If you live in or around Atlanta, Georgia, or if you are visiting between September 19th and October 16th, then why not check out "The Cell Phone Photography Project" which is billed as the "largest cell phone photographic collaboration".

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What's Happening Now:  The Cell Phone Photography Project, co-produced by Christian Bradley-West and Susan Todd-Raque, from Saturday, September 19th - Friday, October 16th

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 19th; 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

ATLANTA, Georgia - Opening on Saturday, September 19, 2009 is Atlanta's largest cell phone photographic collaboration of 47 participating artists from across the U.S. and Europe, co-produced by Christian Bradley-West and Susan Todd-Raque.  This is the LARGEST project ever put on for Atlanta Celebrates Photography!

The artistic process for this project began in June, 2009 and continued for over 8 weeks, with weekly assignments sent to each artist.  The assignments ranged from a word to a statement to a visual image.  Each photo has been taken using a camera phone, with "extra credit" assignments speaking to the spontaneity of the experience from time to time.  Most of the artists are photographers, a few are painters and others are not artists but regularly use the technology.  A blog has been created during the process to include selected photos.  Ten of each artist's favorite images will be exhibited as one collaborative living diary. 

Co-producer Christian Bradley-West states how he "noticed how people were changing and responding to the acceleration of how imagery was less something to be saved and more of a message to be dispersed."  More people than ever are documenting their lives with photos making artists out of everybody.  Cell phone cameras are a primary tool for approaching life with such immediacy and yet paradoxical in its place in the Information Age - private and yet public.  This experience is not restricted to any region or economic class.  It is a global, collective experience.

Christian Bradley-West has been a fine artist and designer for the last ten years.  His work spans from textile design for carpets to creating fine art tintypes using turn of the century processes.  He currently resides in Dalton, Georgia where he is constantly developing new ideas and processes to create beauty.

A co-founder of Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Susan Todd-Raque is an independent curator, collection consultant, scholar, educator and writer on photography.  Some people call her "the art muse."

Featured work by Steve Aishman, Danielle Assef, John Bohannon, William Boling, Jonathon Bouknight, Christian Bradley-West, Gary Coleman, Dorothy Connor, Ande Cook, Elizabeth D'Angelo, Stephanie Dalton, Melanie Davis, Dave Dennard, Meg Dreyer, Jan Fields, Nancy Floyd, Lance Foster, Crystal Genes, Sari Goodfriend, Jenni Grant, Matt Haffner, Jefferson Hayman, Joyce Hethcox, Kim Hoeckele, Tracey Hogan, Ashley Hope-Waldron, Judy Kuniansky, Beth Lilly, Sean McCormick, Michael David Murphy, Michael Murphy, Laura Noel, Katy Olmstead, Jeffrey Perri, Amira Price, Greg Schmigel, Jerry Siegel, Teresa Sims, Brett Smith, Mical Stansel, Whitney Stansel, Terry Stephens, Karen Tauches, Corinne Vionnet, Ansley West, Whitney Wood, Rick Wright.

For more information, contact Susan Todd-Raque, 404.273.5103 or info@SusanTodd-Raque.com.  Visit the blog at www.christianbwest.com/cellphoneproject.  This exhibit is part of the month-long citywide Atlanta Celebrates Photography.