“Can mint-green baseball caps, dodgeballs stenciled with the number “1200,” and a whist tournament dissuade kids from smoking? According to a renegade team of designers and community leaders, the answer is yes.” —Check out the full Fast Company piece.
In 2001 I decided to give myself the gift of Bob Dylan. He was touring the Midwest and playing at State Fairs. He was performing on my birthday, August 10th, at the Iowa State Fair Grand Stand. I bought a ticket to Des Moines and packed my Yashica Mat 124 medium format camera and my Polaroid Land Camera. I also brought along a journal my friend Lauren Greer made for me specifically for this event (note the cover below). These are some snapshots from the journal. I went on to see him play in Missouri and Illinois the following days, but nothing came close to the Iowa show.
Happy 70th, Bob Dylan.
We were early adopters of Twitter. As such we all had our own random screen names. Well we’ve decided to tweet as a unified force. Here we are:
No need to re-follow if you are already following, just make note of the new handles! Now is your chance to follow the whole team with a couple of clicks. Hint: click our pictures!
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Larry ‘Roly’ Rolon lives and works in Austin, Texas. He’s been our friend for years. This short films captures his weekly routine – and delivers an inspiring message about his life philosophy.
Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. There are a host of stories and myths surrounding this controversial move to use an electric instrument at this famous folk festival. The audience booed and heckled Dylan and his band… the gentle Peter Seeger tried to cut the electricity. It seems to me that Dylan’s move to bring electricity to a folk-purist crowd was another battle in Tesla and Edison’s ‘War of Currents‘.
This piece will be for sale this weekend at The Tesla Project event.
ATO Records called a month before SXSW and said Brit rock stars Gomez would be in town and they needed promo shots for the launch of their record, A New Tide. We pitched them on two locations – they liked both. Marty shot them at The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems and The Agave for a half day. Everything was photographed using available light. The simple images were inspired by the rock and roll photography of Elliott Landy – particularly his images of The Band. It’s an attempt at an honest documentary approach in a era where so much imagery is over-lit and over-styled.
April – June 2009 @ The Bass Concert Hall.
Visiting Hours Monday – Friday 11AM to 2PM.
Work is displayed on the 3rd floor adjacent to the cafe.
In a unique mixed media collaboration shown at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX, Jared Dunten and Marty Butler challenge the viewer to intimately experience their journey that began under the big skies of West Texas. A journey both crushing and liberating that still continues today. The two cheated death and began their fight against paralysis. (more…)
Ben Kweller moved in down the street from Adam. The rest is history. Ben needed some images to promote his new album, Changing Horses. Marty went over to a South Austin session with a super fast 50mm prime and hung around while the band worked. The images are a simple and gritty reveal of the tenacity of Ben in the studio. He is incredibly energetic and personable. At once a producer, writer and performer – it’s clear he was born to do this work. He also wears camo t-shirts with the sleeves cut off.
Everyone remembers the tsunami. We didn’t quite know how to participate in the recovery effort and then this public service opportunity came along. Willie, Spoon, Joe Ely, Natalie Maines and many more participated in this powerful event at the Austin Music Hall. We worked with Willie and his crew after the show to generate this cd package, which raised a fair amount of money for the survivors. Marty illustrated the cover, retouched the photography and designed the layout. Images were provided by Cambria Harkey.
