BOWTIE JOINT: THE ABANDONED SERIES - CHICAGO
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BOWTIE JOINT:
THE ABANDONED SERIES - CHICAGO
THE ABANDONED BUILDING SERIES IS AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT COMBINES THESE AWESOME STRUCTURES/LOCATIONS WITH BOW TIE CIGARS AND FASHION. THIS COMBINATION, FOR ME, IS THOROUGHLY AMAZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE BOW TIE CIGAR ADVERTISING SCHEME. AS WELL AS, MY ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO CIGAR CULTURE; A CULTURE I LOVE AND REPRESENT!
ABANDONED BUILDINGS ARE INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITES. PHOTOGRAPHING THEM IS NOT SOMETHING I TAKE LIGHTLY. PLEASE DO MUCH RESEARCH ON A LOCATION, BEFORE SHOOTING THERE. IT IS MY PRAYER THAT NO ONE (INCLUDING MYSELF) EVER BE IN HARM’S WAY, SHOOTING A LOCATION WITHIN THIS CATEGORY. PLEASE BE SAFE.
“ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS TO SHOOT IS A LONG FORGOTTEN STRUCTURE BEING SLOWLY TAKEN BACK BY NATURE. THESE BUILDINGS SPEAK OF DAYS GONE BY AND WHISPERED STORIES THAT HAVE LONG FADED FROM THE WALLS. PHOTOGRAPHING ABANDONED LOCATIONS IS NOT FOR THE TIMID PHOTOGRAPHER. THERE IS STILL BEAUTY LEFT IN THESE OLD BUILDINGS; IT JUST REQUIRES A LITTLE WORK TO SHOW EVERYONE ELSE WHAT YOU SEE.” SHEENA KOONTZ
TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT INSPIRE ME GREATLY, IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT, AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL, ARE GORDON PARKS AND JASON LANIER.
SINCERELY, BOWTIE.
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WHAT IS CHARISMA?
"ONE OF THE OLDEST DEFINITIONS IS DIVINELY CONFERRED TALENT, WHICH REFERS TO THE NOTION OF, IF YOU ARE LUCKY, GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH IT. CHARISMA IS INSIDE, AND THAT JE NE SAIS QUOI IS WHAT ENABLES CERTAIN PEOPLE TO DRAW YOU IN."
FROM THE MOMENT I MET IS GUY, ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - CARBONDALE, IN THE MID-EIGHTIES, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT DAMIAN. THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH THE YOUTH OF CHICAGO, FOR MORE THAN 26 YEARS.
WHEN ONE IS BESTOWED WITH A GIFT, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO USE IT FOR GOOD. THIS MAN HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING CHILDREN. FOR THIS, I PERSONALLY AND PUBLICLY THANK HIM.
PEACE AND NAMASTE.
BOWTIE.
MODEL: DAMIAN HARDMAN
PHOTOGRAPHER: JENNIFER SYKES SERVICK