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An update on my upcoming annual exhibit / cocktail party this year:
An update on my show this year:
Ever wonder who would win in a fight? In July Vancouver bartenders, baristas, hostesses, bar owners and brew masters are gonna box for charity. And I will be taking their portraits.
As you know I host an exhibit / cocktail party every year. This year I have decided to auction off these portraits and donate the proceeds to help re-build a new boxing gym for kids on the Downtown Eastside.
Some of the participating businesses include Boneta, Save On Meats, Revolver, Red Truck Brewing, L’Abattoir, Revel Room, Pourhouse, Bao Bei, Clough Club, Alibi Room, Cork & Finn, The Diamond, Keefer Bar…
Please join my facebook page to stay tuned. https://www.facebook.com/DanJackson.ManifestPhotography and come out to my show in mid July. The food and drinks alone will be amazing and I promise you’ll have a helluva fun time.
Check out this CBC interview with “Coach Dave” here: http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/2012/05/07/aprons-for-gloves/#.T66tMkb7DjQ.twitter
And if you’re inclined to help raise money for your favourite ‘fighter’ you can do that here: http://www.apronsforgloves.com/the-contenders/
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to lend a hand. (RT’s and reposts are appreciated too.) It’s all for a very worthy cause.
Another quick little video that illustrates the step-by-step Photoshop layers that went into creating “Arsenic & Old Silk.”
What happens when four resourceful and talented women get together and approach me with a somewhat vague idea for a photoshoot? A few meetings, lots of hard work and pretty nifty 1930’s Shanghai inspired tableau called “Arsenic & Old Silk.”
Pictures of buildings and monuments bore me. There’s a difference I think, between beautiful images and images of beautiful things. I took a lot of pictures of historic districts and monuments in Seoul but when I edited them with a critical eye I came to the conclusion that they are not terribly insightful.
Gyeongbokgung Palace is spectacular, but every inch of it has been photographed and interpreted. Without a focal point and a story those images offer only a superficial and desultory survey of the exotic.
It was when I turned my camera on the people of Seoul that I felt I was recording not just the city itself but life there as well. No matter where I am in the world images of people are more interesting and important to me than the things they construct.
Pictures of buildings and monuments bore me. There’s a difference I think, between beautiful images and images of beautiful things. I took a lot of pictures of historic districts and monuments in Seoul but when I edited them with a critical eye I came to the conclusion that they are not terribly insightful.
Gyeongbokgung Palace is spectacular, but every inch of it has been photographed and interpreted. Without a focal point and a story those images offer only a superficial and desultory survey of the exotic.
It was when I turned my camera on the people of Seoul that I felt I was recording not just the city itself but life there as well. No matter where I am in the world images of people are more interesting and important to me than the things they construct.
Favourite candid shots of 2011. I go places. Sometimes I see interesting things. Seldom do I have my camera with me. These were some of my favourite snap shots from around the city from 2011. Not because they are great aesthetically but because I feel they are expressive. The people featured are caught in intimate moments and their reactions are genuine. For me it was a nice departure from my commercial work which is heavily staged and contrived.
This is the first time I’ve posted any of the pics I took during the riot. I chose carefully. My studio was situated at ground zero. You can read why I didn’t post them before now here: http://manifestphoto-thefstopshere.tumblr.com/post/6881163112/my-studio-was-in-the-middle-of-the-stanley-cup-riot
WTC Tower II. Another image of the World Trade Center I shot in the late 90’s. The repeating pattern creates an interesting optical illusion that makes the frame appear oblique at the top rather than rectangular.
