I recently visited the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area to work on projects with Danielle Wallace and Robert Kane, as well as continue working on the long term project on reimagining the built environment. The following photographs are some of my favorite supplemental images from the city. Additional photographs can be viewed on flickr.
UPDATE: The last image in this post is now available for purchase from Nova Gallery.
I recently visited the Bay Area for the annual meeting of the ASC and to continue work on another project, but I had an opportunity to do a little additional shooting while there. The following images are selections from those other opportunities in San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda. Additional images from this visit and another from 2008 are available on flickr.
I’m excited to say that five of my images are included in Migration: Lost and Found in America, a new photography book edited by Donald McCrea that was just released by MWP. There are some great photographers in the bunch, including Dave Jordano, Edward Burtynsky and Susana Raab.
If you’re interested in owning photography books: It will be available in bookstores near you starting November 1 and is available now through amazon.
The complete photographer is as follows: Alex Harris, Bill Sosin, Dave Jordano, David Schalliol, David Zaitz, Donald McCrea, Edward Burtynsky, Jerry Downs, Joe Burull, Kenneth Jarecke, Mark Indig, Peter Granser, Susana Raab, Travis Ruse, William Greiner and Will Steacy.
Intrigued by the challenges suggested by the contrast between thriving depictions of the Las Vegas Strip and the area’s nation-leading foreclosure rate, I recently spent time in the region to gain a more nuanced perspective on its complexity.
View the entire set on flickr.
My contribution to the National Film Board of Canada’s new experimental Internet documentary, HIGHRISE, is now online in “Out My Window.”
The NFB describes HIGHRISE as “a multi-year, multi-media, collaborative documentary project about the human experience in global vertical suburbs.” As part of HIGHRISE, the “Out My Window” documentaries use photo montages and audio slideshows (and, in some cases, 360 degree videos) to focus on the lives of residents in highrise buildings in 13 suburbs and cities around the world. The project was recently summarized in a Toronto Star feature that also uses one of my images.
The Chicago contribution is based on my Plan for Transformation series and interviews I conducted with a mother and daughter who lived in a Cabrini Green “white” building. The family has since been relocated to another Chicago Housing Authority property to make way for the demolition of their former building. A more-or-less direct link to the section on the “Out My Window” site is here, but all of the contributions are definitely worth viewing.
The project will make an offline premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November. More details about the premiere and its subsequent installation at the Brakke Grond Theatre and Gallery in Amsterdam is available through the DocLab website.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Brian Ashby deserves credit for the high quality audio and plenty of other assistance. Heather Frise edited the piece, and the overall director is Katerina Cizek.
UPDATE: “Out My Window” subsequently won the IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Documentary Storytelling and an International Digital Emmy for Non-Fiction.
I’ll be participating in two Chicago shows this weekend: one group, one solo. The details are below.
Chicago Artists Month Group Exhibition – Friday, October 1
Chicago Artists Month is launching this October with a group exhibition sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Arts District and Gapers Block. The opening is from 6-10pm on Friday, October 1, and the exhibition will also be open from 12-7pm on Saturday and Sunday. Visit it at the Chicago Arts District space at 2003 S. Halsted Street. In addition to my photographs, there will be a broad range of work, including images by photographers Philipp Batta, Dave Knapik, Carey Primeau, TJ Proechel, Jason Reblando and Daniel Shea.
Ravenswood Arts Walk Solo Show – Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3
I have a solo exhibition featuring several dozen images from the Isolated Building Studies and other current series in the EveryBlock space, located at 1802 W. Berteau Ave. The show will open with food, music and other activities during the Ravenswood ArtWalk from 11am-5pm on Saturday. The exhibition will also be open on Sunday from 11am-5pm. I’ll be there both days.
I hope to see you there!
I’ve just returned from a trip to New York City with Michael Carriere to work on our project exploring re-imagining the built environment. The following photographs are supplementary images from the Bronx. Some additional images are viewable on flickr.
Special thanks belong to Alex Chandler, Grace Madden, Lydia Bell, Sarah Nelson Wright, Melanie Jelacic and a variety of other helpful people.
Two recent trips to Detroit to participate in the Considering the City exhibition at the University of Michigan Work • Detroit gallery yielded some surprising moments. A few are below.
Sparta is the county seat of Hancock County, the poorest county in Georgia. I visited it to continue my collaboration with John Eason on rural prison towns. A selection of my photographs of the town are below.
View all of my images from Georgia on flickr.
As both a sociologist and a photographer, it’s hard not to think a lot about observation. While I haven’t systematically addressed the topic, I have been slowly acquiring photographs of people quietly focusing their attention on a clear subject when I’m out in the world doing the same thing. I’m particularly intrigued by the relationship between the internal and external action in the scenes. I’ve included a few of those images below.
