How’d you get that #@%&? job, Georgis?!
I got an email over the weekend from my old buddy, photographer Anthony Georgis. It announced the phenomenal corporate gig he just nailed that will send him on a 30 day classic American road trip, and pay him to boot. This news left me so incredibly jealous happy!
Anthony needs some folks to stay with during his journey, so I thought I’d pass along his email and infos. Maybe his (still secret) client will pay for your Denny’s, if you’re super helpful.
I’ll also be running updates from Mr. Georgis while he on the road. Because I want this experience to be at least a little bit about me, ya know?
Here’s a picture of a lady with some rings, then Georgis’s note, and then more AG pictures. Go.
Hello Everyone.
Well, I have great news, but things are a bit crazy and I really need your help.
I just finalized the details on a job that sends me on a 30 day roadtrip across America shooting whatever I want and making my own itinerary. Everything came together at the last minute and I’m scheduled to leave first thing Monday morning (!!!)
The job is for —- and it’s a pretty incredible opportunity.
The assignment is to document “New America”. What that means is open to a lot of interpretation, but in general I’m looking for real, unique people and stories. Apple pie, gay pride, street racers, urban gardeners, Iraqi war veterans, twins, truck drivers named Jennifer, beauty queens, drag queens, the cast of the Hills, religion, fireworks, punk rockers, retirees, train jumpers and suburban housewives.
This isn’t one of those fancy kind of photoshoots – it’s just me with a camera and them being real.
I’m starting by heading to Eastern Oregon so the most immediate need is to find a story/destination there. After that my route goes down through California or Nevada to Grass Valley and Reno NV, then SF, Big Sur, Orange County, then East towards Marfa Texas, Austin, Tulsa OK, possibly up to Kansas City or anyplace in the midwest, then to Detroit and finally to western NY state and the New Jesrsy shore. With any luck I’ll end up in NYC then head back across the top of the US and hit the Dakotas and Wyoming. All that is subject to change of course….
If you have ANY ideas of people I should meet up with or destinations that I should try to see please get in touch.
Also – if you want to come along on any leg of the journey, let me know, there should be plenty of room in the Prius.
Thanks! I love you all!
A
Anthony Georgis Photographer | www.anthonygeorgis.com | 503-539-9442 |
Here are some lovely images by our friend Anthony. He’s got the road trip vibe thing going, for sure.
Though the client wants digital… bye bye, square.
I own this picture. So there. Amused?
yum.
Anthony is now in Oregon (though I hear Brooklyn is a waaaay cooler place to spend the summer). Contact him!
peter Taylor - June 24, 2009 8:01 pm
not a bad itinerary, but to leave out the whole southeast is bit of travesty! you’ve left off everything from MD to FL and NC to KY. The new america? don’t leave out DC, it is kinda a new town these days. If your looking for real fun interesting stories, you can NEVER go wrong with Florida, anywhere in florida. Memphis is a good city as is Louisville. richmond, charlotte, Atlanta athens, birmingham, uh oh what about new orleans? of course you really can’t go wrong on a road trip and 30 days is probably just barley enough to do this, but Marfa, TX? ugh. hasn’t that place faded away yet? certainly new orleans would be a better look.
pt
GLENSCOLAN - June 25, 2009 5:21 am
very enjoy to see them this morning.
great
John M. - June 25, 2009 11:31 am
A very cool gig to be sure. Frank, Winogrand, Georgis… If you’re not jealous, you’re not breathing.
It’s not my trip, so I hesitate to give Georgis advice, but I agree with Peter–you shouldn’t by-pass the southeast.
New America? The way that Latino immigration has transformed the South–very much including the small town South–over the last couple of decades is a big story and a hugely under-reported one. (Transformed and greatly enlivened, I might add.)
Stacy - June 25, 2009 11:54 am
Wow Anthony- Im loving your work. And can’t wait to see what you come up with on this trip. Ill be thinking of you (a bit of jealousy will ensue) and wishing you lots of luck and happy random findings.
Hulin- Thanks for posting!
Thibaut - June 25, 2009 6:13 pm
i would love to be a photographer, showing feelings and emotions threw photos. Beautiful pictures.
Great Job.
Wayfaring Wanderer - June 26, 2009 11:07 am
An amazing adventure, indeed!
Like Peter, I can’t believe he left us in the southeast completely out of the equation?!?! There’s all sorts of happenings that could be interpreted as NEW AMERICA in these parts. Many people who are committed to changing our world in ways that some haven’t begun to fathom.
Need a place to stay in NC…..I’ve got an open room in the mountains!!
~WW
blindslug - June 29, 2009 11:02 am
thanks for slapping the south in the face!
atlanta, new orleans, appalachia… WTF!?!
fotografia ślubna - June 29, 2009 4:52 pm
These photos are really fantastic. I am unable to believe!
Greg Vaughn - June 30, 2009 2:36 pm
Still in eastern Oregon? You’ve probably already found cowboys that are the real McCoy, but did you find the general store/restaurant/saloon in Adel or Plush (which ain’t). Giant sand dunes (and/or the kitty litter mine) at Christmas Valley? Petroglyphs, hot springs and Pronghorn (critters that could outrun a cheetah) at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge?
- Greg
(author, “Photographing Oregon”)
kurt stenberg - July 1, 2009 8:43 pm
great blog! I like it…
Kurt
http://www.stenbergphotography.blogspot.com
pat - July 2, 2009 2:24 am
Hey..
Youre awesome!
http://openid.aol.com/arisalomon - July 4, 2009 4:48 am
For inspiration you should swing by SFMOMA here in San Francisco and check out the Robert Frank show. It’s great. The show is as obsessive as he is.
traceyclark - July 6, 2009 1:01 pm
sweet.
Anthony Georgis - July 9, 2009 10:30 pm
Yeah, I’m going to agree that it’s a shame for me to leave out the South but there is another very talented videographer named John Carl on this project who started in Virginia. He has covered the SE extensively. I would have loved to see the South, especially New Orleans. I do have to formally disagree about Marfa TX. That place is magic.
I can finally mention that the project is for the Levis “Go Forth” campaign. Telling this story in 30 days for a commercial client has been equal parts amazing, challenging, depressing and inspiring. Between travel and editing I’m only getting about 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. If you want to find me on twitter to keep up with my progress you can find me at twitter.com/anthonygeorgis
Oh, and I’d love to hear from you, so email me.
William Sipe - July 11, 2009 3:26 pm
I browsed through the many photos on your blog and really enjoyed the quality of the pics. I would greatly appreciate a visit from you to my site at http://www.pro-photoshots.com and feel free to comment on the photos in my gallery. I look forward to any/all comments offered. Thanks in advance!
Bill
Marcin Kałdonek - September 24, 2010 9:43 am
nice colours