The Swap

When Stuart Pilkington sent out his invitations for his latest project The Swap, I was more than happy to participate. Choosing my partner wasn't such a difficult decision. I knew right from the start who I was going to choose for my pairing, Bruce Long was the perfect match, not only in my privat life but also for this project.

Now our portraits are on The Swap Projects website and we are happy, excited and honoured to be a part of Stuart's wonderful project.

Please visit Stuart's website to see his previous projects, every single one is worth a deeper exploration. Grab a drink and take your time to browse through his projects.

Thanks Stuart for including us!!!

 "Bruce" by Michael Werner

"Michael" by Bruce Long

© Bruce Long and Michael Werner

Someone I Know - Michael Werner

Yesterday I did a blog post about Stuart Pilkington's latest project Someone I Know.

I am honoured to be included in this incredible collection, together with so many outstanding photographers.

Here is my contribution to the project:

Dad and Blinky Bill, 2013

© copyright Michael Werner

Someone I Know

Stuart Pilkington, photographer and fine-art photography curator, based in the United Kingdom has just  published his newest project called Someone I Know.


He invited some of the best known emerged and emerging photographers from across the globe.

The brief for the photographers was to take a portrait of someone they know, no matter how loosely.


The project is conscious of the fact that just like plumbers not having finished bathrooms and dentists having bad teeth, photographers don't often apply their trade to people closer to home.  It's a chance for the people taking part to see if they can express their relationship with someone through means of a photograph.

The result is an incredible collection of outstanding portraits and a resource for everyone interested in contemporary photography.

Please take your time to look through the site and enjoy the photographs.

(I am honoured to be included in Stuart's project as well)

SOMEONE I KNOW 

Stuart has curated a number of other projects before.

Please visit the following sites and look trough his previous projects as well. Behind every single one stands a great idea and concept and the quality is just amazing.

The Alphabet Project

 12 Faces

 The 50 States Project

 What Is England?

 The Chain

The 50 States Project

Stuart Pilkington is a photographer and art photography curator from the United Kingdom.

He started The 50 States Project in January 2009. He selected 50 photographers from America to be part of the project.

Each photographer lives in one of the 50 States and represent the state where they currently live. Every two months they've got an assignment about a specific theme.

The themes are: people, habitat, landscape, industry, entertainment, the american dream

The project is now complete and you find 300 images who represent the talent of the photographer and tell you something about the USA today.

A great idea for a great project. Check it out and be curious what else Stuart has in his sleeves.

The images below are from Andrew Borowiec and represent Ohio

People

Habitat

Landscape

Industry

Entertainment

The American Dream

© all images Andrew Borowiec