Keynotes
Chase Jarvis: Creativity and the New Social Art of Photography [TK]
THURSDAY, 11:30 AM–12:30 AM
CHASE JARVIS
1E SEMINAR HALL, ROOMS 1E15/1E16
Award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis shares his insights on the convergence of photography, technology, and social media by hosting his underground online show, "Chase Jarvis Live," direct from PhotoPlus. This live broadcast promises to not only explicate but also demonstrate how Jarvis is redefining creativity on a global level by breaking all the rules. As a photographer, Chase Jarvis is both prolific and renown. His work has earned myriad professional and creative awards and his client list is stacked with global brands from Starbucks and SanDisk to Nike and Nikon.
Beyond photography, his early and adept embrace of social media, digital platforms and the democratization of creativity has transformed his artistic vision into a global online movement—and the largest online following of any single photographer on the planet. Bursting with innovation and creative energy, from inventing the iPhone application, The Best Camera, to democratizing education by creating a free online channel, creativeLive, Chase Jarvis has become the leader of a movement of creative empowerment that transcends photography and puts him at the epicenter of social artistry on a global scale.
Strip Search: Albert Watson in Conversation with Laurie Kratochvil [FK]
FRIDAY, 11:30 AM–12:30 AM
ALBERT WATSON & LAURIE KRATOCHVIL
1E SEMINAR HALL, ROOMS 1E15/1E16
Recognized by PDN as one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time, Albert Watson is equally recognized for his extensive personal projects as for his sumptuous commercial assignments. Watson's latest masterpiece is a ten-year, behind-the-scenes portrait of Las Vegas, which debuts this fall with the monograph Strip Search and an accompanying gallery exhibit at New York's Hasted Hunt Kraeutler. Join Watson in conversation with photo editor Laurie Kratochvil as they have a dialogue about this latest project and take questions from the audience. Don't miss this privileged access to the images and ideas of a great photographic artist.
Avatar: The Struggles of Indigenous People in a Modern World [SK]
SATURDAY, 11:30 AM–12:30 AM
CRISTINA MITTERMEIER
1E SEMINAR HALL, ROOMS 1E15/1E16
Sponsored by Sony
The work of conservation photographers covers a range of threats to biodiversity—everything from poaching and global warming to habitat loss and cultural erosion—and is indeed a critical component in the conversation toolbox. As the president of ILCP (International League of Conservation Photographers), Mittermeier will present a discussion on conservation photography including multimedia presentations on the subject. In the past year Cristina Mittermeier has traveled from the shores of British Columbia to the rainforest of Amazonia to document the lives of indigenous people that are about to change forever because of external industrial threats to their homeland. Is there any hope for native people if the rest of the world refuses to slow down their consumption habits?
