About this project
THANK YOU for visiting my project page!
My name is Russell K.Frederick and I am a photographer from Brooklyn. For the past decade I have been documenting an urban America that is often left out of mainstream media. Where I grew up there is love, dignity, respect, honor, style, beauty as well as challenges. I capture this on film.
I am so proud to coordinate my first major solo show in New York in the spring/summer of 2011 showcasing my work from the past ten years. With your help and contributions, I hope to be able to raise the money for my show. The funds will be used for printing, rental space, framing, invitations, marketing, installation, scanning and all of the other things that go along with launching a major solo exhibition.
My goal is to raise a minimum of $7,000 for the show, however, the more I raise the better it will be. Times are tough...any contribution small or large is immensely appreciated!
I sincerely thank you for coming to my page to take a look at my work. I want to share the beauty of the human spirit through my photographs with New York City and then the world! Your contribution is helping to make this happen.
You can see my recently published photos and interview with the NYTimes at http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/love-family-and-change-in-brooklyn/... If you want to learn more about me you can either scroll down to the bottom of this page and read my bio or you can visit my website at www.russellfrederick.com View my recent photography here http://www.facebook.com/russell.frederick... Friend me on facebook at www.facebook.com/russell.frederick See endorsement from Danny Simmons : http://www.youtube.com/watch...
HOW KICKSTARTER WORKS: Your credit card is only charged, if and when, we reach our goal. If I do not reach my fund raising goal by the project's deadline, I lose ALL the money that has been raised. "Backer rewards" are redeemable when the project reaches its fund raising goal. After that time, backers will be contacted by the project coordinator to obtain any additional information that may be needed (ie. shipping address, t shirt size,etc.).
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 18, 2011.
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Personalized thank you card from Russell and a set of 10 postcards with images from Russell's collection.
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Personalized thank you card from Russell. A set of 10 postcards with images from Russell's collection. One wallpaper optimized for your computer, your choice from 10 images, and listed as a funder on the exhibition booklet.
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A limited edition t-shirt with an image from Russell's collection, Masculine cut for the kings and flattering cut for the queens plus a set of 10 postcards.
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A personal thank you phone call from Russell Frederick, 15 postcards and a t-shirt with an image from the Russell Frederick archive. Masculine cut for the kings, flattering cut for the queens.
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Lunch with Russell, set of 10 postcards, plus limited edition t shirt with an image from Russell's collection. Masculine cut for the kings and flattering cut for the queens.
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A personal thank you call from Russell Frederick, 15 postcards, a 2012 calendar of images from the Russell Frederick archive and a t-shirt with an image from Russell's collection. Masculine cut for the kings and flattering cut for the queens.
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8x10 digital C print from the Russell Frederick archive.
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Invitation to a special funders party plus a 8x10 fiber based silver gelatin print from the Russell Frederick archive.
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2 hour photography session with Russell plus an 8x10 fiber based silver gelatin print or an 11x 14 digital C print from the Russell Frederick archive.
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3 hour photography session with Russell plus an 11X14 signed digital C print or a signed 11x14 fiber based silver gelatin print from the Russell Frederick archive.
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A limited edition silver gelatin fiber based archival 30"x40" signed print and 10 postcards. Additional shipping costs plus insurance will be added to the pledge amount.
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Russell Frederick is a photographer from Brooklyn whose global world view and keen understanding of the human condition informs his compelling photography. He works with film in medium and large format and shoots predominantly black and white documentary portraiture photography. Through his lens he subverts and disengages the current status quo and stereotypes of people of color internationally. He has photographed men, women and children from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn to Kingston, Jamaica. He has photographed the Lower Ninth Ward and the Bloods in Brooklyn. Russell Frederick tells the story while elevating and exposing the inherent beauty, dignity and honor in his subjects.
A self taught photographer with little formal training, Frederick has catapulted from an unfamiliar name to being sought after for his signature photographic style. In a decade he has become a celebrated public speaker, commissioned photographer and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He is a winner of the esteemed Gordon Parks International Photography Competition as well as a co-recipient of a media fellowship sponsored by the Open Society Institute to document the after effects of Hurricane Katrina. From thousands of entries Frederick was chosen as one of NYC’s outstanding artists of 2010 for Curate NYC. Russell is a member of Kamoinge, a select group of African American photographers whose work collectively chronicles over five decades of black American life.
His inimitable eye for composition and his use of surroundings intrinsic to urban landscapes such as street art, murals and architecture are all present as aspects of his work. He has the instinct and ability to evoke authentic, visceral responses from people which make for incomparable unique images. Through his photography he tackles issues such as commitment, honor, respect, race, class, and the essence of humanity. Russell Frederick's photographs have a timeless quality that is attained through his gift to see beyond the exterior.
Russell's work has been showcased at the The Corridor Gallery, The Rotunda Gallery, The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, The African American Museum in Philadelphia,The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Columbia University, Columbia College, NYU, The Empire State Building, Nordstroms, The University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and the Goethe Institute in Accra, Ghana amongst many others.
Beyond photographing. Russell dedicates his time to volunteering and mentoring young adults.
