their short-term and and long-term needs. You provide support via: Websites Photo Workshops & Webinars Breaking Out of a Rut: Tips for Creating Breakthroughs in Your Photography 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	Well, happy new year. This is not the way that I imagined that I was going to lead in a new year of the candid frame in 2025.
0:11.1	But life is kind of strange. As some of you may or may not know, on January 8th, there was a wildfire in Los Angeles, specifically, Altadena, California,
0:25.2	where I live with my wife and dog and sister-in-law.
0:29.8	And the wildfire came through our entire community and leveled it, including my home, my studio, and there is nothing left.
0:42.3	Everything is gone.
0:44.2	Well, everything in terms of material stuff is gone.
0:47.8	I guess I'll start with just telling the story of what happened.
0:51.2	There's so much in my head right now that sometimes it's really hard to process everything.
0:56.6	It seems like there are multiple tracks running simultaneously, so it's easy to go off on some
1:04.0	tangent, but I am going to try and keep it as simple and understandable as possible.
1:10.5	Around 6 o'clock that day, the power went out, which is not unusual during windstorm season
1:17.0	in Altadena.
1:17.8	It's happened in the past.
1:19.3	So when the power went out, we weren't shocked.
1:21.9	We weren't surprised.
1:22.9	We were expecting it because it usually happens.
1:26.6	And depending on how bad the windstorm is,
1:30.0	sometimes we're out of power for several hours.
1:33.3	The worst that it ever was was three days.
1:37.5	Over the years, it's gotten a little better.
1:40.2	And at 6 o'clock, I was working on something downstairs in the office.
1:45.2	Power went out.
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