The Candid Frame #52 - Toky

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Arts, Visual Arts

4.8 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2008

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Toky is an editorial and fashion photographer who was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. Toky discovered photography by accident due to a graphic design job he was doing. After enrolling in his first photography class, he became a dark room addict and his career path changed instantaneously. Four years later Toky has shot dozens of editorials, magazine and album covers and fashion advertising campaigns. He currently lives and works in the Los Angeles, CA. Also a musician Toky plays the piano, the violin, the saxophone and is a trained singer. He is 30 years old. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website. For streaming audio click here or subscribe to the podcast for free viaToky recommends the work of Amber Gress.Book Recommendation: The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (World's Top Photographers)">The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (World's Top Photographers). by Fergus Greer

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0:00.0	It's May 12th, 2008, and this is the Candid Frame.
0:29.8	Today's guest is Toki, a photographer who attended one of my own alma maters, Los Angeles City College.
0:37.0	And what I like about Toki's story is not just the quality of images that he's produced
0:41.4	over the last several years, but just the fact that he went to a program that is relatively
0:47.5	small compared to some of the other photographic learning institutions that are out there,
0:51.6	and just really made the most of the resources and
0:55.4	the people that make up this program at Los Angeles City College. A lot of people,
1:01.2	when they think about learning photography at a city college, think about, you know, taking
1:05.0	one or two classes to get better knowledge and a better grasp of what they can do with the
1:10.1	cameras. But Toki is a photographer
1:12.2	who used it as a launching pad to make a career. And it really speaks to the whole idea of really
1:20.1	making the most of whatever circumstances you have and just squeezing everything out of it and making the most out of it.
1:29.5	You know, my life was transformed as a result of attending City College and I love hearing
1:35.0	stories about other people who have done the same and he is a shining example of that.
1:40.4	So sit back and enjoy our conversation with Toki.
1:46.3	Toki, welcome to the Candid Frame.
1:48.7	It's a pleasure to have the chance to talk to you again.
1:52.0	Thank you for having me.
1:53.2	I'm very, very excited about this.
1:55.0	Thank you for having me.
1:56.2	Well, I was really excited when you reached out to me
1:58.4	because you learned photography at Los Angeles
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