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After covering Santo Domingo, came major city #65 Port-au-Prince, Haiti on the Major City project. I’ll be discontinuing this 33 photos series on the blog soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on some new things I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a last few additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So here’s 33 photos from my time covering Port-au-prince…
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I’m happy to share my photo series Limbo won First Place at the 2020 Italian Street Photo Festival. Below, is the winning series and I’m also in the works on making a zine of the full work connected to it. Thanks for looking and you can check out all the winners and finalists from the festival here:
https://2020.italianstreetphotofestival.com/winners-and-finalists-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0sAl4jjSTU-eOFBcveVOk_GUJSP3cD2qSGlHRlBIrI0dYuf0BkYKPla4A
After Izmir and a stop at the Brussels Street Photography Festival, came major city #64 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on the Major City project. I’ll be discontinuing this 33 photos series on the blog soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on some new things I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a last few additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So here’s 33 photos from my time covering Santo Domingo…
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Time for the New Year’s tradition here and share a few photos from the old year to bring in the new
While the past few years, especially 2017 and 2018, were non-stop on the road finishing up my Major City work, I had to focus on a variety of other work this year and didn’t move around as much. That was a good thing. Still, I managed to fit in a few last major cities, bringing that project’s 5 year total to 105 across 75 countries, while also completing some smaller projects. My 2019 brought me to 14 cities, including some extensive work in Odessa, Ukraine, which will hopefully be published by the end of 2020. I’ll be heavily focused on publishing a few pieces from all the work I’ve completed, including a couple of smaller zines, which I’m really excited about. After 5 years of obsessive non-stop work and over 30,000 km walked, I’m beyond ready to start putting this all together and published.
The new year will also bring more focus and changes to the blog, as I had to pull back time from it a bit this year due to work and some changes in vision for it. I’ll be starting a Patreon subscription too where I’ll be creating a variety of video content, lessons, mentorship and more.
I’m holding back most of my favorite photos from the year to prepare for editing on future publications, as I want them to be at least a third never seen work, but with another busy year of photography in the books, I have enough to share now too. So, here’s a couple photos from all 14 cities I worked in 2019. It’s not a favorite photo from each city, but some selections to share for now in bringing on 2020. And as always, all unstaged and unposed.
Happy New Year to all and Cheers to 2020!
– Forrest Walker
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After Bucharest came major city #58 Skopje, North Macedonia on the Major City project. I’ll be discontinuing this 33 photos series on the blog soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on something new I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a last few additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So here’s 33 photos that I was able to capture during my time in Skopje…
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After Almaty came major cities #57 Bucharest, Romania and #59 Zagreb, Croatia on the Major City project. I’ll be discontinuing this 33 photos series on the blog very soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on something new I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a last few additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So here’s 33 photos from my time covering Bucharest and Zagreb…
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After Riga came major city #56 Almaty, Kazakhstan on the 100 City project. I’ll be discontinuing the 33 photos series on the blog soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on something new I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a couple more additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So, here’s 33 photos that I was able to capture during my time in Almaty…
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Hey everyone, I have an exciting announcement. Starting today, I have a limited run of prints for sale for a limited time. Due to a busy 2018, I was unable to hold my annual New Year Print Sale, so I’ll be holding a Spring Print Sale for this year’s edition (a selection of images never available previously).
I hold these limited print runs once a year for one week so there won’t be another chance after the week ends. Most prints are only 1 of 1 so first come, first own. They all run in a 11″x14″ (28x36mm) size, but this year will be the first time I’m also running a few at a larger size of 16″x24″ (41x61mm). I’ll gift a free signed 8″x10″ for every 2 prints ordered (or 1 larger) as an extra thanks.
They’ll never be available again in this size and print, or at this price. They all come signed and numbered on the back (shipped in protective packaging). Sale will only be going for a week before I get back on the road again for the year to finish off my 100 major cities project. Get them while you can and thanks for looking!
Check out the link below to see all the prints available (25) and order:
(Sale ends 4/07/2019)
Thanks again!
– Forrest
Specials:
After Seoul came major city #55 Riga, Latvia on the 100 City project. I’ll actually be discontinuing the 33 photos series on the blog soon, but I’ll explain why along with exciting details on something new I have planned in an upcoming post. For now, though, I’ll share a couple more additions of this long-time series here on Shooter Files.
So, here’s 33 photos that I was able to capture during my time in Riga…
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Time for the New Year’s tradition here and share some photos from the old year to bring in the new
While 2017 had been my busiest, non-stop year on the Major City project, I was able to somehow beat it in 2018 by covering 31 major cities (33 cities in all). Once again, I clocked in just under 5,000 miles (7,500 km) on foot, while hitting major cities in 22 countries, from the Americas to Africa and Asia. I started in city #67 Santiago, Chile and finished in #97 Yangon, Myanmar, closing in on the 100+ major cities project goal. In 2019, I will work on wrapping up the photography part of the project while starting on the editing of the first book, which I hope to be ready for publishing by the end of the year.
While I really didn’t have any breaks from the project in 2018, I did guest speak and judge at the StreetFoto Festival while covering San Francisco and fit in teaching a few workshops, including Las Vegas and Sydney (with Sam Ferris). In 2019, I plan on making more time for workshops and will announce the schedule here very soon. All in all, it was an extremely busy, challenging year and while this project and obsessive focus is really taking its toll on me, it was my most satisfying year for photography. I covered some of the more dangerous regions, like Central America and Africa, but didn’t change a thing about my approach of going everywhere alone on foot, including many places that even locals don’t go, let alone photographers or non-locals. But while some negative situations did occur, which I’ll share here later, overall it was my most rewarding year when it comes to challenges. As for the blog, I will be able to focus on it more this year and make some changes, making it less travel focused and more project, story and community focused (the guides won’t stop, though).
Even more than last year, I’m holding back many of my favorite photos to prepare for the editing on future publications, as I want the future books to be at least a third never seen work. Still, with such a busy year of photography, walking an average of 15 miles/22km per day year-round, I have plenty to share now too. So, here’s a photo a city from the year to take you through all 33 cities I photographed in 2018. It’s not a favorite photo from each city, but some selections to share for now in bringing on 2019. And as always, all candid and unposed.
Happy New Year to all and Cheers to 2019!
– Forrest Walker
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