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on May 7, 2011
John Ryan Brubaker
backed a project
Fleeting Pages: pop-up indie book emporium by jodi morrison
A 1 month DIY pop-up indie bookstore in a space left empty by Borders' bankruptcy- zines, comics, indie, self-pub, events, & workshops!
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107% funded $3,853 pledged
- 124 backers
- Funded May 07, 2011
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on December 30, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
backed a project
"Finding Vivian Maier" - a feature length documentary film by Toneloof
This film unravels the discovery of 100,000 negatives from a mysterious photographer that shocked the world of photography.
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525% funded $105,042 pledged
- 1,495 backers
- Funded Mar 14, 2011
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on December 28, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
backed a project
Letterpress PDX mobile letterpress education & entertainment by Jenn Lawrence
Magically shrinking thousands of pounds of cast iron, hundreds of years of printing history, and taking it everywhere in Portland
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120% funded $4,809 pledged
- 60 backers
- Funded Jan 01, 2011
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on September 27, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
backed a project
Itchy-O Rock/Doc: An investment in spontaneity by Itchy-O Marching Band
The sophisticatedly savage Itchy-O Marching Band is capturing their raucous blend of entrancing and elusive chaos through a CD and short documentary.
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109% funded $3,285 pledged
- 94 backers
- Funded Sep 28, 2010
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on May 22, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
Posted project update #25On the Urban and the Sacred
Post CommentHello all...
I've been editing for weeks and it's time to call this collection done. So I've put up a section of my website with my thoughts on the project as a whole as well as a few sets of images that you can choose from as your thank you gifts for contributing.
Head over, check it out, and pass along your selections and/or thoughts to me here or by email:
www.pixelgrain.org/kickstarter/
Cheers!
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on April 28, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
Posted project update #24And We're Back
Post CommentSo I'm officially back in Portland after two night's travel back from Vietnam. It was a whirlwind of a last month, and a perspective-altering trip all around. There will be many more thoughts and images to come here soon as I start to process things a bit more, but for now it's time to start going through my film, identifying themes and otherwise editing this mass of images. There turned out to be close to 100 rolls of film and nearly 7000 images, so I've got some work on my hands.
Please rest assured there are more thoughts and images on their way here soon. But in the meantime I leave you with some thoughts from the wats of Chiang Mai....
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on April 13, 2010
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on April 10, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
Posted project update #22Impressions of Saigon
Post CommentSaigon was such a pleasure to photograph. Here's part one...
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on April 6, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
Posted project update #21Laos in Monochrome
Post CommentChapter two of my time in Laos...
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on April 5, 2010
John Ryan Brubaker
Posted project update #20Shooting Film in Laos
Hello from Saigon...
I've been wandering the frenetic streets of Ho Chi Minh City for a week now, waiting for film to be processed and watching the marvelous functional chaos of Vietnam. I've managed to get some film back from my jaunt off to Laos, so here are some color shots, with a monochrome set to follow shortly.
I met a large and kind, albeit mildly intoxicated, Laos family on the outskirts of Luang Prabang one afternoon. They gave me Beer Lao and boiled eel from their swampy backyard. We sat and stared at each other for a couple hours since we shared no language, but I did pass the camera around a get a few shots of my hosts.
In Laos any undue stress is considered to negatively effect one's karma. It's like nothing I've seen. The Lao people literally avoid anxiety religiously. They even consider things we don't question in the West, like education and work ethic, to be unduly stressful and best avoided. Everything moves slowly. Sometimes you have to wake up your tuk-tuk driver to get a ride. It's a tortoise and the hare kind of thing I guess. I found you should always check the math on your bill, but it was an otherwise refreshing change of pace.
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John Ryan Brubaker
Portland, OR
John Ryan Brubaker is a freelance photographer and avid Polaroidist often found in the Pacific Northwest.
These are my favorite batch of photos so far and I love your stories!! Especially love the river with the clock on the palm tree! :)