Update #23: This is the end, my only friend... Peace Out :: Nuevo Laredo, MX
"Peace Out" ~ Huiricuta, Mexico (c) 2011 Skip Hunt
ADDENDUM: Good News! I learned a lot from this Kickstarter project, dusted myself off and am trying again. Only this time to Colombia on different platform. Only a few days left to sign up as a virtual stowaway.
Deadline May 12, 2012
More info here: http://bit.ly/thedeepend
I'm sad to announce that my Kickstarter creative project failed to reach it's goal by the deadline, so it has officially been cancelled.
I recorded some thoughts that you can listen to HERE
To those who believed in me & pledged support to my project, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm very sorry my best efforts were not enough to get this project over the finish line. It's because of you that I will likely try again at som point.
If you enjoyed all the work, expense and creative effort I put into taking you along for the ride & would like to show that appreciation with a kind gratuity, you can do so via PayPal. You can use the "Donate" button on my siteHERE or you can go to PayPay directly and send your gratuity/tip to skip@poppinfreshmedia.com
There's more coming, but first I need to get across the border and back into Texas without getting robbed or shot by one of the now three different cartel gangs who control the corridor I must walk through in order to get to the other side.
Wish me luck!!!
Skip Hunt
Austin, Texas
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on August 14, 2011.
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"Image making reminds me to awaken from the slumber and to celebrate life's rich pageantry parading all around us."
-- Skip Hunt
Skip Hunt, born on the wind-swept plains of Oklahoma, is a professional photographer in Austin, Texas. He picked up a 35mm camera in the mid-1970's and has never stopped sharing his unique vision via photographic images.
Many moons ago, he was bitten hard by the wanderlust beast and has been canvassing the globe ever since. Visionary artists such as Pete Turner, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman, and Andre Kertesz set Skip's sight on a fine-art horizon early on. His insatiable thirst for rich color and even richer cultural exploration keeps him on the road most of the time.
When he's recharging his batteries, he calls Austin, Texas home.
Will you be home tomorrow for your birthday? Would love to see you in the flesh suit soon-
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@Eileen... Just saw the very kind gratuity/tip you made to my PayPal in lui of this project's unfortunate failure. Muchas Gracias!
Not sure what the plan is, but I'm on my way to Austin on a bus now. Will visit in my "skin suit" muy pronto. :)
Made it & on a bus headed for Austin.
Tuns out it was even more dangerous than I thought. The U.S. Customs officer told me that not only are innocent people getting shot in the crossfire of machine gun fire between 3 different cartels & the military (all fighting to claim territory) but she said they are now throwing grenades into the street as well. She said the area I just walked through was the most dangerous.
Yikes!