BIO
Ibarionex Perello is a photographer, writer, and educator. Since 2006, he has also served as the host/producer of The Candid Frame Photography podcast. With over 600 episodes, the show has featured conversations with the best established and emerging photographers. Ibarionex has authored half a dozen books on photography, including Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light and Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow. He currently serves as a special-projects photographer for the Huntington Library, Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
He is a recipient of the 2022 Chuck Westfall Technical Education Award from the Lucie Foundation. In 2023, the International Photographic Council awarded him a Hall of Fame Award.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Cynthia, and their dog, Zoey.
STATEMENT
I have made images on the street since I first picked up a camera while a member of the Boys Club of Hollywood. Photography and the streets are forever tied together. It is on the street that I learned about light and shadow, lines and shape, color and gesture. It is there that I discovered that the seemingly chaotic world had its own rhythm and flow, which I have been challenged to translate into photographs. It is both a dogged pursuit and a meditative practice that I will never tire of.