LEE POWERS PHOTOGRAPHY : SHORT FILM + PHOTO PROJECTS

OCCUPY WALL STREET : 10/10/2011

leepowers — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:16:16 +0000

POGGI INDUSTRIES

leepowers — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:35:41 +0000

A short film about Paul Poggi of Poggi Industries, an investment banker turned woodworker who specializes in bespoke custom furniture.

FROM ABOVE : NYC

leepowers — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:14:22 +0000

Heres a short film we made over the space of a few days from the 37th floor of a Manhattan building. Thanks to Woody Allen for the inspiration.

FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION – TANK MAGAZINE

leepowers — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:42:06 +0000

Way back in 2001, i was straight out of art college, full of ideas and wanted to ask the question if you could be a photographer and author of the image without using your own camera. I was inspired by an article about Virgin boss Richard Branson taking pictures 1000′s of feet above the earth inside his world record attempting balloon, of himself and his 1 man crew, it mentioned that the photographer who had the idea and set the camera up owned the copyright, not Richard Branson, despite Branson pressing the shutter. Therefore, with this knowledge in mind, i jumped in the car with a stylist, hair / make up, model and a bunch of clothes and headed up to the theme park Thorpe Park, here we produced a full on fashion shoot, using the camera that were found on the rides and attractions, heres the results;

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THE ARTIST IS PRESENT – THE EXTRAS

leepowers — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:11:37 +0000

The project we worked on for 125 Magazine’s ‘The Art Issue’ was a homage to the performance artist Marina Abramović , during the piece we made images with the extras which never made it into the magazine, however, upon re-visiting the project we felt the images had really wonderful moments and deserved to be seen.

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UPSTATE NEW YORK

leepowers — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:14:21 +0000

A continuing project of documenting Upstate New York.

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LOOK UP – NEW YORK CITY

leepowers — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:13:47 +0000

A continuing project of looking upwards in New York City.

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NHRA – SLIDESHOW

leepowers — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:20:59 +0000

EL MIRAGE – SLIDESHOW

leepowers — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:20:21 +0000

CHINA THEMEPARKS – SLIDESHOW

leepowers — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:14:49 +0000