Oct 13

How 50 Artists Raised $125,000 for Charity in One Night

Remember the group fine art show I was bubbling about in September? I intro'd it here, updated the project here. In short, 50 fellow artists -- some of the worlds best known photographers, street artists, fashion designers, painters, celebrities, sculptors and more -- came together at the lofty Phillips de Pury gallery in NYC to raise money for charity... This here video chronicles just a part of the story--the making of my piece... read more ›
Sep 23

Creative Mojo, Change Your Life, Make a Difference — Chris Jordan #cjLIVE Rewatch

Few people that I know who have ever encountered photographer Chris Jordan's work can dismiss or forget it, let alone NOT be inspired to action. Here's a re-watch of this TRULY inspiring chasejarvisLIVE episode with the eye-opening Mr. Chris Jordan. Wondering about how to leave your safe job and become a photographer? Want to get out from under that blanket of creative & professional fear? Want a cause-based vision for your photography? Want... read more ›
Sep 20

Socially Connected Creatives Make More Money, Have More Success

Hey there Mr./Ms. Creative. How are your social skills? Think you can get by on raw talent? Think your agent, rep, manager or business partner is going to take care of that fluffy customer-facing stuff so you can be a reclusive artist, camera-hider-behinder? Think again. Like it or not, the feeling you've been feeling all along is becoming more pronounced. Call it unfair, call it fake, call it whatever you want, but as the world... read more ›
Sep 07

Commitment To Your Work = Taking An Entire Year To Make a Single Image

Want to know about commitment to your art? Think you have what it takes? Listen up. For the last 40 years, Sam Abell has worked as a documentary photographer, primarily for National Geographic. In this video interview for the Atlantic (created by Alex Hoyt & Ross McDermott), Sam recounts his year-long quest to find the perfect image for a story. No excuses about modern timelines, budgets, or any of that. When was the last time... read more ›
Sep 06

Transformed Photographer Chris Jordan on chasejarvis LIVE — Thursday Sept 8

Lots of people would have called Chris Jordan crazy to leave a career as a well-paid attorney to pursue a career as a fine art photographer with a cause-based mission to document the human impact on the world. That is, they would have called him crazy, until they saw his work and the impact that work is having. Gallery shows, museums, speaking gigs, documentary films, and moving the world to action. That's why you must... read more ›
Sep 02

9 Reasons to Go Wild This Weekend

Damn if the weather this summer hasn't alternated between drought conditions and torrential storms. One week the plants are wilting, the next, they're looking for a snorkel, trying their damnedest not to drown. Sorta the same with people. For us USA'ers, this weekend is a holiday weekend, but regardless where you are, this weekend largely marks the beginning of a seasonal shift. As such, I've found 9 reasons that you should get off your arse,... read more ›
Aug 19

Photoshop of Horrors: Vogue Mag Forgets Body Parts, Do You Care?

Happy Friday. Over at Vogue magazine, it seems the retouching crew was a little remiss with Mario Testino's shot of Kate Moss and her daughter Lila --seems they...er...left off a few of her daughters fingers. Or worse, that her daughters fingers actually fused into her mom's back. So, we all know Photoshop happens. They're in there taking out zits and making people skinnier than they really are, and taking out wrinkles and on and on.... read more ›
Aug 11

Never Let Them Define Who You Are

"Sometimes in our industry, our professionalism, we get [put into] silos...it should be all of our goals to break out of those silos. The more you work, the more people want to put you in a silo so they can define who you are by their terms. Our job is to never let anyone define who we are..." John Jay--W+K's Global Executive Creative Director--on creativity and breaking out of silos. There's a lot... read more ›
Aug 01

Let’s Mingle: I Am on Google+

I jumped on Google+ last week to explore sharing some content. Let's be friends...er...that's Facebook. My profile is here. Please add me to some of your circles. Just uploaded a photo from the drive in movies last Saturday. Besides that I'll be adding more content soon. Looking forward to exploring this w/ you, sharing work, etc, and thanks to all you who have been flipping me invites for the past eons, especially my pal, Robert... read more ›
Jul 18

A huge thank you

Thanks for all the well wishes for my birthday. I'm spending today the same way I've always spent it relaxing and enjoying time with my friends and family. Continue reading