Days Like This - Jody Frost Big Shave

Jody Frost is fighting colon cancer with chemo & radiation treatments. When her hair started to fall out she decided to be proactive and just shave it all off. She wanted to be surrounded by people who love and support her and to give her comfort and joy. It helped her in the transition from full head of hair to beautiful bald woman.

This slide show on Vimeo is about the testament of the human spirit and facing head on the challenges before us with a life-affirming attitude. Please take a moment to watch, I think it will lift your spirits.

https://vimeo.com/37039942

Come Hear Jen Bianco Speak

If you love to travel and embrace mobile technology please come join Jen Bianco and me, as we talk about mobile travel at the San Francisco Downtown Apple Store on Feb 22nd. We will talk about the effect social media has on the travel industry and how you can make it work best for you.

This is part of my new interview series titled "It's All Related" To learn more about it please visit my new blog.

Here's a typical photo of Jen with yours truly embracing a mobile device in a restaurant. Okay how many of you photograph your dinner plate and post it on Yelp?

iPhone Photo by Jody Frost

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
6:30-7:30
Downtown Apple Store (Upstairs) - San Francisco
One Stockton Street

My Friend Jody

My dear friend Jody is in the middle of chemo and radiation therapy, yet stills finds the strength and love to care for others around her. She won't let her illness define her. She will come though this chapter and the world will be a better place because of it.

I posted this photo because this is the truest testament to who I am as a photographer. No matter what the circumstances are, it is possible to make people feel comfortable being themselves and capturing an authentic moment.

This is a photo of Jody comforting her nephew. He has to make some very serious life decisions and he needed some time to think things through. This was just a moment of love and support he needed.

"It's All Related" a new venture from me.

I have been closely involved with the San Francisco flagship Apple store in producing creative speaker events in partnership with the APA photography organization.

I have had a successful career as an advertising photographer. Working on major marketing campaigns for multi-national corporations. The common thread with all my work has been my humanity and ability to make people feel comfortable in front of the camera. The people at Apple have recognized this ability and have asked me to conduct one-on-one interview series for their stadium stores. So instead of a camera to record the event, I will use a microphone.

To learn more about this new venture please visit my new blog "It's All Related" and find out who will be my upcoming guest. I am very excited about this new opportunity to explore the world around us.

christianpeacockitsallrelated.blogspot.com

A photo of me and Executive Print & Art Producer Jacqueline Fodor at the Apple Store

Photo credit: Rob Prideaux


Mixing and Matching

I was doing some inspirational research about classic painting techniques, then I recalled some photos I did a while ago for a client. The shots never ran. I decided to play around with them and see what I can come up with running them through my iPhone.

Jody at the SFMOMA

Jody and I did a day at the museum. We went to see the Francisca Woodman exhibit. A very thought provoking exhibition of self portraits by a young woman exploring and questioning her identity. How can one not be moved and inspired by what is hanging on the walls.










Jody Frost as The Black Widow

Jody and I spent an afternoon in Oakland's historic Mountain View cemetery. We were experimenting with some ideas for my 1960's film icon project. It just stopped raining and the sun came shinning through the dark clouds. That always makes for excellent lighting conditions.






Friendship and Cindy Merrill

One of the benefits of living a full and rich life is having long time friends. Cindy and I haven’t seen one another in about ten years. To reconnect a friendship is a treasure that only comes with folks who have lived a life. It was a real treat to met up again. We collaborated on a number of very memorable photo shoots in the past when Cindy was a hair & makeup artist. Now she has started a new business venture called Cindy O’Brien Aesthetics a full service skin care studio in Napa. Plus a new product line of anti aging serum called “The Bomb” She is still very much involve in helping woman achieve their own beauty.

http://www.cindyobrienaesthetics.com/

Here are some photos of Cindy just the other day. The biggest difference this time is she is now in front of the camera as oppose to standing behind it. It's really wonderful to see her in all her glory as a beautiful woman. We met up at a fund raiser for the Napa Valley Symphony. There was a fashion show in which Cindy was a model for. Here is a shot of Cindy standing on the runway just about to do her strut. It was so much fun to she her work it.

Here is one of our more memorable photos that she helped me on back when she was doing hair and makeup. Even back then Cindy had a touch of grace and elegance that help each photo transcend the accustomed.

A very nice shot of the two of us. Good friends.



