100 Portraits in 100 Days Project

I would like to formally invite you to take part in our 100 Portraits in 100 Days Project.

After 10+ years in business I am about to embark on what is sure to be the riskiest, most challenging, hair-pulling, nail-biting,  joyous, freeing, exhilarating, and all-encompassing projects of my career as a photographer.

(above portraits captured 2002 – 2006)

I’m tired of sitting in this stereotyped box I put myself in years ago. I feel like the round peg in a square hole as of late. I want to stretch and dream out loud. I am tired of the status quo, burned out on industry hype, rock-star statuses, and thinking we have to live according to someone else’s definition of success. I want to do something alive, moving, changing, evolving, and freeing.

I want to make portraits that:
- are the sillier, crazier, more unimaginable than our minds can fathom
- are completely naked, yet fully-clothed
- make you laugh until you cry
- inspire honesty
- are more heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful than any place we’ve ever seen
- cause you to forget all your fears, if even for a moment
- make cameos on your websites and end up ridiculously, unabashedly displayed in your homes
- uncover majesty in unexpected places
- make you want to eat ice cream for breakfast and wash your hair in the rain
- never stir regret and are far from apologetic
- allow you to be who you really are, not who the world tells you to be
- are so fun that you can’t remember the last time you felt so alive

The bar is set high, higher than is humanly possible. I’m shaking in my boots and jumping for joy at the same time. Even if I fail miserably, I know I will learn unequivocal lessons and hope to become a better version of myself in the process.

This project is an experiment, a break from the norm, and most of all an adventure. Starting this Sunday I will make 100 portraits in 100 days.

(above portraits captured Jan 22 – Feb 20, 2010)

I invite you to join me in this adventure. Commissions start at $10 USD for the first portrait and are an additional $10 each portrait thereafter. You receive a digital negative for every $10 invested. (Usually it is $100 per digital negative so this is a ridiculous deal!) For example, the 8th portrait is $80 and includes 8 digital negatives. The 44th portrait is $440 and includes 44 digital negatives. The dates for each portrait session are already set however you MAY choose to do a portrait out of order. Complete details via the link below.

This Sunday, the first day of this project, is the ONLY Sunday I will work during the 100 days that ends Monday, July 14. This Sunday through Wednesday I will be in Las Vegas for WPPI, thereafter I will be in Atlanta the remainder of the time.

At the end of June, everyone who participated will be invited to a themed gallery party during which a selected image from all 100 portrait sessions will be displayed.

Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to Thirst Relief International.

At this point I have told no one about this project (besides family) so ALL 100 portrait sessions are available! Sign up ASAP and spread the word! Your referral is our biggest compliment, so yes you will be rewarded for helping us make this happen!

***CLICK HERE for all the details and to SIGN UP FOR THE 100 PROJECT***

I look forward to embarking on this crazy, fun, insane adventure with you!

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