vancouver fashion and portrait photography

(photo by Dave Olson)

Static’s Kris Krug will be showing one his photographs at Vancouver's infamous Cheaper Show on Saturday the 21st. The Cheaper Show is an event that showcases 150 of the best emerging visual artists from Vancouver and all around the world. All of the 300+ pieces of artwork that is shown is on sale for $200. This is an excellent time for first time buyers or those who have a limited art budget.

This year the event is being held at the old Storyeum building on 142 Water Street and the theme is Unscene Artwork. The Show is from 7- Midnight and admission is free. Last year 1500 people showed up, if you want to avoid the line up you better come early.

In April Vancouver hosted its biannual Vancouver Fashion Week at Chapel Arts. Seasoned and emerging designers were given a chance to show from their Fall/Winter 2008 collections to an accepting audience of buyers, media, fashionistas, and photographers. Veteran Anna Sui brought in a packed house the first night with a stunning showing from her fall/winter line.

The Raconteurs started up their Shake, Rattle and Roll tour in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom this past April 20th. The venue was packed and Jack White and his suit, along with the rest of the crew kept the crowds energy up all night. Static Photogrpahy’s Kris Krug was right in the middle of the action, snapping photos for the legendary Rolling Stone. See all of The Raconteurs pictures on Kris’s Flickr page or rollingstone.com.

Back in March, Static Photography's Kris Krug had an opportunity to shoot the legendary musical group R.E.M. in Austin, Texas during the SXSW 2008 music conference and festival. The festival showcased 1800 bands at 80+ venues around Austin.

Static has been photographing South by Southwest for 5 years now and has been lucky to meet many of our favorite musicians. This year one of Kris’ shots of Michael Stipe (R.E.M) was published on the front cover of the New York Press, a weekly newspaper dishing out the latest in music, film, dinning and more. You can check out all of Kris’s R.E.M. photos on his flickr page.

Photographers only dream of having their photos published for National Geographic. This past February, Static’s own Kris Krug had this dream come true. Kris was at the 2007 Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine working as the official photographer.

We recently had the chance to do a fun fashion editorial photoshoot with Natalie Pagnucco. We used several impromtu Vancouver photoshoot locations including an alley along Water Street in Gastown, and Matthew Good's apartment.