DC Street Photography Roudtrip Part Uno: Philly!

This weekend is a big one. Philly; the first stop in my set of summer road trips around/up/down/near the East Coast of the United States for DC Street Photographers.

The concept materialized a number of months ago when I was recollecting the old days of skate team tours, where a team of skateboarders would load themselves into a van and conduct a number of demos, skate sessions, meet with fans and generally cause a high quantity of impromptu mayhem along the way.

I thought that this could be an interesting activity for street photographers and immediately started looking into the details associated with loading a bunch of street shooters into a minivan and tear-assing through a few cities sometime this summer; shooting street, eating foods and checking out live music/art happenings along the way. The idea is to show the strength of the DC area Street Photography community by bringing them to other cities. That way, people from outside of the Beltway get a chance to check out what we capture throughout a number of cities and eventually dig into our work from the Nation's Capital.

A quick survey of known conspirators led to some very positive reactions to such plans, but I soon realized the logistics of lining up a van, the schedules of 4-5 people, and  adequate places to stay throughout multiple cities into the same week would be almost impossible. Especially with the amount of time I could allocate to formulating said plans (almost none) and available budgets (next to nothing). So, the concept morphed into a new plan:

Three cities on three separate weekends throughout three (or four) months of the summer. This way, different photographers can pick and choose what weekend works for them. First up is Philadelphia with Matt Dunn (@MattDunnDC), Chris Chen (@furcafe) and Mahan Talebian. My main objective of this particular weekend is to finally check out the venerable LOVE park, home to one of the most influential skate scenes in the US. I know it's but a shadow of its former self, but still...

Love Park via Blabac Photo (check that dude out; he's on point)

Anyway, Part 2 will be Atlantic City Boardwalk in late July and hopefully NOrleans in mid-September (30% chance of me surviving that trip).

Get at me in the comments section or on twitter @DGDCphotos or via email andy@dgdcphotography.com if you are interested in any of the trips or want to provide some tips about each location.