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Cafecito Con JefasMeet Jefa: Mónika Aldarondo - Our Latina LensTell us what you think about the episode!!Ever been fascinated by the stories told through lenses? In our captivating episode, we invite you on a profound journey with Hefa Mónica Alvarondo, founder of Arlatina Lenz, a vibrant creative force connecting Latinas through the magical realm of photography. As a homeschooling mom, wife, artist, and educator, Mónica weaves her life stories in a tapestry of experiences and shares her personal health journey that prompted her to create a community that magnifies the Latina perspective in the U.S. historical narrative.It's a wild ri...2023-09-111h 14
Our Latina Lens PodcastNalani Hernandez-Melo Image Tour: Annie Gonzalez, Mr Cartoon, La CuranderaSee images discussed at: https://ourlatinalens.com/podcasts/s1e13-nalani-hernandez-melo-image-tour-annie-gonzalez-mr-cartoon-la-curandera/ Nalani Hernandez-Melo an LA-based photographer, studio owner, gallery director and healer shares about significant images she has taken during her return to Los Angeles and entry to its photography community. She describes how she came to take what she considers one of her iconic images of Mexican-American actor Annie Gonzalez. She recounts the opportunity she had to photograph one of the artistic icons of her youth on an assignment for one of the biggest brands in LA. And she delves deep into her inner self to s...2023-05-3151 minOur Latina Lens PodcastNalani Hernandez-Melo generates opportunities for herself and her community as a photographer and curatorNalani Hernandez-Melo is a multi-faceted artist, curator and healer. Her photography journey began at an arts high school and took a winding road through film, the early days of visual curation for social media, and editorial photography and videography. She shares how her love for her culture and community led her to found her own studio, Story and Image Studio, and to join the team as Gallery Director and Marketing Manager at Altura LA. Links to Nalani's Work Photography Website | https://nalanihmelo.com/ Studio Website | https://www.storyandimagestudio.com/ Per...2023-05-1655 minOur Latina Lens PodcastJosie Lepe Image Tour: Candlestick, Detroit, HertlIn this Image Tour Josie Lepe, a photojournalist with 20+ years experience and a specialty in Sports Photography takes us behind the scenes of three of her most significant images. She opens with an image that came through preparation, luck, and her playing her part of the team, no matter what. Her historic image of how the 49ers won their last game at Candlestick Park rightly became one of the 100 memorable images of Candlestick Park. Then Josie takes us to her strength, hockey. First with an image from her first solo travel assignment to photograph the San Jose Sharks in...2023-05-0138 min
Elevating La Cultura PodcastMónika Aldarondo-Lugo: Creating an uplifting and supportive network for a growing community of Latina/e photographers.Hola! Today I’m talking fellow podcaster Monika from Our Latina Lens Podcast. Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo is the founder of Our Latina Lens and Laancla Creative and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through Our Latina Lens she connects, supports and elevates U.S.-based Latina/e photographers. Mónika is a creative shapeshifter and specializes in supporting people through the use of various media to tell stories, whether it's through photography, community building, consulting on creative endeavors or podcasting. She produces and hosts Our Latina Lens Podcast and PSC Mami Podcast. She wa...2023-04-2552 minOur Latina Lens PodcastJosie Lepe persists and excels as a Sports Photojournalist and visual voice for her communityJosie Lepe began as a lab tech at the San Jose Mercury News and went on to capture some of the iconic moments in San Francisco Bay Area Sports as a Sports Photographer. She discusses her journey into photojournalism, the challenges she faced as a woman in sports photojournalism, how her culture and background influenced how she approached her work and why she chose to pursue a Master’s in Fine Art photography after a twenty plus year career in photojournalism. Josie Lepe Website: https://www.josielepe.com/index Josie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com...2023-04-2052 min
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I am excited for you to hear my episode with Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo! She is the creator behind "Our Latina Lens", a community the helps elevate Latino Photographers. In this episode, Mónika shares more about falling in love with photography, her work as an advocate for organ donation and creating "Our Latina Lens". To top it all off, she has a podcast as well!
