The Candid Frame

A Hoboken street portrait.

Walking the streets, you never know who you are going to meet. On this particular day, my first day in NYC, I met a group of people from Better Photo. One of the happened to be a man named Ibarionex Parello. He told me his name, but on a busy New York street, I couldn’t quite understand what he said. I asked him to repeat it, but still, no dice. After seeing it in writing, I asked him how to pronounce it, so for all of you who have no idea how to pronounce it, here goes:

My name is pronounced Eeba – rio – nex

This is straight from the e-mail that he sent me. Now you know.

We struck up a conversation and I found him to be quite likable and very personable. Of course, this was another one of those cases where I didn’t have a business card; however, he didn’t have one either, but he did have his iPhone so I gave him my information and he said that he’d contact me. Well, true to his word, he contacted me. After his contact, I realized that I had heard of his podcast before, The Candid Frame.

If you’ve never heard his podcast, give it a listen; however, be warned, it is not something that you can sit and listen to in 3 or 5 minutes. These interviews with photographers are fairly long. I like Ibarionex’s style. He asks a question and actually lets the photographer answer at length without interruption. Further, he has that type of smooth, buttery voice that just works well for a podcast. Not all of the interviews are face to face, some are contacted on the telephone.

So, if you get a chance, dig through his archives and see if anything strikes your interest. I’m sure that you will.