It has been some time since I last updated the site. The holiday season has been a time of reflection and concentrating on re-prioritizing as well as re-organization. When certain things happen in your life that bring to light both your loved ones and your own mortality, things like updating a website seem to take on little importance. Some of you may remember that in November I had started working on a portrait project. The idea behind the project was to find 20 or more volunteers to be willing to participate in being subjects for a video essay of sorts.

Like most of my ideas it was stuck in my head and releasing it seemed impossible. I turned to my local camera club and asked the membership for their help. The response was amazing and I ended up photographing 28 volunteers. Initially I only needed 20 people to create a 20 image essay. But in the next few weeks I will be creating an extended version that will incorporate 28-30 total people.

The following video is the result of about 3 weeks of work. The first week and a half was dedicated to travelling to each of the subjects homes to get to know each of them for an hour while I set up my lights, photographed and then packed up. The experience was immensely enjoyable and each of the people I photographed were a joy to spend time with. The following week was spent searching for the perfect music and then production. The music was found on an amazing site called Jamendo, and the song I eventually settled on is called Parade by AKAJULES. It has been shortened to 2.5 min for the 20 image essay but will be used in its entirety for the extended version.

I wish to thank everyone who helped in the video’s creation by volunteering and their enthusiastic support. Please enjoy!