I call July 2022 the start of the 10th chapter of my life. I have done so many different art/design/business pursuits in my life, and I thought they would coalesce around my 40th birthday. Hah! That wasn’t even close. But now I think it IS time that they all come together. I don’t know how yet, but this writing has me going back over these chapters to see where they all tie together.
Inventing a new way to use photography that utilized my unique ability
Through a random sequence of conversations I found myself talking to Kimberly Young about a grant that the Nelson-Atkins Museum had received to encourage new and different events at the museum. Little did I realize when I suggested my concept that it would change my career in a radical new direction.
Creating a way to present a client 35 different design ideas. Innovation or heresy?
Most design firms approach the client like they have the “perfect solution” for them. From being both a client and a supplier I know that it’s almost impossible to come up with a solution that meets all the client’s need. Working with design firm R.Bird, I developed a methodology where a design firm can go beyond the brief a client presents, and create a whole range of possible solutions the client never thought of.
my 10th chapter begins
I call July 2022 the start of the 10th chapter of my life. I have done so many different art pursuits in my life, and I thought they would coalesce around my 40th birthday. Hah! That wasn’t even close. But now I think it IS time that they all come together. I don’t know how yet, but this writing has me going back over these chapters to see where they all tie together.
How other organizations have funded their community portraits
Is funding holding you up?
If so, here’s 4 ways museums funded their event.
An individual donor
The Indiana Historical Society turned to one of their significant door couple, Dorit and Gerald Paul. The Pauls funded a ONE by ONE Community Portrait at the Indiana Historical Society for THREE YEARS RUNNING! They did this OUTSIDE of their usual giving because they saw this event as a way to help the museum increase attendance by broadening their audience.
“What stands out in the #300in3 collection is the variety of the audience. IHS has never seen […]
Make a ONE by ONE Community Portrait™ experience go farther!
The Oakland Museum of California had the brilliant idea that they could get great images for a new branding campaign (coinciding with their 50th anniversary OMCA@50) if they had us come and do a ONE by ONE Community Portrait™ on one of their “Friday Nights @ OMCA” events. The branding campaign was going to focus on their guests. In just 2 days I provided them with 260 images of 445 people!
Different from our usual events we photographed this one in color to match the Image Design Works proposed campaign.
They did a […]
1246 portraits in HOW MANY DAYS???
The Putnam Museum, in Davenport, Iowa, was celebrating their 150th anniversary. They chose to kick it off with our ONE by ONE Community Portrait™ experiences. They did a great job of publicizing it…newspaper, TV stations, radio, celebrity visits. A great job. So great that people came in droves! What was usually a 4 hour photo session still had a 2-hour line at the end of 4 hours. And that kept up for all 3 days!
Though he had planned for an entire section of their lobby wall to display the […]
They’re definitely not drivers’ license photos.
I found relatively late in life that I have a talent for almost immediately sizing up a person, and knowing how to elicit a fun, interesting photo from them. Averaging over 50 photos an hour, you might think that they’d be pretty basic. But look at these. Hardly basic! (OK, you could say I cherry picked only the best photos. Yes, these are some of my favorites, but look at any event and you will see that ALL the photos are interesting.)
People ask me if I get tired photographing […]