UNEASY Chris Buck Portraits 1986-2016

A project in New York, NY by Chris Buck
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30 years of UNEASY celebrity portraits by photographer Chris Buck
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Funded: $56,189 of $35,000
Dates: May 31st -> Jun 30th (31 days)
Project By: Chris Buck
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7 More Hours left on the Uneasy Kickstarter!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
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High Five! We hit the stretch goal!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Andy Samberg, 2006  Thank you everyone!!!!  (Read More)

Final Day!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
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Good Morning!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Michele Bachmann, 2011 Good Morning! Final Day of my Kickstarter for Uneasy.  We're close to our stretch goal of 50K so don't hesitate to share your backing of this project to help push to the last stretch.  (Read More)

Uneasy: Behind The Scenes Video!

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
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Cover Star Joaquin Phoenix

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
A contact sheet from the Joaquin Phoenix shoot for Premiere Magazine I guess this was an early sitting for Joaquin, because the magazine was so concerned about him being nervous that they wouldn’t let me take an assistant. We shot on his... (Read More)

Stretch Goal & Joaquin Phoenix Print!

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
With 3 days to go on the Uneasy Kickstarter I'm excited to announce that all backers will receive an 8x8 inch print of the cover image, Joaquin Phoenix, if we reach the stretch goal of 50K!  Please help spread the word and get your print.  (Read More)

Uneasy on iPad

June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Here is a view of all of the portraits in Uneasy, in layout, as viewed on an iPad.  Enjoy!  (Read More)

Hip Hop Bundle

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Chuck D, Public Enemy, 1991 The Hip Hop Bundle is an exciting reward that we're offering on my Kickstarter.  Here is what you get with it: the Uneasy book, signed, 4 - 8x10" limited-edition signed prints (each is 1 of 25), choose from Jay Z, Snoop... (Read More)

Lena Dunham Story

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Chris gives the background for his Lena Dunham portrait.   Lena Dunham, 2014    (Read More)

Added 8x10 Inch Print!

June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Bryan Cranston, Jon Hamm, 2007 The results of our poll suggest that the Bryan Cranston, Jon Hamm image is the most popular and will be added to our 8x10" print reward group. This $180.00 reward includes: Uneasy book, signed, plus 8x10”... (Read More)

Uneasy Progenitors

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
  Uneasy has had different covers along the way, this one is from an early mock up in 2005 (by Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge of The Goggles).  It's also had different names, such as... Buck Naked  Buck Shot  Butt Shot  Bully with a... (Read More)

Willie Nelson Story

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
The photographs are the stars of Uneasy but it may be the behind-the-scenes stories that make it irresistible. Below is one of the 129 stories. Willie Nelson, 1996 He didn’t want to be there, and he wasn’t quiet about it. Willie Nelson was... (Read More)

Sheila Heti & Uneasy

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
An outtake from our photo shoot from from 1998. The first line of Sheila Heti's piece at the front of Uneasy is "I told Chris Buck I would write the introduction to his book, on one condition: that he print a photograph from our naked photo shoot of... (Read More)

Uneasy Interview on The Photographic Journal

June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
  The ONE, the ONLY Chris Buck is back in this week's fantastic new interview!! We caught up with our old pal recently to talk about his current Kickstarter project, "Uneasy." Come check it out before his project ends! Click on the link to read the... (Read More)

Unseen Uneasy

June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Questlove, 1996 You think that you know Chris Buck’s portraits, but there are over 60 until now unseen images in Uneasy. Some are alternate takes from recent shoots but most are from my archives. I spent more than a year digging through hundreds... (Read More)

Match Prints!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
  I'm working on the first set of match prints for the Uneasy book today. Here they are on my living room coffee table (where I find the best light in the apt).    (Read More)

Philip Seymour Hoffman Bundle Reward

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Philip Seymour Hoffman, photographed in Park City, UT, Sundance Film Festival, 2003. The Philip Seymour Hoffman reward is already popular on my Kickstarter. With this bundle one receives the Uneasy book, signed, 3 - 8x10" limited-edition signed... (Read More)

Choose the Fifth 8x10" Reward

June 10th - via: kickstarter.com
The Uneasy Kickstarter includes a reward to get a limited-edition, 8x10" signed print. The last option is being put to a VOTE.  Which one do you see hanging on your wall? Hashtag your favorite in the comments and the one with the most support will... (Read More)

Canadians!

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Uneasy features over 30 Canadians! Margaret Atwood, photographed in Toronto, 2000   William Shatner, photographed in Los Angeles, 2005.   Eric Lindros, photographed in Stratford, ON., 1996.   Tegan and Sara, photographed in New York, 2014.      (Read More)

Photographing Sally Mann, 1992

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Photographing Sally Mann, 1992 My portrait of Sally Mann, to be included in the book Uneasy, Chris Buck Portraits 1986-2016. While reading Sally Mann’s memoir last year I got to thinking about the day I photographed her in 1992. It was, in fact... (Read More)

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