TCF Ep. 646 - Jonas Paurell

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

When photographer Jonas Paurell set out to explore the relationship between humans and the natural world, he embraced a practice that moves fluidly between art, documentary, and environmental storytelling. His images are rooted in a deep engagement with place—whether remote mountain landscapes or fragile ecosystems—and they reflect both an aesthetic sensitivity and an ecological urgency. Jonas's work doesn't simply document the environment; it raises questions about belonging, responsibility, and how our presence shapes the land we inhabit. That journey has led to long-term projects that blend collaboration with communities, careful observation, and a visual language that feels both timeless and immediate. Rather than leaning on spectacle, Jonas turns toward intimacy—capturing the quiet tension and beauty that emerge when people and nature meet. The result is a body of work that challenges us to reconsider not only how we see the world but how we live within it. Resources: Jonas Paurell https://www.jonaspaurell.com Altadena Photographers https://www.altadenaphotographers.org/ Support Ibarionex & The Candid Frame GoFundMe BuyMeaCoffee eBook Purchases Websites The Candid Frame Patreon Page The Candid Frame PayPal Contribution Link Signed Editions of "Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow. Sponsors Charcoal Book Club https://charcoalbookclub.com Frames Magazine FRAMES Magazine | Because Excellent Photography Belongs On Paper (readframes.com) Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops https://momentaworkshops.com/workshops/ Candid Frame Resources The Candid Frame Newsletter & Substack Blog The Candid Frame Alexa Skill Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow The Candid Frame Flickr Pool The Candid Frame YouTube Channel Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for iOS. Click here to download it for Android Contribute a one-time donation to the show thru Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/thecandidframe Support the work at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting patreon.com/thecandidframe or the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via PayPal. You can follow Ibarionex on Instagram and Twitter.

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0:00.0	Some photographers use the camera to chase moments.
0:13.8	Others use it to wait, to listen, to receive.
0:18.4	Jonas Perel is firmly in the latter camp.
0:22.0	Originally from Sweden, Jonas creates work that feels quiet but expansive.
0:29.5	Images shaped by memory, place, and emotional presence.
0:34.4	Whether he's photographing the shifting light of a coastal landscape or the stillness
0:39.9	of a face, his photographs invite us into a space where the external world and the inner world
0:46.3	meet. There's a deep sensitivity to his work, a sense that he's not just documenting what's in front
0:52.9	of him, but responding to it.
0:55.5	Often with reverence, sometimes with sorrow, always with care.
1:01.2	His portfolios reflect a poetic engagement with time, light, and the deep human desire to connect.
1:09.8	This is Ibarian X, and this is the candid frame.
1:19.7	Yeah, thanks for making time for me, and thanks for reaching out. I appreciate it.
1:23.1	And thanks for having me, and may I say now that we're actually face-to-face,
1:26.4	terribly sorry for your loss of your home, that must be a tragedy that I can't even imagine, eh? I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Yeah. No, I've been a listener for a long time and I'm excited to be on and to be able to talk to you and to able to share a story that is very close to my heart. So excited to do this. Well, I'm, you know, I've been
1:46.0	looking forward to the conversation and especially being able to share it with my, with my
1:50.3	audience. Well, your images are wonderful and the story behind them just as much. One of the
1:56.5	things that really struck me was the relationship you have with a particular part of the world, which is
2:01.4	the Arctic, where a lot of your work revolves from. And in reading about you, you talk about your
2:07.9	first experience when you were 18 or 19 years old traveling to the Arctic. You know, a lot of
2:14.1	people travel to an outdoor destination and something just clicks, right?
2:20.8	And it's a very transformative moment as it was for you.
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