Our Latina Lens Podcast

Monika Aldarondo-Lugo
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Our Latina Lens Podcast

Who 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 of their images and why, out of their archive of thousands of photos, they chose these photographs as their most significant.

  1. 05/31/2023

    Nalani Hernandez-Melo Image Tour: Annie Gonzalez, Mr Cartoon, La Curandera

    See 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 share an image from her self-portrait series Las Cuatro Direcciones and why it is a return to a path she started on as an art school student. This is the last episode of season one of Our Latina Lens Podcast. Thank you for listening and join us for season two.   Annie Gonzalez https://www.instagram.com/annieggonzalez Mr Cartoon https://www.mistercartoon.com/ Seen exhibit at Altura LA https://altura.la/exhibitions Artist links Photography Website | https://nalanihmelo.com/ Studio Website | https://www.storyandimagestudio.com/ Personal IG | https://www.instagram.com/nalanihmelo/ Studio IG |  https://www.instagram.com/storyandimage/ Altura LA |  https://www.instagram.com/altura.la/ Connect to Our Latina Lens Newsletter | https://bit.ly/ollnewsflo Instagram | https://instagram.com/ourlatinalens Ourlatinalens.com | https://ourlatinalens.com Support OLL’s work: Buy Me a Cafecito ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ourlatinalens Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with books by and about Latina Photographers | https://bookshop.org/shop/ourlatinalens Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com Credits Produced, edited and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo logo by Tumpa Mistry music by Mattijs Muller additonal music from Blue Dot Sessions

    52 min

  2. 05/16/2023

    Nalani Hernandez-Melo generates opportunities for herself and her community as a photographer and curator

    Nalani 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/ Personal IG | https://www.instagram.com/nalanihmelo/ Studio IG |  https://www.instagram.com/storyandimage/ Altura LA |  https://www.instagram.com/altura.la/ Connect to Our Latina Lens Newsletter | https://bit.ly/ollnewsflo Instagram | https://instagram.com/ourlatinalens Ourlatinalens.com | https://ourlatinalens.com Support OLL’s work: Buy Me a Cafecito ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ourlatinalens Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with books by and about Latina Photographers | https://bookshop.org/shop/ourlatinalens Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com Credits Produced, edited and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo logo by Tumpa Mistry music by Mattijs Muller

    55 min

  3. 05/01/2023

    Josie Lepe Image Tour: Candlestick, Detroit, Hertl

    In 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 Detroit, and then Tomáš Hertl’s iconic introduction to the NHL. You can view the images on our website at ourlatinalens.com/podcast Josie Lepe Website: https://www.josielepe.com/index Josie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/josielepe/ Josie’s work at the San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/author/josie-lepe/ Support future journalists through Mosaic. Their focus is on reaching young Latinos, Asian, and Black youth to be inspired to be future journalists. https://www.mosaicjournalism.org   Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito | Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com

    38 min

  4. 04/20/2023

    Josie Lepe persists and excels as a Sports Photojournalist and visual voice for her community

    Josie 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/josielepe/ Josie’s work at the San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/author/josie-lepe/ Support future journalists through Mosaic. Their focus is on reaching young Latinos, Asian, and Black youth to be inspired to be future journalists. https://www.mosaicjournalism.org Photogrpahers Josie mentions: Richard Wisdom https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/16/richard-wisdom-longtime-mercury-news-photographer-dies-at-81/ Marcio Sanchez https://www.instagram.com/marciojsanchez/?hl=en Karen Borchers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_T._Borchers   Our Latina Lens  https://ourlatinalens.com Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito | Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers | Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com

    53 min

  5. 03/24/2023

    Karina 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 Cultura https://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. Our Latina Lens  Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito | Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers  Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com

    39 min

  6. 03/09/2023

    Karina Mora elevates her community and her culture using skills learned as a wedding photographer

    Karina 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 Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers    Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com

    49 min

  7. 02/22/2023

    Cinthia Jaimes Image Tour

    Cinthia 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 scenes. This can include why or how they made the image, its personal significance and/or the social or political context of the image. She is the owner of Cin Photos Studio in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. Content Warning: we discuss the following in this episode: Gun violence, Racial Trauma Website: https://www.cinphotos.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinphotos/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinphotos Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cinphotos?lang=en   Collaborators for Día de los Muertos Campaign Cadena Collective https://www.instagram.com/cadenacollective Jordan Crenshaw https://www.instagram.com/jcrenshighmaintenance/ Rosey Pears https://www.instagram.com/roseypears   Our Latina Lens https:ourlatinalens.com Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito | Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers | Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at ourlatinalens@gmail.com   Persephone and Aphrodite musical tracks were used from https://www.fiftysounds.com

    39 min

  8. 02/05/2023

    Cinthia Jaimes empowers people and uplifts her communities through portrait and boudoir photography

    Cinthia 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 this episode Gun violence 4:39-6:30 Thoughts of Suicide 32:47-34:42 If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please contact the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988   Cinthia Jaimes Website: https://www.cinphotos.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinphotos/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinphotos Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cinphotos?lang=en   Latina Businesses & Photographers Cin loves  Cadena Collective https://www.instagram.com/cadenacollective Luz y Tierra Artisanal Cazuelita Candles https://www.instagram.com/luzytierra_ CocoAndré Chocolatier https://www.instagram.com/cocoandre_chocolatier Pinolo Blue- Tortillas  https://www.instagram.com/pinoleblue Fresa Thrift https://www.instagram.com/fresa_thrift Photographers Stephanie Rodriguez https://www.instagram.com/stephsphotographytx Ariana Rodriguez https://www.instagram.com/arianarodriguezstudio/ Jude  https://www.instagram.com/divinebrujeria/   Our Latina Lens  https://ourlatinalens.com Sign up for newsletter: https://bit.ly/ollnewsflo   Support Our Latina Lens Patreon | Buy Me a Cafecito |  Shop our Bookshop affiliate link with a list of books by and about Latina Photographers | Want to sponsor episodes of Our Latina Lens? Contact us at info@ourlatinalens.com   Credits  Producer, editor and host: Monika Aldarondo-Lugo Logo: Tumpa Mistry Theme Song: Mattijs Muller

    48 min
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Who 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 of their images and why, out of their archive of thousands of photos, they chose these photographs as their most significant.

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  • Creator
    Monika Aldarondo-Lugo
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    Our Latina Lens Podcast

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