This is My Town - Steve Hill

A Steve Hill Expedition

This is My Town

These are My People

These are the people Steve Hill led through the mean streets of NYC, photographed

by Skip Rowland

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This is My Town

These are My People

by Skip Rowland

Skip Rowland Photography, Inc.9156 Tazewell Green Dr.Mechanicsville, VA 23116

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To Steve Hill,the ultimate urban expeditionist

AcknowledgementsThis project is the result of so many people’s efforts and inspirations over the years; I’m going to try to name names, and I’ll apologize now for anyone neglected. Lang Oliver & Drew Ungvarsky, for building the playground and keeping it going; Kavey and Pete Favelle, Ed Clarke, Aznym Adam, & Jon Lucas, for fostering & supporting the notion of international get togethers; Nina, Lexa, & Beau, for supporting all my endeavors; Bob Brown, Dan Beatty, and James Wallace, for getting me going and helping me prove I can do this; Mom & Dad, for my first camera; Gordon MacGregor for turning me onto the SOFOBOMO; Debi Tipton & Linda Hall, for making the Internet real for all these years; Jimmy Carter, for the incredible companionship during the shooting of this book.

And a special thanks to Adobe Certified Instructor Janet Frick, who connected me with Jim Maivald (author of the indespensible A Designer’s Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML, who made this book production possible...without Jim’s help, I would be a month away from typing this acknowledgement.

Thanks to all the participants for allowing me to photograph them. It was a pleasure getting to know you, as well as photograph you, and I appreciate your suffering through my incessant clicketry.

Lastly, a huge thanks to Steve Hill for organizing the workshop and leading the expeditions. That was three days of seeing and shooting a New York City that most people fail to notice. Keeping 25-35 photographers together and moving in the same direction without losing anyone is an art unto itself...keep it up, Steve!

And thanks to all who have been a part of this great journey, named or unnamed - your support and inspiration is truly humbling. Thank you!

Skip RowlandJune, 2010

This is My Town

These are My People

by Skip Rowland

This is My Town, These Are My PeopleI don’t know when Steve Hill first picked up a camera, let alone when the camera grabbed him, but when it did, Steve’s life changed forever. He probably won’t admit it, and I’m sure there are some days when he wishes he could let it go. But, he can’t. That camera is as much a part of his life as his guitar and his cooking utensils.

Steve lives in Hell’s Kitchen, and that’s where he cut his teeth with his camera, exploring the urban landscape, looking to connect with his world. Connect he did, producing some of the most honest and engaging street imagery imaginable. What separates Steve’s art from others is that he’s not hiding behind a long lens, providing viewers with voyueristic glimpses stealthily snatched from a safe distance. No, Steve actually engages his subjects, before, during, and/or after photographing them. He’s not looking for the down-and-out, sleeping under papers or sitting in front of a high fashion billboard. No, he’s looking for moments of human interaction, looking for people that are living and connecting with their world, regardless of their situation.

A while back, Steve started conducting street photography workshops, sharing his skills and experiences with other photographers. He would lead people through the city and show them that there was much, much more to street photography than hiding behind a camera.

Last year someone convinced Steve that he should put on a large-scale workshop and open up the invitation to the international photography community. Steve bit, and after months and months of hand-wringing and planning, he hosted his event. This past June, coming from all over, as far away as Australia, Finland, San Diego, Texas, and all over the eastern seaboard, over 30 photographers came together for three days and nights to follow Steve through his town. It was an overwhelming success, one that hopefully will become a regular event.

This book is the first of a series that will be put together from the event. It is simply a collection of the people Steve brought together.

This is My TownJune 4-6, 2010

pawdrix

Steve Hill

These are My PeopleJune 4-6, 2010

alliebeal

Allison

Melethia

Deb Fort

Deb and Friends

Deb and Scott

Waiting...

Deb, Sarah, Marina, Lev, jdannel, Jimmy, and Don

posthumous

eva2k0

Denise

Erica and Nick, Erica and Penny

PennyStreet

Penny Street

Denise, Erica, and Penny

NikonJeb

Jeb Boyd

tvsometime

Tom Vassar

buffysnee

Sarah and Jen

salmiakki

Sarah Mawdsley

sjcarter

Jimmy Carter

Kelli States

citymars

Lev TSimring

caseyface

Marina

Jimmy and Nick

Smokin

nico_blue

Nick Monu

Lev and Nick

rayethier

Ray Ethier

Jeb and Ray

Hot_Pixel

Rich Carter

banmorn

RoB Mann

Rob and Sam

roby21112

Rob Ruiz

samchad

Sam Chadwick

Lev, Nick, and Sam

Scooter97

Scott Kemper

The Kiss

TLL061

Vikas Garg

Richard Toro

nixter

Nick Palasin

Until Next Time

eso es todo por ahora

This is My Town - Steve Hill

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