About this episode
Gus Powell was born in New York City in 1974 and attended Oberlin College where he majored in comparative religion. In 2003 he was selected to be in PDNs 30 under 30 issue and also published his first monograph, The Company of Strangers (J&L Books). His work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo show at The Museum of The City of New York and group exhibitions at The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and FOAM, NL. His photographs have been published in Aperture, Harpers, Vogue, M le mag – Le Monde, Wired, Fortune, W, and he has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine for a decade. He is a member of the street photographers' collective In-Public and is faculty in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts, NY. His work is included in the books Bystander: A World History of Street Photography and Street Photography Now. Powell's second monograph, titled The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015) was celebrated as one of the best photography books of the year, and was reprinted as a trilingual edition in 2017. Powell is currently at work on a book tilted Family Car Trouble (TBW Books, 2019) and his ongoing street work series titled Mise en Scène. He is represented by Sasha Wolf Projects (NY), Lee Marks Fine Art (IN), and Micamera (Milano). Photographer Links: Gus Powell https://www.guspowell.com/ Elizabeth Bick http://www.erbick.com Brian Karlsson https://www.instagram.com/voyeur1/?hl=en Charalampos Kydonakis https://www.dirtyharrry.com/p/welcome.html Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops https://momentaworkshops.com/ Focus on the Story Workshop - Washington DC https://focusonthestory.org/events/workshop-from-street-to-stories/ Candid Frame Resources The Candid Frame Newsletter https://tinyurl.com/rsfzqwc The Candid Frame Alexa Skill https://tinyurl.com/ublrpzq Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow https://tinyurl.com/t4tnc2r The Candid Frame Flickr Pool https://tinyurl.com/uk6xeae The Candid Frame YouTube Channel https://tinyurl.com/tbqrbyl Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click below to download for iOS. https://tinyurl.com/tuhssvr Click below to download for Android https://tinyurl.com/stgvjob Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting patreon.com/thecandidframe or visiting 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.