Exploration with Culture
The Explorers’ Club hiking through the jungles of Bainbridge Island. When I was a child, I was obsessed with exploring. I wanted to go everywhere and find anything new that I could set my eyes upon and reach for. The above image was shot for a family with this exactly in mind, putting me in their feet back when I was a child in search for adventure.
I’ve had the pure joy of working with IRC’s Seattle Chapter since the start of 2013, connecting with a broad range of international community members around the Pacific Northwest region. June 20th, 2013 was none other then World Refugee Day where a handful of individuals received their United States Citizenship at a local art gallery in downtown Seattle, which exhibited art by IRC-sponsored refugees turned U.S. citizens. Here is a look at a naturalization ceremony, welcoming these newly-recognized U.S. citizens.
Spent a sunny summer day hiking to the base of The Brothers on the Olympic Peninsula, reaching just above the tree-line before running out of time. An hour and twenty minutes up to Lena Lake and then an additional three hours upwards. We passed below massive pines and wound through streams that disappeared beneath the riverbeds.
Here’s a look at the newest project, creating a youth group surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Living as a nomadic family, these characters have bonded and divided up the tasks in order to hunt, cook, carry, prepare and maintain within a hostile world. They’re in constant threat, picking their way through a tattered landscape, foraging for their everyday amenities. Thank you to the Field’s family for participating and going along with my vision.
On the move
Portrait of the Water-Bearer
Portrait of the Fire-Carrier
Portrait of the Fire-Carrier II
The Hunter and The Hunted
Eagle Eyes
The Kill
Portrait of The Hunter
The Pool of the Un-Drinkable
Spotted
Fishing the Uninhabitable
Alone and Surviving
Portrait of the Warrior
Portrait of the Warrior II
The End of Innocence
Back to the Woods
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From YES! Magazine’s Spring 2013 Issue #65, author Marjorie Kelly arrived on Bainbridge Island as a speaker in residence in Island Wood’s Business Management program. For YES! Magazine, I had the opportunity to spend a few hours with her, photographing at a few different locales. Kelly’s article The Economy: Under New Ownership discusses the positive roles of cooperatives, specifically their business models, and how they’re creating a healthier more stable world economy for employees and consumers. She is also author of her new book Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution
Sneak peak of a Youth Survival Group shoot: In a post-apocalyptic world, a band of youths group together to fight the threats of day-to-day survival.
More imagery to come!
Location: Clear-Cut Field – Olympic Peninsula, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D MarkIII w/Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Autofocus Lens
24mm, 1/160 sec at ƒ/18, ISO 100, tripod, composite.
Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6
Unveiling the faux SOG Knives Beach Party Campaign. I had a blast with this shoot, from vision to pre-production to execution outdoors and the very fine details in-studio. Then there was post-production. Here you have the SOG Fielder knife, the SOG Machete and two SOG Tomahawk throwing axes (one chrome, one black) – and the characters that like to use them.
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Madison Rose of Heffner Management came up to Port Townsend with a crew to help create a working-woman’s scene set in vintage era, somewhere between 1936 and 1955. Bergstrom’s Antique & Classic Autos became the perfect setting with a garage full of antique parts shelved from floor to ceiling. Here Maddie played Rosie the Riveter, slowly transforming into an era of classic fashion and the American denim.
Model: Madison Rose
Stylist: LK
HMU: Todd Baylor of Firefly Salon
Photography Assistants: Carson Artac and Bryan Anton
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With five consecutive days of creating conceptual shoots in and around Port Townsend, WA, on Monday, June 6th, I convened at Jefferson County International Airport with an empty canvas to play with. Six hours later amidst a host of amazing hands to help with construction and execution, the above shot went from imagination, visualization to fruition. Welcome to the ring where “Fight Club” meets “Top Gun” and the varying portraits of the characters taking place in the raucous carnival.
The hands were aplenty and the gear a variety. Shot with a Mamiya 645 AFD III digital body and a Mamiya 35mm f/3.5 AF lens, ProFoto heads, ProFoto B4 Battery Pack, ropes loaned from Net Systems and costumes from The Federal Army and Navy Surplus Store in Seattle. Scott at Tailspin Tommy provided the 1941 Jeep Willy and the retro Norton motorcycle along with the planes in the background. Thank you to all those involved, including Bill Gratton of Mac-On-Campus and Ralph Portillo of Glazers Camera.
Location: Jefferson County International Airport – Port Townsend, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Mamiya 645 AFD III with Mamiya 35mm f/3.5 AF Lens
35mm, 1/50 sec at ƒ/16, ISO 50, tripod, composite.
Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6
A portfolio of new work is on it’s way (within time), but above is a piece from a shoot with Madison Rose of Heffner Management at Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos in Port Townsend, WA. Stay tuned!
Location: Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos – Port Townsend, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Lens
24mm, 1/100 sec at ƒ/13, ISO 400, tripod, composite.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 