http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog documenting photographic journeys and interests Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was happy to work again this year with the Wisconsin Film Festival.  There's still a lot of work to be done, but out of the initial shoots there were a couple of images that I found noteworthy for one reason or another..  Here they are: http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2009/04/25/wisconsin-film-festival-2/ I saw these on A Photo Editor a little while ago and I've watched them (the second one in particular) over and over since then. Very appropriate for anybody engaged in any type of creative work. What he says about having good taste but ability that falls short of the ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2009/01/14/video-test/ A few months ago I read about Jake Stangel's Transamerica project. About a month after reading Jörg's post, Jake sent me an email and I asked him to do an interview. After many delays on my part, here it is. All images in this post are by Jake ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2009/01/11/interview-with-jake-stangel/ From Ben:   okay, so there's only a day and a half to go until the voting closes on this Sony Ericsson Competition that I am involved in. I'm quite far behind in the voting, but I don't think its a completely lost cause just yet. So I'm going to ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/12/18/vote-for-ben/ There's an interesting travel diary up on Interview by Ryan McGinley.  I'm not sure how I feel about McGinley's work.  I like it.  I hate it.  I think it's honest and I find it totally disingenuous.  It's similar to how I feel about other "we're young and naked and having the fun you wish ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/12/09/ryan-mcginley/ I look at a few hundred new photographs every day.  This one... well, pardon the expression, but it did in fact jump out at me.  Seen on The New Breed of Documentary Photographers.   http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/12/01/piotr-redlinski/ New York and Philly Contact sheets are now up.  These are the last two of my five trips in the past few months.  I'm ready to stay home for a while.   Previous three contact sheets  http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/11/26/two-more-travel-contact-sheets/ A photo of mine is up at the @600 page. The concept was simple: have photographers from around the world take a picture at the same time.  That time was synchronized using internet time.  For me, @600 was in the morning, and the morning of November 4th was a morning of anxiety ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/11/26/mus-mus-600-project-is-up/ stuck 02 is out with a new website, shipping options, and a bunch of photos.   http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/11/16/stuck-02/ I take my camera pretty much everywhere. I would venture that most people that know me expect to see a camera around somewhere. I can't remember the last time someone asked me not to shoot something.    The officials at my polling place were VERY VIGILANT AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHY. As ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/11/04/shoot-the-vote/ Hin Chua was interviewed for pause| tobegin. See the video here: pausetobegin.com/blog/2008/10/30/pause-to-begin-multimedia-hin-chua/ I think I found it via Bryan Formhals, but he broadcasts on so many channels that I can't be arsed to check them all right now to verify that. http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/11/03/hin-chua-video-podcast/ To practice my editing skills I've been making 24 and 36 shot edits of trips I've been taking lately.  I make large JPG contact sheets out of them.  Below we've got a business trip, a wedding, and a visit to some friends.  I've got another business trip to NYC for ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/10/19/travel-contact-sheets/ This photo won a purchase award at the Seven States competition.  That means the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee decided to buy it.  It will become a part of the Union's permanent collection.  What that will mean for the shot is unknown.  It could be in the basement for decades, ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/10/16/seven-states-comp-winner/ I don't remember when I first saw Chris' work on flickr (his website is here), but I remember how quickly I became a fan of it. I was attracted to his style, but I also found it amazing how prolific and yet very coherent it seemed to me. You've said ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/08/29/interview-with-chris-friel/ July 24 at the Haggarty Museum in Milwaukee - Stephen Shore speaks at 6pm about his exhibition opening that day and continuing until September 28th. Until September 1st Gilbert and Geroge at the Milwaukee Art Museum Related video via Conscientious Until September 15th, Lee Freidlander's work will be at the Minneapolis Institute of ... http://www.thechrisproject.com/photoblog/2008/07/18/upcoming-art-and-photography-in-the-tri-state-area/