Archive for January, 2009

More from The Palmetto Portrait Project

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

It’s been a very busy two months since my last entry, and in that time I’ve finished several more personalities along with a slew of other work.

The best part of this project are people themselves, some are complex, some are powerful and some seem like old friends.  What’s especially nice is the moment the camera and my eye become one and that very special something happens.

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… more from the Palmetto Portrait Project …

Friday, January 9th, 2009

I had the pleasure of photographing Roger several months ago for a magazine article.  This man paints with his hands, and any other non-art-type implements.  It isn’t beyond him to reach for whatever might be handy and drag it across the wet paint.

So I went to visit him at his home studio, today, to watch him work and make a few portraits in the process.

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… PPP… BMW Manufacturing

Monday, January 26th, 2009

The idea was to portray the workforce of one of the states larger manufacturing sites with individual portraits of the associates from as many aspects of the process without interrupting production ….

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