Coming Up---

-for the week of Oct 22nd, 2012.

> GROW! at The United Nations Film Festival, Pasadena, CA.  More info at GROW! Blog.

> On photo assignment in Nashville, TN

> Editing new episode of "Field Trip!"

Off The Grid...

While crisscrossing the US filming our next documentary, our eyes stray to the surrounding scenes.

Brunswick, GA., 2012.

Field Trip!

Over the last eight months we have produced and directed 14 (and counting) segments of "Field Trip!" for Georgia Organics.  Subjects covered include hoop houses, irrigation, cultivation, lambing, sweet potato harvesting and more.

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Funding provided by USDA and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Winner!

"CHILD'S PLAY" wins Best Directors Short Award at the 2012 Atlanta Horror Film Festival.  Thank you Graham, Frankie and Russell for your performances and participation; Ana and Andy of Blue Fork Farm for the location and the pigs at Riverview for the initial inspiration to make this film and finally, the judges panel at Atlanta Horror Film Festival.  Cheers!

CHILD'S PLAY Screening Sat Sept 29th

OFFICIAL SELECTION ATLANTA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2012

Our short film CHILD'S PLAY starring Graham Swancy, Frankie Lee Cook and Russell Cook screens at The Atlanta Horror Film Festival Saturday, Sept 29 at The Goat Farm.
See 8PM Local shorts / More info at atlantahorrorfilmfest

WATCH THE TRAILER

2012 Atlanta DocuFest - Sept 22nd!

We will be representing Norwegian Director Skule Eriksen's short documentary "Vinterlys" Saturday night, Sept 22nd at Atlanta Docu Fest 2012. 8PM block See schedule: www.docufest.com/

After weeks of low autumn light, the sun sinks below the horizon and stays there during the depth of winter, but the scarce light has its subtle beauty as it falls on people's everyday life and the unique Arctic landscape.

As American representatives for this Norwegian film, Anthony-Masterson will be on hand to answer questions after the screening. 

Assignment: GuestBook-Atlanta

Most of our assignments have us traveling so when we get chance to shoot a story in Atlanta we jump at it.  WhereTraveler - GuestBook sent us to the Atlanta Oakland Cemetery.

New Documentary Film Project

AMP Documentary Project in development

Do Something Reel Film Festival

WATCH - THINK - ACT

GROW! takes part in Whole Foods Market year long DO SOMETHING REEL Film Festival, showcasing an on-going collection of consciousness raising films each month.

GROW! is selected for the month of August, 2012.

Go to: Do Something Reel

GROW! Now Available Worldwide

Finally!!!

The 60 minute Deluxe Edition GROW! DVD with 30 minutes of Bonus Features is now available.

ORDER YOUR COPY HERE!

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GROW! is also available on iTunes / PlayStation / YouTube / Roxio-CinemaNow / Amazon / Xbox /

WHO KNEW GEORGIA FARMERS WERE SO HOT!

Assignment: Manyfold Farm

We were asked by Ross and Rebecca of Manyfold Farm to photograph their operation for their new web site.  We said yes because their farm is a photographers dream of beautiful space and light and also because they seemed like the right people to suggest shooting film (yes, the E6 transparency that we all miss so much) for this project.
They, without hesitation, said yes.
While we opted for digital format for much of the farm texture, it was our trusted Hasselblad 501CM that was utilized for the tabletop work.
Thanks for letting us bust out the "old school."

Go to Manyfold Farm

On Assignment...

... in Murray, Kentucky.
A step back in time... and a dry county.
OK- so where the photographers stay while on assignment may not seem like part of any story (that can be told at least...), however this motel, with it's very vintage keys still in use needed to be shared.

In Murray, KY

Global Growers Network

Short film we produced for the Global Growers Network (pro-bono).

The Global Growers Network (GGN) was founded collectively by leaders and stakeholders in metro-Atlanta’s food-producing refugee community, and it grew out of the successful Burundi Women’s Farm that was started as a project of Refugee Family Services.


