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Seems to be an ongoing theme here with more topics about Gear and rants about why camera developers didn't do this and didn't do that.

So in the interest of creating photography discussion lets talk about the projects we have in progress, up and coming or even dreaming about.

What is it?
What do you hope to achieve by from it?
 
My work consists of several very long term documentary projects centered around northeast Indiana, where I was born and where I have lived most of my life. I have been working on some of my projects for nearly 20 years.
 
For me i have a few things in the works.

1. The Print Swap
I haven't shared any prints with anyone yet and haven't had a chance to do any printing other then the local chain stores. I joined the print swap to force myself to do some B&W inkjet printing with a lab and get into a habit of printing 8x10 of my favorite images.

2. One Camera One Lens
I recently decided its time to learn a camera and a lens and focus on it. Ive started shooting my M4 with 35 summicron and decided not to change the lens untill i have shot 5 rolls of the same film. I have chosen HP5+ and gone through my first 2 rolls so far.
In doing so im trying to get used to using particular equipment well and concerntrate on making photos with what i have.

3. 2014 Calander
My goal this year is to make some calanders to send out to relatives for 2014 instead of Christmas cards. So im atempting to find 12 images with a comon theme or images of the 4 seasons to pair togeather.
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
My work consists of several very long term documentary projects centered around northeast Indiana, where I was born and where I have lived most of my life. I have been working on some of my projects for nearly 20 years.
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Its interesting how all mine are relatively short term and i tend to see many people who work in the industry such as yourself have very long term and open ended projects.
 
I've started a long-term project to document differences in wealth in San Francisco. Mostly differences between the working poor and the substantially well-off. I hope this framework will give more direction and substance to my photographs.
 
batey_1020 said:
Seems to be an ongoing theme here with more topics about Gear and rants about why camera developers didn't do this and didn't do that.[...]
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I'm definitly guilty. I like most gear threads and also many of the rant threads. :cool:

But I also go out photographing! This year my personal projects are:
1. Closing down a first photo collection of sundials
2. Carefully select a few images to be printed 30x50cm (or more)
3. Engaging in more print swap activities
4. Do some baseball action shooting experiments with very different gear (compact/SLR/RF)
5. Closing down a river lane hiking project, which started already 2011.
 
Hmmm...kind of hard to start a project with school and all the traveling...

I'm trying to put together a portfolio of street shots in Hong Kong, easy for me since I walk for an hour to and from work.

There's also a long-term idea of photographing music, orchestras, shooting shows from behind the stage, but I don't know where that'll end up...
 
I think the understanding of projects, what projects might be, changes with time: some projects are limited by nature (pregnancy, aging, illness etc) or coming out of the circumstance (like catholic schoolgirls in cheerleader outfits licking icecream in front of church doors).
I can not imagine (!) anybody starting a project like "changes of rural landscape in XXXX" with the clear conscience of doing this for the next 20+ years. But since this happens I think that these projects develop on the way: it is now 3 years that I am living in a very remote part of Germany. I only started to use my camera in this time. I also changed from a M9 to a M6 as my every day camera and started developing my own film.
After having "mastered" the technical part of the operation I started looking closer at things, landscapes, houses etc I had seen but never seen before. To document the little / big changes, the appearing and vanishing of "worlds" can only be done in a long term project. May be an open ended one.
 
I have an ongoing project to replicate the photos Emil Zola took during his stay in South London.

Currently in my third year of this one, and all I've managed is a couple of test shots.

It might help if Zola hadn't been living on top of the steepest hill in SE London, which I never fancy riding my bike up to.
 
A year on film with different 50mm lenses (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130859)

On the surface a gear testing project. However, it forces me to shoot portraits, street and landscapes with a focal length that I haven't really used much until now, and hopefully will also show me that it doesn't really matter which lens or camera (SLR vs. RF) I pick, the results will only improve via increased experience and not via gear choice.

Roland.
 
Looking through my street work a couple weeks ago, I realized I have an unusually high percentage of shots of senior folks. So I just started a new summer project on that theme. I'm using the SoFoBoMo model of producing a PDF book of at least thirty-five photos in thirty-one days, although I might go through August. I'll share the link when it's finished.

I'm also working on a long-term project that combines photography and poetry.

John

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My previous documentary was "Vanishing Appalachia"depicting the fading traditions of Appalachia. The show is touring museums and spanned 45 years. The new exhibition is "Emerging Appalachia" and depicts the influence of the outside world, Internet, education grants, etc. on Appalachia. We're no longer isolated in the remote "hollers" of the mountains. We're becoming more mainstream America. The traditions are rapidly going away. The exhibition will be a blend of my vintage images and new contrasting the changes.

I'm also shooting collodion wet plate and had a gallery contact me to start carrying my images. In the last month I've had 4 galleries contact me to carry my work. I now have 9 galleries / reps from London UK to NY and Atlanta and in between.

I'm also completing a large commission for Emory University that's a 6'x10' canvas print X-ray of a floral arrangement.

Lots of fun projects.
 
I have been documenting London's forgotten and derelict Caffs. These are old, impoverished yet characterful places that are frequented by the same customers on a daily basis.

I've only started a few months ago and have only done two establishments to date but I am finding it fascinating from a photo but also social perspective

Here's the output to date:

http://fabioruffet.tumblr.com/tagged/london+caffs
 
I am starting a personal project to photograph a series of places named in a book of poems by one of Scotland's leading writers. For me his words capture the very essence of these places that I know well and hopefully my photographs will reflect the mood that he creates with words.
I haven't set a timescale but anticipate it could be wee while as I can't get as much free time as I would like.

Best
Harry
 
Current exhibition in Arles: La Religion Recyclée (recycled religion -- crucifixes, etc.) at vide-greniers (village wide yard sales). Current exhibition in Moncontour: village concert.

Next year in Arles (insh'Allah): La Vie Secrète des Chaises (the secret life of chairs).And/or 1000 Motels, http://www.rogerandfrances.com/sgallery/g usa new 1000.html

As Chris says, these are long-term projects (though not as long as his): 2 years for La Vie Secrète des Chaises, 3 years for La Religion Recyclée, 10 years (and lots more to add) for 1000 Motels .

Cheers,

R.
 
I've been working in a grain elevator & mill in my town which was the main facility for the oldest family run business in Vermont. I just finished a book based on the memoir of the grandfather of the current owner of the place who built this incredible wooden grain elevator, stone mill building and wood/metal warehouse & store. I've been making images of camera obscura projections of the sun that move about in the building since December, and just got several LVT burned negatives from scanned original paper images that I'm going to enlarge.

You can see the process here.

 
My current themed photography consists of photographing shopping trolleys I find lying around. With my phone. Published on instagram (and my flickr site).

I even got a small grant from my city to put them on an exhibition on culture night in august!

Here they are:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunnarmarel/sets/72157634458047361/

Aside from that I'm doing casual street shooting, but nothing coherent has come out of it (yet!).
 
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