Published: May 2014

National Press Coverage

Professional Photographer Magazine, the magazine of the National PPA Organization, has run a two page article on the 2013 Daily Photo Game called “Game On”. Writer Jeff Kent interviewed Russ Widstrand and 3 other members of the 10 player group for the article. Widstrand’s image, “Empty Pocket” is the 3rd in the piece and is []


Fugitive Flowers

This shot for my “Game Day” was inspired by an assignment I wrote for my class at the Academy of Art University. In addition to my commercial and fine art work, I also teach. The notion of the assignment – “The Fugitive Flower” was to introduce a non-linear, word-association exercise in an attempt to get []


Online Book – “Conversations”

Below is an online version of my book titled “Conversations” – published on the issuu.com (issue) e-magazine format. I prefer this format over Blurb’s preview, as one can click on any part of the book to view an magnified presentation of the story or art. Being a visual person, I was pleasantly surprised at how []


New Book Published: “Conversations”

Selected Photographs from the Daily Photo Game Project By Russ Widstrand About the Book: Russ Widstrand’s 64 page 12″x12″ coffee table book based on his photographic and conceptual conversations with players from the 2013 Daily Photo Game (DPG) project. -View the online book (click anywhere to magnify text or image) -Buy coffee table book  (on-demand printing 1 or []