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PDN Photo Source Equipment Guide 2009 hit the sales rack this week with a cover feature article highlighting Chase Jarvis and his favorite portable imaging solution: his iPhone. The 2009 Equipment Guide focuses on tools that help photographers do more with less by using lightweight and mobile gear. By having his iPhone on his person at all times, Chase uses the camera as a way to foster his creative itch and stay inspired at any given points during the day.
January, 2009 – The Advertising Photographers of America (APA) released it’s 2008 National Photography Competition photo book, entitled: Get Your WORK Out! The 55 page book is filled with this past year’s award winning images, including Chase Jarvis’ stylized series of photographs for the Kung Fu HD network. This marks the fourth APA award in five years for Chase.
January 2008 – Marc Silber, of SilberStudios.tv, paid a visit to the great Northwest last week to interview Chase at his Seattle studio. Silber’s show is off to a roaring start and, in addition to Chase, features interviews with Annie Leibovitz and Michael Adams, son of the renown Ansel.
January 21, 2009 (Seattle) – Today The Stranger, Seattle’s scathingly honest and sharp-witted weekly newspaper with over a half million readers, shared details about Chase Jarvis and Michael Hebb’s recent Songs for Eating and Drinking evening. Larry Mizell, the article’s author and one of the participating performers from Cancer Rising, shared his take on the unprecedented evening and how it brought the Seattle hip hop community together. “It was definitely one of the favorite experiences I’ve had since being involved in music… (the evening) put us all on the same page for once and – fostered a real sense of family—a feeling that I haven’t yet shaken.”
The mega-blog Daily Candy, with a following of over 2.5 million subscribers and 13 editions nationwide, featured Chase Jarvis and Michael Hebb’s Songs for Eating and Drinking project in a recent December post. Daily Candy is known as the “insider’s guide to what’s hot, new and undiscovered” in fashion, lifestyle, home, food, and art and culture. The post highlighted the most current evening themed around food, drink, and war that was held at a naval airplane hanger in Seattle.
In yet another piece about Chase’s book Stevens Pass, writer, Eric Gordon of the Wenatchee World, explores Chase’s extensive athletic background and life-long love for the outdoors, and poignantly highlights how it has influenced his work.
October 30 2008 – Images from Chase Jarvis’ first book, Stevens Pass, was featured in this month’s Outdoors NW. The feature article, written by Jennifer Donahue, shares how Chase’s background is rooted in the great northwest and how his passion for this esteemed place are exposed in the book’s breathtaking images.
October 27, 2008 (New York) – Today the 2008 Advertising Photographers of America competition notified Chase about his winning the Merit Award for the sports, action and adventure category. Hand selected out of thousands of first-class images by hundreds of killer photographers worldwide, this is Chase’s fourth category win in five years (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008). Chase’s winning image above is from a series he shot with Superfad for their campaign for the Kung Fu HD network .
November, 2008 (Seattle) – Seattle magazine kicks off the winter season by featuring Chase’s first book titled simply, Stevens Pass in their November issue. Seattle magazine has been a large supporter of Chase and its exciting that they both can come together to salute and pay homage to this revered place. For more information or to purchase Stevens Pass, visit www.chasejarvis.com/stevenspass. Or visit Chase’s Blog.
November 2008 – This month, United Airlines Hemispheres magazine commends Chase Jarvis for his successful blog. Buenos Aires based writer, Ethan Salwen, discusses the pros and cons to blogging, but points to Jarvis’ more than 1 million pageviews in the last month as a testament to the power of great content. By leveraging the blog to generate more buzz and ultimately more business, Salwen commends Jarvis for elevating his brand in an effective and creative way. To read the full article in Hemispheres magazine, click here;October 2008 (Seattle) – Hatched from the minds of photographer/director Chase Jarvis and table guru Michael Hebb, the two artists have pulled together some of the biggest rock stars of our time along with relatively unknown folk bands in their much-heralded Songs for Eating and Drinking project. Having garnered an underground following from variety of music industry and pop culture buzz centers including PearlJam.com, The Stranger, The Seattle PI, City Arts Magazine and KEXP. Chase and Michael plan on taking these late night mutterings and performances on the road and continuing to foster the intimate evenings of talent and culture.
October 17th, 2008 (Seattle) – To kick off the winter season and to inaugurate the release of his first self published book titled Stevens Pass, Chase Jarvis tonight gave a multimedia presentation hosted at the REI flagship store in Seattle. Complete with live DJ and hundreds of images, the evening was a dramatic success. Joining the standing room only crowd were many of the athletes appearing in the as well as a handful of Seattle celebrities. The Chase Jarvis crew also managed to raise more than $2000 though raffles and a silent auction throughout the course of the evening for the non-profit Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center.
September 19th, 2008 (Seattle) – Chase Jarvis Inc. celebrated it’s first anniversary of their new studio location by throwing one helluva bash. This private gathering for over 400 work associates closed down Seattle’s Wallingford Avenue, brought barrels of libations, hired bartenders from the famous club Neumos, and blazed amazing live music on an erected stage overlooking Gasworks Park and Seattle’s glimmering skyline. The Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band kicked off the evening, followed by The Blakes, and The Saturday Knights rapped into the wee hours of the morning. We’re already looking forward to next year’s event.
September 2008 (Los Angeles) – The International Photography Awards today announced Chase Jarvis as the 1st place winner in the Special Effects category. With over 22,000 submissions from over 124 countries across the globe, Chase and his Kung Fu HD series (where he was hired by Superfad to shoot the print equivalent of their highly regarded motion campaign) emerge from the prestigious contest to take home their first IPA award. Click here to see other 2008 IPA award winners
August 27, 2008 (Seattle) – Nikon today announces the release of the new D90 camera and asked Chase to be the first professional photographer to give it a try. Chase was hired to shoot the worldwide launch campaign, and added a nice touch by producing a behind-the-scenes video highlighting how this camera performed during a week-long test during one of his commercial shoots. The print and video campaign was picked up by magazine and online powerhouses alike, including Wired, Gizmodo, Engadget, and others. Click here to read Chase’s blog about testing this amazing new camera, and learn how it’s groundbreaking features can make us think about photography differently. For behind the scenes shots, sample images, and access to the main D90 microsite, visit www.chasejarvisandfriends.com.
American Photo Magazine have added themselves to the growing number of industry buzz centers lauding Chase’s abilities beyond award-winning still photography. In the March/April 2008 feature article titled Photographer as Director, editor Miki Johnson features Chase’s successes as a film/motion director. She highlights his helping clients seamlessly unite their print and broadcast campaigns, as well as his willingness to share all his trade secrets.
Chase recently sat down with award-winning writer Crai S. Bower for a feature article exploring strategies for planning international meetings in the January 2008 issue of Alaska Air Magazine. In the article Chase highlights the special considerations needed when planning and executing international commercial photo shoots, such as language, travel and shipping equipment.
As one of about 60 photographers in the world bestowed with the designation “Master” by world-renowned camera manufacture Hasselblad, Chase today is featured in an article at Hasselblad.com as their December Master....with absolutely no regrets about his professional career as a photographer, Chase really enjoys the creative side of his work and thrives on the challenges posed by new assignments, especially when there are complex problems to be solved on location. He loves being able to collaborate with an experienced creative team to create an image that is unique and elevated. Working as a photographer has also afforded him the opportunity to meet wonderful people from all over the world..."For an engaging read that highlights Chase's underpinnings as an award winning artist, visit the online article here.
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