Go to globalgrowers.net

Sweet Peach

Here is a nice story on us by Pam Berger on her Sweet Peach Blog.

We usually don't invite the public "inside" our lives with probing questions and roving eyes but, after meeting Pam- well read and see for yourself.

SweetPeach: Christine and Owen's Modern Atlanta

On Assignment...

... in Atlanta.
White walls, floors and ceiling: we are in love.
With Lisa Kline Mowry 

Pollinator Award

Photo courtesy TOM BRODNAX

The Georgia Organics Barbara Petit Pollinator of the Year Award for 2012 goes to...
Christine Anthony and Owen Masterson for producing GROW!

The award honors an individual or organization for outstanding community leadership in pollinating Georgia's sustainable farming and food movement.

2012!

It's a new year!

Assignment: Las Vegas

For Endless Vacation Magazine

From the roof of the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino

Assignment: GuestBook-Atlanta

GuestBook Atlanta
(Cover: Detail of Fox Theatre box office)

We were assigned to walk up the length of Peachtree St. from Atlanta Underground to 19th Street, shooting everything along the way.  The second assignment for this edition was drinks... really.

Drink: "Sky Canvas" at Bar Lumen, The Ritz-Carlton-Atlanta

We are pleased to announce...

GROW! picked up the Best American Documentary Award at the awards ceremony Saturday night.

ROME Film Festival Screening

Juried Award Nominee GROW!

This Saturday, Sept 10th, GROW! will screen at the Rome International Film Festival at the DeSoto Theatre in Rome, Georgia at 7:00pm.

We will be in attendance for this screening and hope to see you there.

There will be a Q+A after the film.

For info: growmovie.net

More info: www.riff.tv

Lauched: GROWMOVIE.NET

For the last month we've been hard at work putting together the content for our new website designed by Mike Lorey of Rationally Creative.

Check it out!

www.growmovie.net

You Decide

PSA "You Decide" Segments

Paige Witherington of Serenbe Farms in Chattahoochee Hills, GA.

Darby McCrea Weaver of Sun Dog Farmers in Buckhead, GA

Jenny Jackson of Jenny-Jack Sun Farm, Pine Mountain, GA

Charlotte Swancy of Riverview Farms, Ranger GA.

Chris Jackson of Jenny-Jack Sun Farm, Pine Mountain, GA.

Elliott McGann, Hope Grows, Sylvania, GA

Caroline Archer of Bethesda Gardens, Savannah, GA

Cory Mosser of Burge Organic Farm, Mansfield, GA

Justin Dansby of Serenbe Farms in Chattahoochee Hills, GA

Spring Time at Wheat Street Garden

Billy, Farm Worker

Amakiasu Shabaka Ford, Summer Camp Director

Kamal Nuri, Strategic Planner

Rashid Nuri, Urban Farmer, Founder, Truly Living Well

We try to get out to Wheat Street at least once a month, but work on our documentary, GROW! kept us away. These photos are from our first spring visit. Scroll down and you'll be able to see the progress. Thanks to the efforts of many volunteers, farm staff and donations, the farm is now up and running and selling vegetables every Friday from 3-7 p.m. off Auburn Ave. at 75 Hilliard Street N.E. Atlanta, 30312.

Starting in June, there will be 3 sessions of Summer Camp, a fun-filled opportunity for kids 7-14 to learn all about growing food along with participating in games, art, swimming, and to keep them on their toes, a little reading and writing.

For more information: Truly Living Well

GROW! Movie Premiere

At Georgia Organics Conference, Savannah GA 3/12/2011.
Click: GROW! for Red CarpetPIX.

