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Danny Wilcox Frazier recently came to CMU to lead a workshop for students, introducing them to long-form documentary work (all while juggling normal work and school). Neil and I also attended the workshop, serving as assistants to Danny while also shooting alongside the students. Here's some pictures from my (ongoing) piece.

The road is a surrealist experience.  You pass by all these moments and scenes you're otherwise not privy to, all while caught up in your own head.

And the further you drive, the more you start to connect, weaving this narrative between the moment, five miles back on your right, to the scene fast approaching on your left.

 The road becomes this pop-up story book, the tone set by any number of things.

 The music you're listening to, or the other people in the car and the conversation you're having.

 The weather, or your emotions at the time. Or what's happening on either end of the drive.

 This is an archetypal narrative, as told by the road and some of the places its taken me recently.

And a quick shout out to Danny, Kent, Neil, Teresa, Zack, Taryn, Emily M., Emily B., Shannon, The Other Neil B., Daytona, Katy, Max, Kyle, Christiana and Taylor for the awesome week and great work.

Walocel XM.

With Central Middle School closing at the end of the year I decided to do a project on it, doing essays and various aspects of the school. The first one I did on the football team and their last game. Up until then, they hadn't won a game in two seasons and so with their final game a "Monday Night Football" style game against their cross-town rival, Jefferson Middle School, they set to work. I followed them through their last week of practice all the way until they turned in their equipment. Here are some photos and the page design as well. Props to Nick and Neil for helping me out and exploding the edit when it needed to be exploded.