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It has been an amazing ride for Static Photography out here in Camden, ME for the 2009 PopTech Conference . Day Two was fillled with amazing speakers, amazing musicians and complete with a full fledged ice cream social to end the eventful day. The sessions on Day Two focused around Re:imagining America and speakers were categorized into four themed sections. Those sections were: Mindshifts, Teaching Change, Energy/Form/Motion and Challenging Conversation. Kris Krug has been very busy shooting all these innovative speakers but it's worth it!

Static Photography has been at the PopTech Conference in Camden, Maine for a few days now and it has been a photographic whirlwind! Kris Krug has been shooting photos of all the speakers during the sessions of the conference. The best and brightest have been here talking about various topics around the theme of Reimagining America. The day one sessions were split into four sessions: The Reset Moment, American Stories, A Keen Sense and The Invisible Made Visible. Here are some photos of the speakers from day one.

For the last two years Kris Krug has had the opportunity to be the official photographer of Pop!Tech , a 4 day fall conference that happens in Camden, ME. Over the past two years he has shot dozens of speakers while they were presenting on a wide range of topics, including inner-city violence , the fate of the oceans , musical possibility , linguistic theory and emotional robot technology . From musicians to leaders to the change makers of the present world, Pop!Tech has hosted them and Kris has photographed them.

Judy Inc. is a national Canadian talent rep agency specializing in the representation of all the amazing creative people who contribute to the behind the scenes of any creative project.

From fashion wardrobe stylists to hair and makeup artists , product styling and room setting , food styling and location scouting , Judy Inc.'s impressive 120 person talent roster speaks for itself.

Judy Inc.'s flagship Toronto office opened its doors on June 1st, 1999 with the hopes and goals of standing out from other talent rep agencies. They groomed their talent roster to promote professional services from an international selection of creative individuals.

They officially expanded their presence to the West Coast by opening up their Vancouver office on August 1, 2008. With offices in both Toronto and Vancouver, a roster that represents talent in Montreal and an international presence, Judy Inc. is building momentum.

They are able to fulfill specialty talent niches in major markets such as Toronto, Vancouver, New York, LA, Paris and Asia.

It was very exciting for Static Photography to announce last year around this time of Judy Inc. planned expansion over to the West Coast. The most exciting part of this announcement was the Vancouver representation of Kris as one of two location scouts for the talent agency. Kris is able to resource his extensive network of relationships and knowledge of awesome photography locations which makes him an very valuable and insightful location scout.

Vancouver has some really amazing events that happen yearly. One of them is the DOXA Documentary Film Festival , presented by the Documentary Media Society . Every year the DMS rallies together some of the best independent documentaries of the year from filmmakers all around the world and presents them to a local audience with an impressive curated schedule . The entire festival is juried and has additional elements of artist talks , public forums and special events.

Translated as the sound of conversation Pecha Kucha is the optimized vision of creative presentations. At every Pecha Kucha Night around the world, each presenter is allowed 20 images shown at 20 seconds a piece, with a grand total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds for their entire presentation. Having this time limit really keeps presentations down to just the good stuff.

This was the fifth time that Pecha Kucha has happened in Vancouver . Kris Krug was chosen with 11 other presenters to speak on varying topics. Krug's discussion was a visual handbook on open-sharing . He was positioned along side Rex Weyler 's photo presentation from the startup of Greenpeace , Dolly Hopkins ' discussion on her involvement with the Illuminaries Festival , and Shawna Cox 's documentary adventure with the desert races .

The entire night was a direct onslaught of intelligent creative individuals creating art and social change, all within the city limits of Vancouver. The entire sold out theatre was filled with creative individuals. Everyone left feeling very inspired or super intimidated!  
The 6th installment of Pecha Kucha is scheduled for May 21, 2009 at the Park Theatre .