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Jonathan Chapman - LA & Beyond

We love a good wrap-up, whether it's the end of a shoot, or the end to a great week....Sharing a fun "It's a Wrap" photo with Jonathan Chapman & crew from a shoot in LA this week.  

And speaking of LA - here's  a Behind the Lens series of a Samsung project JCP & crew shot in LA earlier this year.  For more info & complete list of credits, please visit Jonathan's blog, Intrigue. 

www.jonathanchapman.com

Chris Sembrot shoots Adam Kamens for Surface Magazine

Chris Sembrot had the pleasure of photographing industrial designer & fabricator Adam Kamens for Surface Magazine. Photographed at Amuneal, Kamen's facility in Philadelphia, Chris witnessed first hand, the blending of technology and craftsmanship that go into their products, ranging from store fixtures to delicate bronze seedpods.  

See more of Chris' work at www.chrissembrot.com

Jonathan Chapman's stills & video campaign for UCare

 

UCare, like all healthcare insurance providers nationwide has been gearing up to embrace the changing healthcare laws.   Jonathan & team, hired by Initio worked on four individual concepts to illustrate a series of lifestyle images for UCare's new enrollment program.

Produced just outside the Minneapolis metro area, JCP & crew shot over 2 days.  The creative allowed for freedom & spontaneity to capture moments that naturally unfolded with great talent Shown are some favorite selects as well as several final images that are currently featured on billboards, buses, online, as well as in print-ads.  In addition to stills, motion clips were captured throughout each of our four scenarios.  The :30 edit shown was produced by JCP to provide the creative team a sampling of the varied motion elements they came away with.  

The shoot ended with some mid-summer fun that included the crew taking turns cruising the lake on  the client's jet-ski.  Read more on Jonathan's blog & visit his work at JonathanChapman.com

Flashback Friday - Mark Katzman circa 1990

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Via Mark Katzman:   Early in the 1990’s when AOL was new to the scene and communicating on-line was a revolutionary phenomenon - I met Mark Sink  and Anne Arden McDonald  in the Fine Art Photography "chatroom."   Talking on line wasn’t enough so we met up for an epic (mod squad-esque) road trip across the southwest, photographing anything and everything - but mostly each other.  The larger image above is of Anne.  We had just woken up after sleeping out on a rock overlooking Gooseneck  in Southern Utah and started goofing off.  The wind was blowing and we used a large black bed sheet to wrap her in.   Ironically, it ended up in Communication Arts.

The lower right image is one we shot at Gooseneck the night before taking the picture of Anne in the black sheet.  The bottom left was taken by Mark.  Mark was a graduate of Warhol’s Factory and had been taking what is now popularly called ‘selfies’ for years.  He was very Good at it.   We are all still close friends and shoot together as much as possible.

See more of Mark's silver prints or portfolios at Markkatzman.com

Eric Schmidt's spots for the Billings Clinic

Eric Schmidt recently directed a couple of 60 second spots for the Billings Clinic in Bozeman, Montana.  He was asked to direct + shoot the stills of a handful of doctors at work and also doing what they love to do when they are not delivering babies.  He had a wonderful team working under his direction and appreciated his DP handing over the reigns (meaning The RED) whenever he asked.
Final product being delivered next week...

See more of Wise River Production's still & video work at http://ericschmidtphotography.com/

Mark Katzman | Fires, Fuel, & the Fate of 3 Billion published!

It is with pride that we're able to announce Mark Katzman's collaboration in the publication of  Fires, Fuel & the Fate of 3 Billion. The book began as an ambitious idea that was kicked around at a friend’s dinner party, and realized with the help of Gautum Yadama.  Gautam’s concept was to use the power of photography to help bring attention to the ‘complex nexus’ of the energy poverty crisis. 

Inside small homes and huts throughout the developing world, billions of people burn fires in rudimentary stoves to prepare their meals and heat their homes. Besides providing heat, these stoves also release large amounts of dense black soot, which has a staggeringly negative impact on the health, ecosystems, and advancement of the poor in the developing world. 

Photographed in communities of rural India, Mark shot a total of 28 days over two separate trips.   "Having this kind of access to beautiful & interesting tribal communities & being able to help them with my photography at the same time was a great gift." More information about the project can be found here.

Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics summed it up this way, “A beautiful example of why images deserve a more central place alongside statistics and words as crucial sources of social knowledge.”