sara
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Mmm since I graduated, I'm just shooting stuff I like but I did start projects at uni which I can continue [for the rest of my life??].
MartinP
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paulfish4570
Veteran
my "projects" develop by themselves until i detect an ongoing theme. i'd say i have an abstract "project" going, a black creek documentary in still photos going, a family "project" going, and a fog/mist/river "project" going.
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KM-25
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Well I just finished an enormous, expensive project that lasted 6 years for a book on Kodachrome, my first project ever. And now I have three projects for books going on at the moment, all on film.
One will be done in three years and is on a not so well known but utterly spectacular canyon here in Colorado, lots of landscapes, 5th class big wall climbing, fly fisherman, historical, ranchers, etc.
Another is a book on fresh water underwater aquascapes, lots of time exposures, special gear. Probably a 2-3 year book project.
Then there is a very long term project that has essentially been going on for over 13 years and has 12 more to go, a 25 year retrospective of my work in Aspen. I shoot images for it nearly every day in conjunction with both what I like to shoot for regular clients and then people work using my M6, 35/2 loaded with Tri-X. In the past two weeks I have secured a local publisher with serious long term interest and other funding since no one else in my photo-heavy town is even bothering to do such a thing.....I am the only photographer in town that I ever see carrying a camera everywhere.
I spent the majority of my career doing photo essays and multiple day magazine pieces but never really long term projects. Now I can't imagine not doing them, they keep me sharp, connected and very inspired.
One will be done in three years and is on a not so well known but utterly spectacular canyon here in Colorado, lots of landscapes, 5th class big wall climbing, fly fisherman, historical, ranchers, etc.
Another is a book on fresh water underwater aquascapes, lots of time exposures, special gear. Probably a 2-3 year book project.
Then there is a very long term project that has essentially been going on for over 13 years and has 12 more to go, a 25 year retrospective of my work in Aspen. I shoot images for it nearly every day in conjunction with both what I like to shoot for regular clients and then people work using my M6, 35/2 loaded with Tri-X. In the past two weeks I have secured a local publisher with serious long term interest and other funding since no one else in my photo-heavy town is even bothering to do such a thing.....I am the only photographer in town that I ever see carrying a camera everywhere.
I spent the majority of my career doing photo essays and multiple day magazine pieces but never really long term projects. Now I can't imagine not doing them, they keep me sharp, connected and very inspired.
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Damaso
Photojournalist
As most of you know I'm working on a long term project right now, The Europeans. I also stumbled into working on a project during my down time back in New York. So I think the answer is both: sometimes I start out with an idea and sometimes an idea emerges from a group of images...
dave lackey
Veteran
Damaso,
Looking forward to your next project completion. BTW, I have a question or two for you and if you could drop a PM to me, it would be great.
Looking forward to your next project completion. BTW, I have a question or two for you and if you could drop a PM to me, it would be great.
PatrickONeill
Well-known
a bit of this a bit of that. I ordered up some fresh film and I'm researching stuff for this summer's project. but I also shoot randomly without any direction and then there is the "lifelong project" that I will always be shooting until the end of my days. Projects help me learn narrative, and the daily work helps me in learning how to make a decent photograph. I like having a mix, it keeps me limber, keeps me sharp.
a writer can be a novelist and a poet at the same time, can't they?
a writer can be a novelist and a poet at the same time, can't they?
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Carterofmars
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I sometimes wonder about doing a series. Like Queens Blvd here in NYC. I've shot maybe thousands of images on this blvd. I guess that's been a project/series. I've shot many in Manhattan. I may organize one day; a project in and of itself.