Atlanta's first urban organic farm! Wheat Street Garden

Rashid Nuri (right), with Eugene Cooke his CFO (Chief Farming Officer)

volunteers and staff

55 raised beds sit on concrete pads of the former low income housing project

On a vacant lot in downtown Atlanta where low income housing projects once stood, Rashid Nuri, Visionary, Urban Farmer and Educator is realizing his dream of an urban organic farm. The 4 acre site is leased from the historic Wheat Street Baptist Church. The vision for the farm includes 100 fruit trees, vegetables, beehives and flowers, bringing beauty and much needed fresh food to an area that could be described as a food desert. The farm will provide, not only food, but also educational and work opportunities for the neighborhood.

The seed money for the project was provided by the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation and the EPA. Since the groundbreaking on December 5th, in-kind and monetary donations are helping to keep the project going and expanding. There's still lots to do.

If you'd like to help contact Rashid at: admin@trulylivingwell.com

"To me farming is really an art and the people that do it the best are at heart poets."

Skip Glover, farmer.

Jenny-Jack Sun Farm, Pine Mt, GA

Layers, Hope Grows Farm, Sylvania, GA

Tim, Oakleaf Mennonite Farm, Atlanta, GA

Jenny-Jack Sun Farm, Pine Mountain, GA

Riverview Farm - Ranger, GA.

Success!!!

go to grow movie website

GROW! Kickstarter Fundraising Project!

GROW! movie Kickstarter fundraising campaign

Spread the word, share the love!

We're into our final stretch of filming and now we need a little help. So far, with the support of a few friends, our film has been self financed. We're looking to raise some funding for post-production costs - all the things we can't do ourselves, otherwise we wouldn't be asking.

We've launched an on-line fundraising campaign at Kickstarter and we're asking for your help.

Kickstarter is an online platform for crowd funding creative projects.

Kickstarter is all or nothing: if a project does not reach its stated funding goal within the time chosen, no money changes hands.

We have set our goal at $10,000.00 and the duration at 30 days.

Time is up on the 31st of October at 11:00 a.m.

You can see a trailer and find out all about the project here,

http://kck.st/aziHjS

On the site there are easy links to attach to your Facebook, Twitter or however else you choose to communicate these days.

If you are inspired and able to donate, great, if not, could you pass it along - we would be eternally grateful.

Thanks,

Christine and Owen

P.S. If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution, let us know directly and we can make that happen.

Beautiful words from a Farmer

"If you love food, then you've found a friend. If you desire food that's been thoughtfully raised with heart and soul, then you've found a farmer."
Toby Fuller of Pappy's Creek Farm

Sunrise at Bethesda Organic Gardens, Savannah, GA

Reid Archer, the farmer in charge of 4 acres

Cattle fencing

Awhile back we did a posting about the documentary film we're working on about young, organic and sustainable farmers in Georgia called GROW! We post a lot of our photos on the GROW! movie blog, but since we can't post all of them to that site, we've decided to post some of the shots here.

Bethesda Home for Boys believes in a strong practical work ethic for their students, and to that end they have a small cattle operation, video production facilities and last year added the 4 acre organic garden. Reid Archer and his wife Caroline, run the farm which has a small CSA and an on-site Farm Stand.

On Assignment...

Oh those west coast hipsters

DIY Fall 2010 published.
"Two photographers compose their '50s home..."
Photo: Anthony-Masterson
Writer: Lisa Mowry
Styling: Annette Joseph.

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This is that infamous "flooded out" shoot from last year.
FOR FLOOD BACKSTORY GO TO POST 9/21/2009

Hot, young farmers

Arianne and Elliott shared a video they made which was inspired by our recent visit to film them for GROW!

Relinda Walker, Southern Organic Hero

Relinda returned to her third generation family farm on a mission. Motivated by her passion for food, an interest in agriculture and the desire to be part of a healthier food system, she set about to shake things up. Besides farming, she spends her free time educating, mentoring and as the President of Coastal Organic Growers. To find out more about Relinda go to Walker Organic Farms.

Douglasville, GA.