Thanks to Alicia from Time Out Chicago for writing a piece on the sleepy pics for Time Out. Alicia and her photographer got on the train with me to see how I take the pics. It was an interesting experience because this time there were no “hidden cameras” (NBC News had these crazy eyeglass video cameras), this time the photographer had this giant slr camera and was full on just taking shots of me taking pics, which as you can imagine made it a little more challenging to not attract a ton of attention.

But we all came out unscathed, no black eyes to mention!

Check out the article here:

http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/museums-culture/29869/the-scene 

What does life look like this second? Get out your cell phone and take a picture right now. And send it to “The Big Picture Project”

I’ve got another photo project going that you all are invited to be a part of. It’s called The Big Picture Project”
The Big Picture Project is a living mosaic. This project was inspired by the “Found in the City Gallery” here on Sleepyurbanit.com.

The Big Picture Project is about all the things big and small that we visually digest each day- all strung together into one big-picture-paragraph. The mosaic is like taking our everyday lives and shooting it through a funky kaleidoscope… multiple vantage points, locations, perspectives all at the same time.
I’m still taking the sleepy pics. I actually have a huge backlog of images to get up. I’ve been a little distracted by my band’s new cd release and this new idea.. the “Big Picture Project.” It’s based off of the “found in the city” and “urbanhieorglyphics”galleries here on Sleepyurbanite.com
But this time is a little different than the “sleepy pics”. This time, I want to collaborate with, well YOU. Everyone Anyone with a cell phone or digital camera is invited to take a picture of what you see right now..And text or email them to bigpicture[at]localsrock.com. The photos are instantly added to a “ living mosaic” at ShowMeTheBigPicture.com. The project coincides with the release of The Locals new CD release also titled “Big Picture”. The cd will be released on Sat, June 14th 2008. We’ll play a CD release party that evening at The Elbo Room (2871 N Lincoln, Chicago Il) at 10pm.

Both the music and the visual piece of The Big Picture project all follow the this same theme of looking at life things from a different angle in order to get an interesting take on the “Big Picture”.

So, how can you submit your pictures?

1) Take picture on your cellphone or camera

2) Send it to this email address- bigpicture(at)localsrock.com

3) Describe your shot in the email/txt message subject line. Put your location and a title for the image i.e. “My Friend Sue, Albany Park, Chicago”.

See your images in the living mosaic at www.showmethebigpicture.com

I hope to see your pics soon