TCF Ep. 641 - Jasmine Benjamin

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

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Jasmine Benjamin, a California native, embodies the laid-back spirit of Northern California where she was born and the dynamic energy of Hollywood, where her work thrives. With a career spanning 17 plus years as a stylist, consultant, and creative director, she has established herself as a key figure in culture. Her latest project, CITY OF ANGELS: “A book about L.A. style”, is her first coffee table book, capturing the essence of contemporary LA style through 120 plus portraits of local luminaries. Set for release in Spring 2025 by Italian publisher Damiani, the book showcases Jasmine’s talent as a photographer, creative director and curator. Jasmine’s career began while she was studying at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles. In 2002, she turned an internship at Interscope Records into an opportunity to shape the visual identity of the label’s artists. In 2005, she styled her first influential indie band, J*Davey, before moving to New York City in 2007, where she immersed herself in the fashion world for five years. With an eye for both contemporary trends and fashion history, Jasmine continues to shape pop culture with her unique, forward-thinking approach. Her work has earned recognition from Vogue, GQ, i-D, Billboard, and in 2016, she was named i-D Magazine’s “Top Stylist.” Resources: Jasmine Benjamin City of Angels: A Book of L.A. Style Altadena Photographers Support Ibarionex & The Candid Frame 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 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	Photographs have the power to reveal the soul of a city, not through its landmarks or
0:12.9	skylines, but through the lives of the people who inhabit it. City of Angels, a debut monograph by
0:20.7	Jasmine Benjamin, does just that. The book represents a series of
0:25.7	environmental portraits that explore the diversity of Los Angeles, not only in terms of personal style,
0:32.9	but also of culture, identity, and lived experience. With empathy, curiosity, and a strong sense of culture, identity, and lived experience.
0:41.4	With empathy, curiosity, and a strong sense of presence,
0:46.8	Jasmine captures Los Angeles not as a place of fantasy or illusion,
0:50.3	but as a lived and deeply personal reality.
0:54.1	Though she has a solid technical understanding of photography, Jasmine built this project on the foundation of her strengths as a stylist, communicator, and her intuitive, creative eye.
1:03.0	It's that blend of vision and connection that gives the work its emotional depth and immediacy.
1:10.0	In this episode, I speak with Jasmine about her journey as a photographer and storyteller
1:15.0	and how City of Angels came to be.
1:18.1	We discuss her connection to the community she photographs the quiet strength in everyday moments,
1:24.1	and the importance of making work that reflects both the world around us and the truths within ourselves.
1:31.8	This is Ibarian X, and this is The Candid Frame.
1:41.3	But Jasmine, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have you.
1:46.0	You know, I am no fashionista, but I have a great appreciation for fashion and style, particularly style.
1:54.2	Much more style than fashion.
1:57.8	And I just love the fact that it was LA-centric, a place that often people think
2:03.2	as a fashion desert in many ways. And, you know, what, one of the things that the book really
2:11.1	speaks to, and it resembles my Los Angeles, because the Los Angeles I know exist, you know, east of the 405, right?
2:22.0	And one of the things that people who have not come to Los Angeles is how diverse it is, both culturally, you know, demographically, but also in terms of the communities that, you know, get built around East
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