Oh the Places You Will Go NOV - DEC 2017

I was the videographer for the USPS in the Iowa headquarters. Here is some of that work.

I drove to NYC the day after the attack, had vehicle trouble in Ohio, and drove back to Iowa. I took a bus out Thursday and arrived in NYC on Friday 9/14 to take photographs. After a short stay, I returned and began sending 364 photo post cards to random New Yorkers expressing Iowa's support for them. I received over 45 emails, cards, and letters in return. All photos with the I love NY motif were setup by me.

If camera type is not listed, assume it was a Nikon D810 which is much better than an iPhone.

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Photos of me and personal stuff

Photoed and video taped Terry Sallis for The Brennan Center for Justice talking about his first vote since prison.

I ran the wide camera in a two camera Ultimate Elvis rehearsal shoot. This video is a place holder until I get a better example put together. The tour is in celebration of Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday and four performers will depict four different eras of Elvis: The 1950’s, 1960’s, during his movie career and his concert career with the Vegas Singers. The performers – Bill Cherry, Kevin Mills, Leo Days, and Victor Trevino, Jr. – were selected after being finalists in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist competition. The national tour will begin in Ames and continue on to 25 more cities.

In summer 2006, Sheryl Oring staged a cross-country tour of "The Birthday Project." For this work, Oring wore a 1960s party dress and set up a portable "birthday party" in parks and flea markets. As people passed by, she invited them to send cards to the President for his 60th birthday. Using a manual typewriter, she typed their thoughts onto the card. With this project, Oring offered people across a broad spectrum of society a chance to extend very personal wishes to the President on this landmark birthday, thereby painting an intimate portrait of American views on the presidency halfway through his second term in office.

I have always been a purger of stuff. But throwing away my art hurts me the most. I have tossed out art, photographs, and negatives. I have thrown out mementos like bike ride patches, bike medals and purchases from overseas, like a Lomo camera kit purchased in Melbourne. I had over 40 film festival catalogs, threw them out, got them all back, threw them out and have about 1/2 now. I don't have my first anything. It makes me sad and I don't do it any more. I am always trying to locate these items or try to recreate it.

I was a traffic control production assistant for one day in the Drake area on University Avenue. I don't recall doing much.