Feb 08

What I’ve Learned in The Trenches– MY 5 Step Guide to Street + Snapshot Photography

A couple years ago, you may recall, during a month-long artist-in-residency at the Ace Hotel in NYC I took the opportunity to celebrate the snapshot -- quintessential street photography -- and I called the exhibit Dasein: Invitation to Hang. ['Dasein' is a German word used by philosophers to refer to raw human experience or the fundamental mode of "being there." I found that when applied to photography, the snapshot was the ultimate photographic expression of... read more ›
Oct 08

The Smart Artist

Spinning through photos on my phone. Saw this. Don't recall where I snapped the image - somewhere in NYC I think. But it is perhaps the most perfect summary of our quest. Have a great weekend.
Sep 14

What I Learned From An Experiment in Creative Living

You have certainly heard this from me before, but the more I think about it, study it, and live it, the more I can say definitively that the photographic snapshot has quietly emerged as one of our culture's--if not the world's--most unsung creative heroes. (Here's some deeper explanation.) This little film is an exploration and summary of some thoughts and personal experiences, having just recently carved out a month to live with the... read more ›
Sep 09

Order to Chaos — My Favorite 60 Photos of 21,000 From A Single Night

I've shared the whole lot of these before in video format, but today it gives me great pleasure to present my favorite 60 or so images-- edited down from a body of work called "Life of the Party" containing more than 21,000 images captured in a single 5 hour evening. Yes you read that correctly...(via an out-of-control set up at our last studio anniversary party). Click here for my favorite results. [***UPDATE: BTW, a lot... read more ›
Jun 20

Dasein Achieving Milestones — More Excitement To Come

Whew. Just a quick note to update you on the Dasein: Invitation To Hang installation and project. In short, it's still going gangbusters. The definition of gangbusters is open for interpretation, but here's a few things I know: _The quality of the work you've sent in is amazing, inspirational, and exciting. It breeds optimism of what thousands of talented photographers can create together. _Hundreds of truly amazing images are still pouring in everyday from professional... read more ›
May 31

Open Discussion: Why Go Retro?

Hey all, Erik here with a quick guest post about a subject that’s raised a lively debate in our studio. Everyone on our crew has long been shooting with Polaroids, rangefinders, micro 4/3 cameras adapted to accept vintage lenses...even processing digital images to look like they came out of an old dusty camera. Surveying the landscape, it’s clear this tide has been rising for a while now and we’re not the only ones attached to... read more ›
May 25

Dasein: Photo of the Day

Dasein: An invitation to hang could not be going better.  Thanks to all of your participation, I get to spin through thousands of great images ever day.  I'm having a blast, and I thought you might like to see what's got me fired up right now.  My photo of the day for today is this priceless had-to-be-there moment from kinugrove. Other photos that have me jazzed?  See what we've got hanging in the gallery at... read more ›
May 12

New Project Includes You + Me — “Dasein: an Invitation To Hang”

Friends, co-consiprators, co-inspirators, and anyone else who's just dropping in for the first time. I am so very excited. Hopefully you tuned into today's chasejarvisLIVE broadcast where I announced my latest project called Dasein: An Invitation to Hang. In case you missed it, check out the above video and details below. In short, it's important to me that you know enough about the project that you'd be willing to participate...to display your work right beside... read more ›