I recently made an accidental portrait of this giant, cuddly, puffball of love. World, meet Tundra! I spooned Tundra on my visit and and it took a team of 7 highly trained search and rescue experts three days to find me.
“sunday morning Tundra”
© john urban
Happy to be working with the wonderful humans at the Dane County RCC and their youth group, Gamechangers on a new PSA. No matter the decade, Consent is Classic. Look for the video soon and for more info and/or to donate to the Rape Crisis Center, please visit:
http://www.danecountyrcc.org/
consent is classic
© john urban/the dane co. rape crisis center
The sky over Madison, WI – Earth Day 2016.
earth day 16
© john urban
Unearthed recently, my first storytelling weapon.
zxm500
© john urban
Shot a light test with a young model recently.
She has the face of a star, and the personality to match.
jo
© john urban
This past weekend was a blast shooting a new music video for The Mascot Theory in the historic Mineral Point Opera House in Mineral Pt, WI.
An amazing band and captured visually by some crazy talented humans:
Eric Tadsen on Drones and Banjo.
Jason Weiss on Camera and Maracas.
Brian Alberth on Camera and Recorder.
Vince Padilla on Still Camera and Theremin.
Thank you to these talented individuals for helping to make some cool art that should go nicely with a fantastic tune from TMT. Coming soon to a video playing device near you. To learn more about the Mascot Theory or to purchase their music, please visit:
http://themascottheory.com/
photo © Vince Padilla
Testing the new natural light in the studio.
New natural light in the studio seems to work very well.
light test no3
© john urban
(and you know who you are.)
🙂
© john urban
tbt – back in the day when we used this stuff called, “film.”
“don’t go”
© john urban
I was a fat American in Bangladesh in 2010.
It was around noon.
It was 105 degrees, with 100% humidity and I was out of shape and dehydrated.
I knew I was about to pass out and these lovely people grabbed me and my gear and helped me into one of their homes.
A home made of scrap metal and wood and cardboard, located in an alley and surrounded by trash and dirt.
One person got me a towel, someone else got me a bottle of water.
And they and my producer took care of me until I was able to stand again.
This is what good, decent people do.
People who don’t have much, but their hearts are full of love and compassion and they will share with you what little they have because at that moment they see you need it more than them.
Good people do not close their doors, or their borders on people in need.
To the governors and Republican leaders saying that you won’t take any Syrian refugees, you are perfect examples of how to not be a good person. You are everything wrong with this country, rolled up into one giant ball of ignorance and fear.
I feel sorry for you, and my great big hope is that your children look at you and realize that they have to be better than you.
#tbt #bangladesh #goodpeople
“the good people of bangladesh”
[still from video] © john urban