View screening details and download press release HERE.
Enjoy this short film I shot and edited of my adorable niece experiencing sparklers for the first time.
Attend a special screening D.C. at the US Capitol with Senator Manchin on July 22. RSVP here HollowEvent@manchin.senate.gov
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HOLLOW mentioned in Wired.UK
Interview with Grant Scott, of the United Nations of Photography
Interview on WMMT (Whitesburg, KY)
Shenandoah National Park
Beautiful morning in the Shenandoah National Park.
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Today is West Virginia's 151st year of statehood. While most Americans don't celebrate their native land's statehood, we West Virginians do. We're proud and weird people.
Last year, the Hollow team and I launched this baby into the world. It says everything I want to say about this state, so for today I will share some of my favorite (winter) photos of this place we call home.
This road didn't exist when I lived in Logan. When I drive through West Virginia I try to imagine the work involved to create roadways through these mountains.
Here I got my first fish, took bubble baths, wrecked my Barbie car, celebrated my 4th birthday, watched my baby sitter eat a whole jar of pickles, swam in the back of a pickup truck filled with water and built igloos when the snowed trapped us on the hill.
Downtown Logan, West Virginia.
Williamson, West Virginia.
Morgantown, West Virginia.
The building that used to stand here burned to the ground. Inside of said building was Saks Jewelry, my mom's place of employment. Today, they have relocated and a gravel lot occupies the space.
There really is nothing like a West Virginian sunset.
It's nice to take a moment and see the details.
Mom.
My uncle built this house in the 1970s. He is one of the most intelligent and creative people I have ever known. He has never been married, never had a driver's license and lives alone. The house is built on, and in between, a huge rock cliff in Nicholas County, W.Va. He used to have a dark room in the house but has since converted it into his computer room. Times change.
Great Uncle Roy (said uncle of story above).
I'm named after this sweet woman. Great Aunt Eva Elaine Russell. Known in the county as a fantastic school cook for decades.
My Paw Paw Doy's woodstack.
Silver and blue.
Paw Paw Doy taking a break from the swarms of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The newest grandchild.
One day I will learn how to play the fiddle from this man.
My favorite view.
And one from summer. My favorite season is fall but something about these winter photos felt appropriate for WV's 151st.
Happy Birthday, West Virginia.
Tomorrow marks ONE YEAR since we launched Hollow.
Since then, many of you have contributed to a gallery of 1,011 photos of "home" by tagging your Instagram photos with the #hollerhome tag.
We want to THANK all of you who have been part of this journey and encourage you to help us reach 1,500 images of "home" by tagging your photos for our one-year celebration! #hollerhome
See the gallery here: http://hollerhome.hollowdocumentary.com/holler-home/
and ate the HECK out of them...
The full, uncut ceremony is now online. We are in Part 2 (below) starting at 44:09 [vimeo 97143901 w=700 h=394]
Thanks to the Peabody Awards for this amazing honor!
Hello Hollow visitors, I wanted to write a short post and let you know that we are experiencing some issues with our server. These issues range from extremely slow load times, videos not playing, images and buttons being missing and redirect issues with Firefox and Internet Explorer.
We recently relocated the project to a new server and with that issues have presented some challenges to our users when trying to view content. We ask that you please be patient with us during this time.
Interactive storytelling projects are extremely frustrating and expensive to maintain. Issues with the website can change and occur at any moment without us knowing and we are now trying to figure out how to resolve some new bugs.
We invite you to visit our VIMEO page to view the video content in the meantime.
We have created channels for each sequence of the interactive doc. Some of the videos are still uploading but head on over and check out what is there!
THESE ROOTS: https://vimeo.com/channels/theseroots FOR EACH OTHER: https://vimeo.com/channels/foreachother FOR THE LAND: https://vimeo.com/channels/fortheland WHEN COAL WAS KING: https://vimeo.com/channels/whencoalwasking AROUND THE BEND: https://vimeo.com/channels/aroundthebend
Thanks for sticking with us,
Elaine elaine@hollowthefilm.com
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Today we made the beautiful drive from Tirana to Shkodër. We filmed at the castle this evening and are staying at Florian's Guesthouse, a lovely place that we are also featuring. Tomorrow we head to Theth to film with a mountain guide!
My first day in Tirana was fascinating. We were lucky enough to spend the morning with Iris Elezi, of the Albanian Cinema Project, who introduced us to Maks Velo, an artist who was punished and imprisoned for his work during the communist dictatorship. We were so fortunate to gain amazing insight into this country's history through Maks and Iris. The people we have met so far and very genuine and serious-mannered folk. There are still remnants of communism all around (including this pyramid, below), but the city is also searching for its new identity as a free market.
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Albania was the first country to be declared an atheist state (under the dictatorship) but since the collapse in 1991, Christian and Muslim practices have returned.
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We also spent time with the folks at Tirana Express and a cultural critic here. Tomorrow, we rent a car and head North to Shkodër for a few days.
Great news: food and drink is CHEAP!
Filming for Humanity.
Early this morning we took the ferry from Tarbert to Uig. We had a "proper" Scottish breakfast on the ferry. I had eggs, beans, mushrooms, potatoes and toast, while Kerrin opted for the six types of meat (including black pudding, YUCK) that they offered. Last night we stayed at this place, that I would definitely recommend if you are traveling through the Isle of Harris. Today, we explored the Isle of Skye and filmed the gorgeous work of artist, Julie Brook for Humanity.
I really can't even begin to explain the diversity of landscape we have been able to see in the past week. We have taken thousands of photos, videos and sounds and every corner we turn are tempted to collect more. Scotland is gorgeous but the highlands and western isles have my heart. This place is gorgeous. (Filming for Humanity).
Lots of photos, audio and video collected today from our coastal drive to Thurso. Here are some highlights at Wick, Castletown and some places in between. (Shooting for Humanity.TV).
Today, we filmed (waist and knee deep) in the River Tay with fishing guide, Moray McFarlane. Beautiful day and beautiful scenery, but no salmon to be found. **I’m filming with Kerrin Sheldon for Humanity in Scotland and Albania through June 10 and posting daily photos…enjoy
Casks at Speyside Cooperage where we filmed the intense process of coopers making wooden casks.
**I'm filming with Kerrin Sheldon for Humanity in Scotland and Albania through June 10 and posting daily photos...enjoy