Author: Gwoods

Stand Together: An NEA Project with Park Triangle (12/2020)

I love working on commercial projects for the National Education Association (NEA). Not only do I believe that public eduction is of utmost importance in a civilized society (and those that aren’t so they have a chance to become one), I also enjoy working with […]

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Sirius Lee: The Problematic Time Transplant (12/2020)

My thrice-intern and creative collaborator, Theo Hollingsworth told me about a web-series he was writing and asked if I’d be interested in being the director of photography on the project. I was like, “hell yes!” and so after some rescheduling, 10-days in January it was. […]

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Family Portrait (12/2019)

A few months before the stain of the pandemic hit, we had ventured home to Pittsburgh as we had always done during the Holiday season. Every other year or so, the Prentice’s (my wife’s family) corral the family together and schedule a photo session with […]

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Mother Earth: Pen & Ink (1996)

I had ordered a few felt-tip ink pens and wasn’t sure where I’d start, in terms of a piece. I scratched around on paper like I would have with traditional ballpoint pens, but nothing spoke to me. I had to learn how to use these […]

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Read Across America with the NEA (2015-1018)

I had the pleasure of working with the wonderful folks at the National Education Association (NEA) on their Read Across America projects from 2015 to 2018 through my company, Park Triangle Productions. After successfully working on several small creative projects for the organization they trusted […]

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Outsider Art: Art Enables (2011)

I learned about Art Enables from a video profile I did on the organization for the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities in 2009. I fell in love with the organization and the artists that work through its studio. I decided in 2011 to […]

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Gentrification: A Triptych Study in Transformation (2003)

After moving to Washington, DC in 1999, I was amazed by all the buzz of construction and real estate deals swirling around the quadrants. In those first three years, I would drive Erica to work and pass by this particular house on Rhode Island Avenue. […]

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Short Screenplay: Delusion of Power

I began writing this short script about 13 years prior to actually creating what I called a first draft. This has been a difficult script to write mostly because of life pulling me in many directions… along with writing 20 other scripts that were more […]

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Still Ouchere: 25 Years Later (12/2020)

Late 2020, I reconnected with Chris and Tee from the now defunct Whitepost prison complex. We all left in the mid to late nineties, looking back at our experience as a time for self-reflection and growth. I hadn’t seen Tee in a minute, but Chris […]

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Darius and Rob Playing Basketball (11/2020)

I play outdoor basketball everyday the whether seems reasonable. That means anything above 48° F with enough sun radiating to warm any exposed skin. Basketball really is life in my world. I purchased a new gimbal for my camera (DJI Ronin RS 2) and wanted […]

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