Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 in Pictures /  by Chris Suspect

Had a great time at Art Basel Miami this year. It was such a pleasure to escape DC and hit the warm climate. It was a little sad not having the Miami Street Photography Festival this year, but we will be back in 2022.

The highlight for me was being the subject for an episode of Sur Les Murs, a french documentary program on street art with artist/sculptor Richard Orlinski. The film crew followed me around South Beach shooting for about 6 hours. It was awesome and they were jazzed by how dynamic the footage turned out. This will air in January on TV5MONDE and on French speaking channels around the world.

The rest of the time I shot a lot, went to some cool art fairs and parties, worked out on Muscle Beach, and ran. I'm a little exhausted from all the physical activity and walking 10 plus miles a day! I slept over 10 hours when I returned.

The photos above were all from this trip. I got to shoot a lot and it was great.

New One-of-a-Kind-T Shirts for Sale /  by Chris Suspect

November 13th was my birthday. I had a solo show planned for a DC gallery called Bad Candy. Long story short, Bad Candy got shut down by the DC government and I was left with 23 one-of-a-kind T-shirts I had printed for the month-long exhibit. Fortunately, I was able to sell 17 of my 23 shirts at my birthday party with the awesome band Teen Cobra at my absolutely favorite bar in DC called Slash Run. I only have 6 left. You can buy just the shirt or the shirt with the print here in my web store.

The above photos are the result of a collaboration between me and Nova which we shot this past weekend. She was kind enough to let me shoot a “look book” for my remaining shirts. Check them out here.

Mexican Silhouettes Updated for 2021 /  by Chris Suspect

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico © Chris Suspect 2021

During this year’s Day of the Dead workshop in San Miguel de Allende I personally focused on updating my Mexican Silhouettes portfolio that I have been working on for several years. I have just added 10 new images and removed about as many. Photography projects always seem to be a work in progress. I guess you will know when it’s done when you have either exhausted all visual possibilities or you just grow out of it. For now I definitely plan to do more of the same when I return next year, trying to make more complicated and/or graphic images.