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"For a project centered on the theme of 'health.'" Chad Olson, art director; Cheryl Watson, creative director; Graphiculture, design firm
Personal work. "I was driving to a location in Western Wisconsin when I saw this barn. After the shoot, my assistant and I drove back and got this shot."
"We needed to get some very specific shots of bulldogs for this project. Afterwards I rolled around on the ground with these guys and took a few fun shots."Colle+McVoy, ad agency; Purina, client.
"I was on assignment on the roof of a 30-story building, shooting the Minneapolis skyline when I shot this." Greenspring Media Group/Minnesota Office of Tourism, clients
Personal work. "This was taken in the Florida Keys."
"This was shot on assignment in North Dakota. The cowboy is one of two brothers who run a cattle ranch with their mother." Brian Johnson, art director; Minnesota Monthly magazine, client
Personal work. "This was shot in the West Indies."
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www.davidjturner.com
Duration: Just over three years. Staff: Me and a talented pool of freelance assistants and producers. Education: BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and about four years assisting many exceptional photographers. Cultural Influences: Chris Buck, Richard Misrach, Dan Winters, Chase Charvis, Alec Soth, Andy Goldsworthy, David Fincher, Ayn Rand, Paul Westerberg, Steve Jobs, Chuck Palahniuk, Damien Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, Laird Hamilton, good design, great movies. Environment: I am based out of a great corner studio in the warehouse district of Minneapolis. Most of my work is on location wherever the job takes me. Philosophy: Keep it simple, be prepared and work hard. Commercial photography is a collaborative process and you need to be open to ideas wherever they may come from. Along with listening to other people involved in the shoot, I always try to remind myself to step back and look for my own vision. When I think it’s covered, I always try and push it a little further.
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. — Brad Holland
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Introduced just about one year ago, PANTONE's Goe System is the first new color system introduced in the last 45 years. Not quite clear on the concept? Might be worth checking out next week's PaperSpecs PANTONE Goe Webinar.
Old Spice. It's Two Things. At least according to this site by Struck Creative and Wieden+Kennedy.
The goal of the Million Faces Project is to create the largest-ever image of Internet users. Um, as of yesterday, the project has quite a ways to go.
For its first annual Aspen Design Challenge, the AIGA has an intriguing task for the next generation of creative thinkers: Dubbed "Designing Water’s Future," it asks students to create a solution to the global water crisis.
Hey, look what Matt wrote for us: a Song for Designers. OK, OK, so he also wrote songs for the iPhone and Flashforward... we still feel special.
Power To The Poster. A site full of topical, well-designed, black-and-white posters in a very-printable, 11" x 17", PDF format. Download. Print. Post. (What a great idea. Thanks Justin.)
Although, we couldn't find a list of stations anywhere, supposedly debuting this weekend on a radio station near you: The iTunes Download, a weekly syndicated program—hosted by director of music programming for iTunes Alex Luke—based on the 30 most downloaded songs from the iTunes Store.
We can't think of anyone better than Rob Ford (founder of FWA) to author this title: Guidelines for Online Success. Well, OK, maybe his co-author Julius Wiedemann.
TechCrunch50. A three-day conference with the express purpose of presenting 50 start-ups. September 8 - 10. San Francisco.
Open Salon, Salon.com's blog/social network of member-generated content is now in full public beta (uh, we didn't know it was in private beta). There's some pretty darn good writing on it too.