I hope you listen to this episode and get inspired to not only explore your own creativity but also fall in love with the important work that she is doing within our co...2023-04-0328 minOur Latina Lens PodcastKarina Mora Image Tour See Karina's Images here: https://ourlatinalens.com/podcasts/s1e9-karina-mora-image-tour/ Karina’s Tours to Mexico https://karinamora.com/mexico2023 Karina Mora Photography site https://karinamora.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/karinamora_prints/ Elevating Culturahttps://www.elevatinglacultura.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/elevatinglacultura/ All images shared with this episode were created by Karina Mora and used with permission. Theme music was composed by Mattijas Muller. Logo designed by Tumpa Mistry Produced and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo. 2023-03-2439 minOur Latina Lens PodcastKarina Mora elevates her community and her culture using skills learned as a wedding photographerKarina Mora shares how she built a successful wedding photography business and then pivoted to elevate her culture and communities in Chicago and Mexico through photography and entrepreneurship. Karina Mora karinamora.com IG: @karinamora_prints Elevating La Cultura website IG: @elevatinglacultura Other links mentioned: Veronica @goldenmeanboudoir Jasmine Lopez @authenticadventureco Our Latina Lens ourlatinalens.com Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito | Shop our Book...2023-03-0948 minOur Latina Lens PodcastCinthia Jaimes Image TourCinthia Jaimes Image Tour S1E7 You can view the images for this episode at https://ourlatinalens.com/podcasts/s1e7-cinthia-jaimes-image-tour/ Portrait and boudoir photographer Cinthia Jaimes, known as Cin, shares three of her significant images. These images represent different milestones in Cinthia’s creative journey. The images include a path not taken and how she found genres that allowed her to live her values in a different way than she expected. Image tours are an opportunity for photographers to share some of their most significant images and take you behind the sce...2023-02-2239 minOur Latina Lens PodcastCinthia Jaimes empowers people and uplifts her communities through portrait and boudoir photographyCinthia Jaimes is a Portrait and Boudoir photographer based in Dallas, Texas. In this conversation Cinthia discusses her journey to Boudoir, her creative process and the effect that photographing women from a perspective of empowerment and body positivity had on her life. She is frank about her own struggles with mental health and how her mom encouraged her to live her life Sin Miedo, changing the trajectory of her journey. We talk about why the photography education world needs more diverse voices and her many collaborations with her local community. Content Warning: we discuss the following in t...2023-02-0547 minOur Latina Lens PodcastAmanda López Image TourEditorial and Commercial Photographer Amanda López immerses us in the process and context of creating three of her most significant images. She tells us about photographing Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who she used to watch as a child with her family. Her experience photographing her grandmother and what her grandmother meant to Amanda’s family story, her creative journey and her own personal growth. Finally, a gorgeous image of Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio Martínez. Our Image Tours an opportunity for photographers to share some of their most significant images and take you behind the scenes...2023-01-1243 minOur Latina Lens PodcastAmanda López fosters joy, cultural connection and growth as a portrait photographerEditorial and Commercial photographer Amanda López shares how she finds joy in her craft, how her 2nd and 3rd generation Mexican-American upbringing influences her subject matter and the role that mentors and creative community play in her artistic and professional growth. 2023-01-0544 minOur Latina Lens PodcastMabel Jiménez Image TourIn this episode, photojournalist Mabel Jiménez takes us into the circumstances when she created two of her images. The first is an image documenting a farewell ceremony for a mural in the Mission District of San Francisco. A ceremony that she shares encompasses so much more than just a mural. In her second images, a “Pinky Kiss” is a gesture of connection across the U.S.-Mexico border that is both a sign of intimacy between separated loved ones and symbolic of thousands of interactions that have happened at Friendship Park. A park whose closure is imminent, ending the p...2022-12-1533 minOur Latina Lens PodcastMabel Jiménez connects to community through Visual JournalismWhat happens when you push back against journalistic objectivity? What role do community papers play? How does connection to community affect how you can tell a story? Photographer, photo editor and CatchLight Mentor Mabel Jiménez and host Monika Aldarondo discuss these questions and much more. Mabel shares her experience photographing asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, her art residency documenting the COVID response in San Francisco and her family’s reaction to her choosing photojournalism as a career. Show notes Mabel Jiménez https://www.instagram.com/mabeljmnz El Te...2022-12-0851 minOur Latina Lens PodcastElizabeth Ferrer envisions an inclusive American Art HistoryIn this episode, curator and author Elizabeth Ferrer discusses her research, book and advice for aspiring photographers and curators. transcript and full shownotes at ourlatinalens.com/podcast Elizabethferrer.net IG @evferrer Get Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History Info on Luis Carlos Bernal show curated by Elizabeth Epiphania "Fanny" de Guadalupe Vallejo Laura Aguilar Laura Aguilar Vincent Price Exhibition Karen Miranda Rivadeneira Maria Varela 80s Isabel Castro Kathy Varga...2022-12-0153 minOur Latina Lens PodcastOur Latina Lens Podcast TrailerWho is your favorite Latina or Latine photographer? Latina/e photographers have been contributing to the visual narrative of the United States for over a hundred years. These stories are rarely known. Our Latina Lens Podcast, hosted by Monika Aldarondo, elevates the work and stories of accomplished US-based Latina/e photographers across genres. Each photographer will be featured in two episodes. The first episode will explore their creative process and journey with photography. In a second episode, photographers delve deep into their most significant images. They share the political, historical, and/or personal context of the creation o...2022-11-1503 min