Nothing Beats the Real Thing


Last week I was in New York City for the national APA board meeting. One of the main reasons for flying out to the East coast is so everybody gets to meet one another in person. What a difference in relationships it makes when you actually meet a person in the flesh. You can experience their mannerisms, charm and other natural charter traits, that one cannot sense over the telephone of keyboard.

This morning I saw a video that had a short interview with Carlein van der Beek. What a revelation to see her speak and gesture. She became a real person to me at that moment. Something more than a fellow artist who works in the same medium. I knew her work. I have read her text, but all that added up to an impression that has been crafted for me by Carlein. Seeing her live, gave me the opportunity, to experience her in a more organic form. Yes it was a video interview, not as good as being there in person, but a step in the right direction, which made Carlein more real to me.

The attached photo is an excellent example of that great energy that happens when people get together. This was an unplanned event. Eight APA board members jammed into a small elevator. Theresa Raffetto took a fast grab shot with her camera. That one shot captured the spirit and comradeship of people being together. Nothing beats the real thing.

I needed to produce something beautiful

I needed to produce something beautiful. Life was getting a little too intense with all the upsetting news. Images of dead dictators, angry protestors on both sides. murdered zoo animals and a terrible economy, I needed to go back into my files and pull out some beauty from within me.

Last year I photographed the lovely and talented ballet dancer Sarah Bukowski dancing with a torch. The shoot was part of my match light series. During the shoot I experimented a little with motion and flame. Here is a two-minute clip with a few stills added. Something I put together last night, to help take the edge off.

Click in this link to view the movie in Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/30880692

Click on screen grab to view
the movie in Vimeo

The Spirit of Anouk Aimée


Suzan Mikiel and I spent a day in the Hollywood hills capturing the spirit of the French film actress Anouk Aimée. With the wonderful help of makeup artist Astra Ramyead we were able to go back in time create a mood of the 1960’s .

Back Stage with Saraghina



Capturing the spirit of Fellini was a team effort, which started with a suggestion from Martha Blanchfield of RenegadePR. From there I have shot a number of 1960’s inspired film icons. One of the first projects was a tribute to Federico Fellini characters and vision. Instead of a single image I shot a series of images to tell stories. Here is the oldest story of all – love. How men are fools when in the company of a woman that is more than he can handle. Click on any of the images, and they will take you to my webpage that displays the stories.

I could not have done this project without the fantastic help and contributions of some truly talented and amazing people. There is no one more perfectly cast as the role of Saraghina than Jane Schafgans. Her fabulous hair and outgoing personality was a match made in heaven. My good friend David Weiner as the clown. A role he was destining to play.

Veronica Sjoen from Artist Untied did such an inspired makeup job with her clown face and Saraghina radiance of hair and face. While Heather Sansky, also with Artist Untied, styled the talent with spot on wardrobe and meticulous details. A big thank you has to go to Jon Lucca at Artist Untied for his support and encouragement throughout this project.

http://www.artistuntied.com/

And my very good friend Jody Frost for capturing the spirit of the shoot.

Tuareg Jeweler


For some crazy reason I did not have a direct posting to my documentary of Elhadji Koumama. Elhadji is the man who inspires me to be true to myself. He often says "For which we do" meaning his tribe of silver artisans who have been making silver jewelry for over a thousand years.

So here is an easy link to the video. Click on the image to view the video.

Thanks,
Christian

Theatrical Themes

My summer project has been creating theatrical themes with a 1960's film twist. Starting with felliniesque concept of Saraghina and the foolish clown, then onto the black widow checking up on her dead husbands. Too the bongo beatnik party, ala Funny Face. To see more of these photos got to my website.






A new video on Suzan Mikiel

Suzan Mikiel is a street photographer who recently moved to Los Angeles from New York City. She is another iPhoneographer that I know. She shoots in the more traditional style of street photography and tries to keep her post production stylization to a minimum. In this video she describes what it is like to transition from one city to another in search of new beginnings.

Click on the image to see the movie.


One of my iPhone shots of Suzan during the filming in LA.

http://vimeo.com/25783292

My photo on AOL


Life on the web is shorter than a fruit fly's life span.
My photo of "Candace Pulling the Sheets" was up for only a couple of hours, but it got some attention because of the teaser tag line AOL used. I guess cheap tricks will work sometimes.