Friday: Shots I did on Film

Tomorrow is the half pipe finals for the US Open of Snowboarding up at Stratton, VT. It's traditionally the last major contest of the season and one of the only times of the year the super pros snowboard on the east coast. Huge crowds, good parties, and lots of really good snowboarding. I have photographed the event many times and these images are some of my most memorable. I have pleanty of shots in the archives of super big half pipe tricks but these were just so much fun. They are of Vermont native and Editor of Snowboarder Magazine, Pat Briges. Pat had this idea back in 2003 to enter the event and write about what it was like from a "competitors" perspective. In classic Bridges style he shotgunned a Red Bull and lit up a cig in the starting gate. I didn't catch his run but I can be certain there was at least one very well executed hand plant in there. He's the king of the handplant. I think I remeber him doing handplants at Killington one time with a beer in his hand and not spilling a drop. Only Pat Briges man, only Pat!
Pat, if you happen to read this, thanks for the awesome memories. Keep killing it!

Thursday: Portrait On The Go

Wednesday: Hipstamatic/iPhone Shots

Tuesday: Photographer/Artist That Inspires Me

This week I am feauturng Richard Avedon as a photographer that inspires me. As an assistant I would regularly go with Joel Benjamin to photograph the collection of the JFK Library and Museum. At their storage facility is a huge Avedon print of Jackie Kennedy that measures something like 8 feet by 10 feet. So damn cool.
I am very inspired by his American West series. This crisp large format black and whites shot on white of regular plain old hard working Americans. So well done. Makes me want to bust out the 4x5 and hit the road.
So thank you Mr. Avedon for creating such inspiring work!

Monday: Marketing Update

"Hello, my name is Josh Campbell."
I've been making the classic cold calls and getting in touch with people. It's an ongoing process and I am commited to reaching each person on my targeted cold call list and setting up a time to go show them my printed portfolio (it's way cooler to see print than the web).
If I have talked with you already, thanks for your time. Let's get together to look at the book and get to know one another. I would love to work with you. If we haven't talked, we will!

6x6x2010 Rochester Contemporary Art Center

Friday: Shots I did with film

I thought of this shot earlier this week. I created this in late 2001 or early 2002 with film in a plastic Holga camera. I used a softbox and a white seamless set up in our kitchen. My friend and roomate at the time had this rad cowboy hat that he go in Texas while on a shoot and doing some mechanical bull riding. We shot this just for the hell of it, just to shoot. Enjoy!