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OK, dudes. I’m extremely excited to announce my newest project/feature is now live:
A week in glorious Seattle, for Travel + Leisure Magazine.
I got a call for this assignment from Whitney and Alex at T+L in early September. The pitch: spend 8 days in Seattle shooting 13 of the best attractions in the city, from restaurants and bars, to parks and landmarks, to cultural institutions. So up I went, enlivened, and armed with a grip of cameras, tons of film, a great assistant (Ben), as well as a Ford Fusion.
Over the next 8 days (miraculously there was only one rain day!), Ben and I ran all over the city, led forward by the rough manuscript written novelist Gary Shteyngart, who authored the story (Gary was shown around town by Christopher Frizzelle, editor of the Seattle Stranger, and managing editor, Bethany Jean Clement, a month or two before I arrived).
We shot 2-3 locations per day, befriending the very friendly owners of some of Seattle’s finest institutions, eating and drinking quite well, staying stoked on life, and generally falling in love (hard) with Seattle.
It’s funny, after sending in the edit, I didn’t touch or look at the photographs from this project for some time, but when it came time to put it all together for the magazine and myself, I was overcome with all sorts of nostalgia, love, and good vibes for this assignment, the experience, and for the truly incredible city of Seattle.
As I put this project together on my site, I really wanted to convey all these memories that flooded over me as I scanned and looked over the shoot. Basically, I craved more of a personal narrative and first-person experience to accompany the images. It’s one thing to see a photo of a plate of food/library/interior and attempt to infer what’s going on as a removed viewer; it’s another to get some context, some character, some feeling… to let the experience of viewing a project like this become a marriage between photographs and first-person context/emotion/storytelling, almost as if I were flipping through a book with you next to me, sharing anecdotes and experiences as I led you through the project.
So that’s what I did. I tried to keep things short (cause everyone hates reading nowadays) and focused on keywords and immediacy, to the point where the content almost took on a haiku-like feel. Sorry if it’s too flowery for your tastes. Enjoy, grab an issue of the magazine on stands, and pass this project on!
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again. These pictures make...me super excited...will be all...
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enjoyable viewing/reading experience.
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snakerbaker said:
Perfect! You made it look as beautiful as it is.
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love it
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I want to visit looking at this! So great.
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meganmcisaac said:
sigh. they look great! the dream assignment!
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jeremymlange said:
Really beautiful, strong mix of atmosphere and details. Keep up the good work.
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Great travel photography
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