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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/ollnewsfloInstagram | 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 [email protected] Credits Produced, edited and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo logo by Tumpa Mistrymusic by Mattijs Muller additonal music from Blue Dot Sessions

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/ollnewsfloInstagram | 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 [email protected] Credits Produced, edited and hosted by Mónika Aldarondo-Lugo logo by Tumpa Mistrymusic by Mattijs Muller

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

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. 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 [email protected]