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Your Email Address Close var fnames = new Array();var ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';var err_style = ''; try{ err_style = mc_custom_error_style; } catch(e){ err_style = 'margin: 1em 0 0 0; padding: 1em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background: FFEEEE none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-weight: bold; float: left; z-index: 1; width: 80%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: FF0000;'; } var mce_jQuery = jQuery.noConflict(); mce_jQuery(document).ready( function($) { var options = { errorClass: 'mce_inline_error', errorElement: 'div', errorStyle: err_style, onkeyup: function(){}, onfocusout:function(){}, onblur:function(){} }; var mce_validator = mce_jQuery("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").validate(options); options = { url: 'http://benjiwagner.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post-json?u=5594bf67f62ebd0dde64211cb&id=98b5085d51&c=?', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", beforeSubmit: function(){ mce_jQuery('#mce_tmp_error_msg').remove(); mce_jQuery('.datefield','#mc_embed_signup').each( function(){ var txt = 'filled'; var fields = new Array(); var i = 0; mce_jQuery(':text', this).each( function(){ fields[i] = this; i++; }); mce_jQuery(':hidden', this).each( function(){ if ( fields[0].value=='MM' && fields[1].value=='DD' && fields[2].value=='YYYY' ){ this.value = ''; } else if ( fields[0].value=='' && fields[1].value=='' && fields[2].value=='' ){ this.value = ''; } else { this.value = fields[0].value+'/'+fields[1].value+'/'+fields[2].value; } }); }); return mce_validator.form(); }, success: mce_success_cb }; mce_jQuery('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').ajaxForm(options); }); function mce_success_cb(resp){ mce_jQuery('#mce-success-response').hide(); mce_jQuery('#mce-error-response').hide(); if (resp.result=="success"){ mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(resp.msg); mce_jQuery('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').each(function(){ this.reset(); }); } else { var index = -1; var msg; try { var parts = resp.msg.split(' - ',2); if (parts[1]==undefined){ msg = resp.msg; } else { i = parseInt(parts[0]); if (i.toString() == parts[0]){ index = parts[0]; msg = parts[1]; } else { index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } } } catch(e){ index = -1; msg = resp.msg; } try{ if (index== -1){ mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } else { err_id = 'mce_tmp_error_msg'; html = ' '+msg+''; var input_id = '#mc_embed_signup'; var f = mce_jQuery(input_id); if (ftypes[index]=='address'){ input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-addr1'; f = mce_jQuery(input_id).parent().parent().get(0); } else if (ftypes[index]=='date'){ input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-month'; f = mce_jQuery(input_id).parent().parent().get(0); } else { input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]; f = mce_jQuery().parent(input_id).get(0); } if (f){ mce_jQuery(f).append(html); mce_jQuery(input_id).focus(); } else { mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } } } catch(e){ mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show(); mce_jQuery('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg); } } } Tumblr (3.0; @benjiwagner)http://benjiwagner.net/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2tfl1ovE1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey there, Its been months since I posted on this blog. I’ve been busy starting a new company called Poler Camping Stuff. It’s all about couch surfing, road trips, and doing stuff outside. If you want to check out some cool photography check out the ‘adventures’ section for photo essays by wonderful contributing photographers. Hopefully you’ll dig it! Please check it out here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.polerstuff.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.polerstuff.com" target="_blank">www.polerstuff.com</a></a></p> <p>Thanks, Benji</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/13165754636http://benjiwagner.net/post/13165754636Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:14:00 -0800xl<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24290169?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The film I worked on last year about the Rapha Continental is up on their site. A lot of people put a lot of work into this and I am proud to have been a part of it. I hope you enjoy it.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5905650322http://benjiwagner.net/post/5905650322Fri, 27 May 2011 13:15:38 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llny02ouQv1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>China street scene.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5774222077http://benjiwagner.net/post/5774222077Mon, 23 May 2011 12:26:26 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llnxy5Fcca1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smoggy day in China.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5774188770http://benjiwagner.net/post/5774188770Mon, 23 May 2011 12:25:18 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyg3jDZ0h1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shanghai Hotel Lobby. This was not taken with a wide angle lens!</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5347123267http://benjiwagner.net/post/5347123267Mon, 09 May 2011 17:59:43 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyd2t8B9u1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What things looked like before all the new infrastructure. A Shanghai Alley.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5344923971http://benjiwagner.net/post/5344923971Mon, 09 May 2011 16:54:30 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkycgvTzQT1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was lucky enough to visit Shanghai. What an amazing place. This is the train station. My friend told me that they have built the equivalent number of buildings and transportation infrastructure as there is in NYC in the last 7 years alone.  While we are tearing down cities like Detroit, they are building entire cities from scratch just so they have them in advance and they ‘re ready to go when they are needed!</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/5344480665http://benjiwagner.net/post/5344480665Mon, 09 May 2011 16:41:19 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk4oj49BhT1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://benjiwagner.net/post/4878731527http://benjiwagner.net/post/4878731527Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:13:52 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4xvvEBzK1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes you just go with what you have on hand.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3893796246http://benjiwagner.net/post/3893796246Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:28:43 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhtts1xYOf1qzec58o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My good friend Emiliano Granado has a show opening this week in Brooklyn called <a href="http://www.projecttfp.com/" target="_blank">Time For Print</a> (NSFW!). This is an really thought provoking body of work that you can read more about on his blog <a href="http://www.emilianogranado.com/blog/?p=1583" target="_blank">here</a>. Why do so many people in our day and age want to be photographed, want to be seen? In his own words:</p> <p><span><span>A catalog of portraits from Model Mayhem. A study of beauty, sexuality and the compulsion to be seen in the Internet age.