Brews & Business: Educational Networking Series – August 2019

Carl Bower is a Denver-based editorial photographer whose work has been shown in the Annenberg Space for Photography, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Georgia Museum of Art and galleries throughout the U.S. Clients/publications include The Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, The Financial Times, Health, Architect, Lenscratch, Verve Photo, Flak Photo, Cultured, Time, and Newsweek. He is committed to documentary projects and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.

Why did you become a photographer? Are those needs and motivations being satisfied in your professional work? As our passion becomes our profession, the practical need to build a marketable portfolio, pursue clients and satisfy others’ demands can turn photography into a…job. What would you shoot, how would you shoot, if you had no one to please but yourself? Most of us will do whatever it takes to deliver for a client, but what if we worked as hard for ourselves? “Personal Work” often refers to self-assigned projects to flesh out a portfolio. However, there can be indirect, though deeper benefits, from shooting for an audience of one. Come learn about Carl Bower’s experiences and where these personal projects have led him.