Humble Arts Foundation has been doing some great things these days…. Quite active they are in helping emerging photographers breakthrough to a larger audience. They’ve come a long way since I had my solo-show on their website and last humble released a limited edition print of mine and many others which managed to sell out through the site… so they seem to be finding ways to survive and help new artist folks at the same time. Just out via Humble is a book called The Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography. I haven’t seen it yet in person, but I think the concept is a good one. There are 163 photographers included and I believe that I’ve got a one pager inside. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
I’ve been working a lot for a wonderful travel magazine based in Montreal, Quebec called En Route. In November, I flew to Maui with the very talented art director Reanna Evoy. The story was about a road trip on the dirty backroads to Hana in a red mustang convertible. I got a bit obsessed with shooting skimboarders and foam rolling in on the beach, but managed to snap a few other photos as well.
Below are some out takes that didn’t get published:
The mustang was embarrassing to drive around in, but practical nonetheless. (note Reanna’s mom in the back seat)
It just occurred to me that these verticals are so huge, you probably won’t fit them on your laptop screen. I like ‘em big so you don’t need to wear your glasses. That way, I can reach my target audience of 60-90 year olds.
Greyhound running fast.
We watched an 80 year old German man in a speedo wade out into the flat calm sea, when a 6 foot high set of shorebreak suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I had one of those “Do I shoot or help?” moments. I chose the latter but the pour guy took quite a beating. This girl made it out alive.
Here are a few of the tears that made it in print…
2008 was a fun year… I was sent to incredible places for mag and ad assignments all year long. In the summer, I shot the “Pioneers of Columbia’s Greater Outdoors” Campaign for Columbia Sportswear. As I shot the still campaign, It was a honor to watch Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants, Powell Peralta Skateboards) shoot the documentary spots for television during the same trips. Stacy is nice guy and a brilliant director. I used to ride his skateboards religiously when I was 11 years old.
Really good times out there in Galveston, Texas photographing the pioneers of tanker surfing (James Fullbright, Peter Davis, and John Benson) where we were nearly struck down by a massive lightning storm.
On Mount Hood in August, I shot the pioneers of Tundra Golfing, Jim Berg and Paul White Gorski. It was 80 degrees and we picture took atop a glacial canyon that began to rumble and crack… a bit sketchy but snow in August is hard to come by in this hemisphere.
Then we flew to Juneau, Alaska and rose by helicopter to a dog sledding camp on the Mendenhall glacier. We camped in huts on the ice and shot Rachel Scdoris, a hardcore musher that competes in the Iditarod and happens to be legally blind.
Oh, and last but not least we shot Dan Heaton in the Snoqualmie area, who is a great innovator in the sport of off Road Unicycling. The trips were so amazing that each one deserves a proper blog entry with photographs… but this is a start. Thanks to Butler, Stern, Shine and Partners who were a first rate agency to work with.
I got a phone call from The Paris Review awhile back and they asked to publish some photos. Next thing I know, my pic is on the cover along with a nicely printed 17 pages of pictures from the Fish-Work series. Thanks Paris Review folks!!
