When looking for photographic inspiration, I rarely used to turn to street photography. Not because I dislike or disliked the genre, as a viewer, but mostly because I'm not attracted to making those kinds of images, so I (to my detriment) tended to not seek out those images.
Ibarionex Perello puts out a podcast, titled The Candid Frame, and I've been a listener for years and years. When I first started listening, circa 2008 (the podcast has run since February 2006), it seemed like nearly all of his guests were street photographers, or portrait photographers, and I let my disinterest in making street photography or portraits get in the way and I skipped so many of those early episodes. But eventually I got over myself, and regularly turn to Ibarionex and other street photographers, either actively, or passively, and for the past seven or eight years haven't missed an episode.
Ibarionex is one of the best interviewers I've known, up there with the likes of Charlie Rose. Each episode is so inspiring and it's great to learn from all of the wonderful artists he has on the show.
But, enough about the podcast, and lets get into some photographs!
In addition to being a fantastic interviewer, Ibarionex makes excellent street and portrait photography. He talks a lot about gesture, and uses that element (something that took me a while to comprehend in the images where there aren't any people—I always connected gesture to sentient beings, mostly humans) masterfully to create impact within an image.
Ibarionex has such wonderful sensitivity to light and shadow, and attention to shape, and line.
Ibarionex is quite a prolific photographer and has enough images to keep you busy for hours. Go check it all out on his website, and subscribe to The Candid Frame podcast while you're at it, and then follow him on Instagram!
