Thoughts - Theo

Hi everybody,

I'm Theo. Looking forward to meeting and working with all of you as well.

I like to throw out a lot of ideas at the beginning of a project - so here's a bunch from me. I won't have regular internet access until mid-September, but I will do my best to stay part of our discussion.

Woodstock images:

Do this google search (click 'images') ---> 1960s woodstock source:life <--- and you get a bunch of Life magazine slides that Google has digitized. Just a warning, the images are not safe for work.

Some subjects I have been thinking about:


+ PEOPLE

- Bethel-area residents in their 60's and 70's who have lived there since Woodstock
- Young people. Our "current" Woodstock generation. Find models on craigslist and shoot portraits like this. A little blurry and naked and saturated. Hell, shoot the 60-and 70-year-olds from Bethel like that.
- Find out what keeps Bethel on the map these days. How do people there make a living? It's not Woodstock, that's for sure. Or is it? They just got a new Woodstock museum. My guess is farming. Whatever it is, maybe it's interesting enough to document. Check out the web site - looks quite conservative ??? and if you click the 'gathering' link it gets really crazy.
- Convince some of the bands who performed to come back. Do sweet portraits of them.


+ PLACE:
- Aerial photography? Light painting? Laforet tilt-shift?
- I have an infrared-converted camera that would make for some good Bethel landscapes


+ CULTURE
- Products spawned from Woodstock. A whole series on products like Cherry Garcia, which I saw here . I don't know, do them all crazy lit with like 10 flashes and HDR backgrounds and toning.