Bolivia, Quinoa and the months ahead
10th February 2012
So those of you that know me or Mike Wilcox personally, there's a high chance you've had to suffer either of us banging on about a potential project to go shoot down in Bolivia for months now, and that none of this blog entry will be news. I apologise if we've made you suffer harping on! But time is almost upon us finally, and therefore it's perhaps time to start sharing our intentions with our friends on the inter-webs too.
For those who've just landed on this here blog because you googled looking for the "occupy guy taking a dump on a cop car" you might be interested to know we here at Bear Witness Pictures also like to shoot other things too.
Well the good news is that the dots are looking fairly well joined up at this point. We have our flights booked, equipment polished and an emerging itinerary of who, what, where and when. Well almost. What is definite though is Mike and I will be travelling down to Cochabamba the first week of March for eight weeks.
The basic premise will be to photograph the quinoa harvest, meet the farmers, interview some of the non-profit organisations people who provided assistance and report back with a photo-essay, a short documentary, and a greater understanding of life in Bolivia.
Upon return, the end goal of all this will be to show our work by way of an exhibition in Soho, New York, publish a book and hopefully get a few column inches in the press. However before all that, we'd like to keep you all informed of our time down there with some regular blog entries and a few pictures here and there, so you can see how we're getting on.
I should take a moment to thank everyone who has helped us and generally pointed us in the right direction. Also the support and encouragement has been invaluable and much, much appreciated. (You know who you are)
And finally a special shout out to my friend Michael O'Brian who has recently fallen to an ill twist of fortune, keep your head up mate, what a bunch of w**kers!
Jeremiah
For those who've just landed on this here blog because you googled looking for the "occupy guy taking a dump on a cop car" you might be interested to know we here at Bear Witness Pictures also like to shoot other things too.
Well the good news is that the dots are looking fairly well joined up at this point. We have our flights booked, equipment polished and an emerging itinerary of who, what, where and when. Well almost. What is definite though is Mike and I will be travelling down to Cochabamba the first week of March for eight weeks.
The basic premise will be to photograph the quinoa harvest, meet the farmers, interview some of the non-profit organisations people who provided assistance and report back with a photo-essay, a short documentary, and a greater understanding of life in Bolivia.
Upon return, the end goal of all this will be to show our work by way of an exhibition in Soho, New York, publish a book and hopefully get a few column inches in the press. However before all that, we'd like to keep you all informed of our time down there with some regular blog entries and a few pictures here and there, so you can see how we're getting on.
I should take a moment to thank everyone who has helped us and generally pointed us in the right direction. Also the support and encouragement has been invaluable and much, much appreciated. (You know who you are)
And finally a special shout out to my friend Michael O'Brian who has recently fallen to an ill twist of fortune, keep your head up mate, what a bunch of w**kers!
Jeremiah