</span></span></p> <p><span><span><br/></span></span></p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3758746766http://benjiwagner.net/post/3758746766Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:26:25 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lht90npfDb1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One day my buddy <a href="http://crowecustoms.com/" target="_blank">James Crowe</a> is going to build me a motorbike, and on that day I will be a very happy man.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3749762006http://benjiwagner.net/post/3749762006Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:57:59 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh52dw7Zn21qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3488027577http://benjiwagner.net/post/3488027577Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:32:20 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh1e0vcHmF1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3449665022http://benjiwagner.net/post/3449665022Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:53:19 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgmluvK5Si1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p><strong>New Work for Stumptown Coffee-</strong></p> <p>I live right up the street from the original @stumptowncoffee location on Division St. in Portland and it’s my daily haunt. I can see getting through life without coffee if you don’t have kids, but for us parents, there is no choice. It is a steady flow of coffee or death, simple as that.</p> <p>The guys at Stumptown know as much or more about coffee than anyone alive or dead, and you can learn a lot by visiting their website:<a target="_blank" href="http://www.stumptowncoffee.com/"><a href="http://www.stumptowncoffee.com" target="_blank">www.stumptowncoffee.com</a></a> and by following their tweets @stumptowncoffee as they roam the world sourcing the finest beans and establishing direct trade relationships with farmers and communities.</p> <p>Lots more Stumptown images to come…..</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5446317328_dd3b4ef6ff_b.jpg" width="800" height="648"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5446317972_b23c4ceef0_o.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5445717909_a22be5b04a_o.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/5446318590_9983b0fabb_o.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5445719369_79657a1903_o.jpg"/></p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3296840496http://benjiwagner.net/post/3296840496Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:22:44 -0800StumptownBenji WagnerPortlandPhotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgey5od7Be1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rob over at A photo Editor has an interesting post up about whether or not Editorial Photography is dead. He says: “Savvy companies are realizing they can attract consumers solely with editorial content ” and cites my work for Rapha as an example of that.</p> <p>In all of the talk about editorial/advertorial/brand content etc.. one of the points that I feel is often overlooked is how few brands are actually doing editorial right, the way that Rapha does.  Rapha has been able to produce stories that people actually care about within the context of their website and it has been very successful for them.    </p> <p>I have seen so many examples of brands taking an advertisement and then trying to present it as content, which simply does not work. It has to be the other way around. The editorial content has to be strong enough in and of itself, so that when it is presented by the brand, it resonates with people thereby strengthening the brand.</p> <p>Check out the article on A Photo Editor:</p> <p><a href="http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/02/10/is-editorial-photography-dead/#comments" target="_blank">http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/02/10/is-editorial-photography-dead/#comments</a></p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/3218487324http://benjiwagner.net/post/3218487324Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:03:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfd6ucwsoU1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 from 2010….#10</p> <p>This was shot out in Washington on a back road near the river. I have this whole series of photo of people being dwarfed by the landscape. It’s something I will never tire of and I don’t really know exactly why. I’ve thought a lot about it and it’s more of an emotional appeal than an intellectual one.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/2860384057http://benjiwagner.net/post/2860384057Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:13:51 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfc3n0MH051qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 from 2010….#9</p> <p>This is a photo of Cole, one of the Rapha Continental riders. He’s just finished fixing a flat out on a gravel road somewhere in rural Oregon…one of many, many flats that day. This was one of the best days of the year with the Conti guys. The only other guys we saw on these roads were a few hunters in lifted 4x4s. They were pretty confused to see a whole crew of dudes in spandex riding around out in the wild.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/2844385635http://benjiwagner.net/post/2844385635Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:35:23 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf7k6yshvz1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 from 2010….#8</p> <p>This is my friend Nick Maggio. He is the man responsible for the blog <a href="http://www.atimetoget.com" target="_blank">www.atimetoget.com</a>. He’s an amazing curator and he has turned me on to some amazing stuff. He’s a renaissance man, knows a little about everything, always scheming up something new…..and damn if he doesn’t look good with a beard!</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/2828692900http://benjiwagner.net/post/2828692900Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:14:39 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf6tci7Sro1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 from 2010…..#7</p> <p>I shot this while hiking out to Bagby Hot Springs, one of my favorite spots. It’s one of those places that is awesome when it’s empty but sucks if it’s crowded. I heard recently it’s slated to become privately owned because the govt. doesn’t want to keep up the maintenance.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/2800602194http://benjiwagner.net/post/2800602194Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:05:06 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf4pik0NOr1qzec58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 from 2010…..#6</p> <p>This was taken on the way out to a swimming hole on the Washougal River. If I could produce the visual analog to a summer party jam hip hop track this would be it. Good times. This one is going in my ‘Homeland’ portfolio. Can’t wait to redo and update my portfolio site, its been way too long.</p>http://benjiwagner.net/post/2780512909http://benjiwagner.net/post/2780512909Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:47:08 -0800