by Andy Batt | Jun 30, 2021 | Sport Shoot, The Art of the Personal Project
My personal work process is an incubator that lets me turn fringe ideas into compelling images. For the last year (for obvious reasons), it’s been on the back burner, but now that I’ve gotten the vaccine, there’s the freedom to be physically near each other and worry...
by Andy Batt | May 4, 2021 | Performance dance, The Art of the Personal Project
I’m missing everyday life and regular interactions—like everyone else. Right around this time, I should be brainstorming new ideas and getting ready for ASMP* Oregon’s annual event, Portland Squared. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a two-day photography challenge,...
by Andy Batt | Apr 5, 2021 | The Art of the Personal Project
When I wrote and photographed a dystopian story called ‘Bad Choices’ — complete with a virus that created massive social unrest and chaos and had lingering long-term effects — I had no idea that I would be living inside a weird and un-cinematic version of...
by Andy Batt | Jan 28, 2019 | Behind the scenes, On Assignment, The Art of the Personal Project
Lensbaby, makers of creative effect camera lenses, asked me to help them launch a new lens, the Sol 45mm. They wanted me to choose a personal passion project, and for me, that meant a new story within the world of Bad Choices . My first job was to integrate the...
by Andy Batt | Jan 8, 2019 | Screenplays, The Art of the Personal Project
Andy Batt’s Bad Choices Project on Patreon For the past four years I’ve been working hard, doing many of the things (concepting, writing, sketching, backstory-ing {yes, it’s a word now thankyouverymuch}, art directing, creative directing, regular...
by Therese Gietler | Jun 28, 2018 | Screenplays, The Art of the Personal Project
Andy created a dystopian world inhabited mainly by strong/interesting/dimensional female characters. This project is called Bad Choices—which is also the name of the town at the center of this conceptual story. He set his goals high: “I was tired of photographing...
