Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theater, Honor, Michigan, September, 2011
The American Drive-in Theater Kickstarter campaign ended with an amazing 196% of the initial funding goal. This means that I'll be able to cover more theaters than allowed by the original bare-bones itinerary. I'll add an additional loop later in the fall to work with theaters in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The response has been wonderful, with a total of 272 Kickstarter Backers. People around the country are looking up theaters and sending me scouting pictures by email. Theater owners, when I can make contact with them, are enthusiastic about being included in the project.
It's been quite an experience. There have been a number of media interviews about the project. An arts organization in Florida has invited me to do a week-long Artist in Residence session in the fall. An arts and culture magazine in Paris has asked to publish a portfolio of the pictures. And I can't wait to hit the road, though because of the way the funds are handled through Amazon Payments the trip won't be able to begin until about May 18th.
Thanks to everyone who has participated in the smallest to the largest ways. Every backer at every level is important because the support shows how much public interest there is in the subject and this project. Again, thanks to everyone.
1 comment:
Congratulations, Carl! Almost doubling the requested amount certainly means that your work is and will be appreciated, and I guess this also means good prospects for the realisation of the book project.
Also positive (in my eyes) is the fact that your sober, precise photography has its audience and the instant/hipstant sauces have not succeeded yet in taking over the definiton of the photographic image.
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