Day 071

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here is an outtake from a day photographing at the indianapolis zoo. the guy on the left is curt and the llama is called major tom, and the handsome devil in the black coat is jason hamric, a good friend who was my assistant for the [almost month long] shoot.

this day at the zoo was one of those times when the whole idea of what you do for a living is baffling. a day when you think "i'm getting paid for this?". i wish more people knew what that was like, and i count myself as amazingly fortunate to be able to support myself with what i love. shooting there may not have been "optimal" for everyone, as it was around 20 degrees, but i love the cold and got to photograph a llama (i LOVED llamas at some point in my life. sometime in college) AND people riding an elephant (Tombi), which i got to freaking pet! note: elephant skin is dry and strangely hairy. like long, spindly hairs coming from random places...you can barely see it from a distance.

anyway it was a great day.

by the by, the llama, major tom,...his father was/is called sergeant pepper, and allegedly his mom is eleanor rigby.

for serious

el_071 kurt, major tom, jason

My sister, by Denny Renshaw

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Very occasionally I'll post something here that isn't my work and this is a perfect time for that. I really wanted to be in New York to photograph my sister as she goes through chemo, as I have heard that this process can be especially impacting and an important thing to document. My friend Rashel had Jason to photograph her head-shave (which actually is a good story, if you know them and haven't heard it yet) and I am really glad Nicole had our friend Denny around to grab at least this one shot. Her hair is all shorn now, but this was her right before, rocking the mohawk she had for a while. God I love my sister.
 

©Denny Renshaw

I hope he doesn't mind me posting this here. You should check out is work and hire him for taking photographs. He's quite good.

 
Denny Renshaw

 
 
oh and ps, Don't forget she is selling bitchin' t-shirts and bags here.

Day 067

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the long project is drawing to a close. its been a blast. Eventually i'll be able to post stuff from it.

for now here is matthew Again. deal with it!

el_067 matthew again

tshirt post

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Okay. Let us establish some things.

1) My sister kicks so much ass I can't explain it
2) My sister is currently undergoing Chemotherapy to continue to kick cancer's ass
3) That shit's expensive
4) You, who may and may not know me nor my sister, can help by buying a tshirt from her.

Yes, I am 100% soliciting your money and I am fine with it.

How do you not want to help this awesome chick pay off the 48 million dollars she'll owe by the end of this?

Her blog is Never miss a thing, and there is a link in the top left to buy a shirt via paypal.

the shirts you can buy look like this:!

and something like this:

there is a chance the tank will change color. we'll see

So anyway....my sister rocks but is soon to be poor. I know people hit you all up for money all the time.

in short:

HELP MY SISTER SURVIVE CANCER BY BUYING A SHIRT FROM HER!

Thank you. Very much.

So close

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I am so close to the end of this project and I really have had an amazing time. We have two photographs left to create and we are bunkered down here in illustrious* Panama City. The great Jason Hamric has been my assistant and Chatham Hellmers has been my go to girl on style and both have really done a great job doing what they do and making my life much more sane than perhaps it should be.
 
There are so many photos I can't wait to post but I feel a great need for the final product to run before I post any I feel are major contenders for the final selections. I have photographed people who are helping the world via ecological activism, educational and health mentoring, the arts, the lovely world of animals, and on and on. I'll post some favorite electric lion shots soon. I can't wait to get these images up though. I am proud of them.

*illustrious = gross