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Road Trip: Borrego Springs, CA.
Day One :: The Eight Hour Drive
Day Two :: Joshua Tree
Desert Observation
Heat, dust, and cactus thorns
As the moon rose, I was reborn
Take a swig and smoke that blunt
I'm livin' off the land of
fruits and nuts
Day Three :: Borrego Badlands
Day Four :: Slab City
Salvation Mountain & East Jesus
Salvation Mountian is like an unplanned acid trip in the middle of the desert.
The creator Leonard Knight was born and raised in Vermont! (thats my home state!!)
Click here for more information on this creative and inspiring man.
East Jesus;
"an experimental, habitable, extensible artwork in progress"
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Day Five :: Niland
(Bombay Beach A.K.A The Salton Sea)
Day Six :: Anza-Borrego
Devon Blowers
Black and White Portraits of My Friends
San Francisco, City By The Bay
Patron Pone, Boss Up or Stay Minor
Pone Loc, Burlington Vermont's very own local hip-hop/rap artist.
BO$$ UP OR STAY MINOR III, THE PATRON EDITION.
Find Pone Loc on SoundCloud or YouTube today!
DMX
I had started to get my foot in the door with local venus, photographing performing artists backstage and on stage, shooting private meet & greets, and so on. Photographing DMX was by far one of the greatest experiences during my gap year.
Arts Riot, Black Box Battle
Jack Rooney, CVU high school senior, planned, hosted, and partook in the first graffiti battle Burlington has ever seen. Art's Riot, a local performance art space that hosts music, concerts, fundraisers, comedy, community events, and serves gourmet local food and brews, was kind enough to donate the space. Service Rendered, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth reach their goals and educate them about the dangers of drugs & std's, funded the event! Many talented artists came together to compete in the Black Box Battle.
SBHS Snowboard Team
As a Big Picture student, I had the delightful opportunity of not attending traditional classes. Yeah, that's right - I didn't have grades or sit in a classroom. I didn't take chemistry or calculus, or any of those standardized tests. Instead, I had internships, learned how to shoot and process film in the darkroom, took pre-college courses, and work in local photo studios!
One of my favorite projects during high school was documents our school’s snowboard team. Every Friday the guys and I got on the bus at 7 am. We drove up to the mountains, put on our gear, and hoped for the snow to keep falling. Whether they were practicing or competing, I was there to photograph them. This experience gave me an insight into the realm of sports/action photography. I was very inspired by Burton, a local snowboard company for who I hoped to work with one day.
Big Picture; Innovative Education. Real World / Hands On Learning
Big Picture South Burlington; an innovative high school where students can create their own curriculum. Advisors collaborate with students on a one-to-one basis and co-exist in a close-knit community. As a Big Picture student, you have opportunities for real-world learning, internships, travel opportunities, and more. Big Picture South Burlington; a place to grow as an individual while getting a head start on your career.
This is where I went to high school. We didn't have grades or classes. Yes, there were bumps in the road, even in a small group of 18 students. But we made it work. We learned more than just what we wanted to be when we grew up. We learned the importance of friendship, we found out what it’s like to fail, and how to pick yourself up again. All in all, we learned a little bit more about ourselves.
I studied photography with this program for three years, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. I've interned with the University of Vermont darkroom photo lab, Beltrami Studios, and local freelance photographers. I was even given the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua! I made lifelong friends, great connections, and a pathway for my career as a photographer. Big Picture South Burlington helped me become the artist I am today.
Check out this link to view a free e-book we published in 2012; Common, Useful, and Edible Plants & Fungi of Vermont
I'm not sure how many, or if any of us, realized how amazing this program was at the time. There's the obvious; not going to class is every teenage dream. We were setting ourselves up for the future. We gained an advantage over the rest of our peers just by participating in our local community at such a young age. We volunteered our time at churches, helped the homeless, and cleaned up towns after natural disasters. We gained a foothold and left an impact on the companies and communities we cared about. We learned how to make a difference in this world, and how to leave it a better place than we found it. One of my favorite and eye-opening experiences was our trip to Nicaragua. Images below, shot on Nikon & Canon
Humble Beginnings
My first camera was small, square, and blue with silver edges. I begged my mom to buy it for me from our scholastic book fair, it came as part of a spy kit. There is no brand name, but it has an 8.79 mm lens that opens up to f2.8. I can’t get the thing to work today, but I still have it on my shelf as a memento.
My second camera was an Olympus FE-280. It was another gift from mom, that was the only gift I wanted for Christmas that year. The camera was very sleek and thin, about the size of a deck of cards. It had a digital touch screen for viewing your shots, and it could even record video! This camera was my key to a lifetime of friendships.
The third camera to fall into my lap was a black Nikon Coolpix L110 on another Christmas morning. It was by far the most advanced technology I had used at this point. I bundled up and ventured into the chilling wilderness every weekend. That winter I discovered a newfound love for nature photography.
As the seasons changed, I found beauty in the world that surrounded me.
