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CTaylor / Happyplayground

C.Taylor / Happy Playground

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:: i'm a dancing, thrill seeking home cooked meal, a little bit of country and a little bit of rock-n-roll ::
C.TAYLOR
Freelance Photographer
Happy Playground
&
Photo Producer / Staff Photographer at MKE
check out my WEBSITE::
http://www.happyplayground.com
for some COVERS::
http://www.mkeonline.com/mkeinfo/issues/2007covers.asp
http://www.mkeonline.com/mkeinfo/issues/2006covers.asp
http://www.mkeonline.com/mkeinfo/issues/2005covers.asp
for lots of VARIETY::
http://flickr.com/photos/happyplayground
for my FASHION::
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=1399135
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=1401247
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=358706
http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=1391500
for the occasional news MY BLOG::
http://ctaylorhappyplayground.blogspot.com
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My Interests

:: living daily adventures... rich personalities and all kinds of beauty ::View my portfolio at iFreelance.com

I'd like to meet:

:: Brave hearts :: brilliant minds :: people who dedicate their lives to great causes :: people who do their research ::

Music:

:: I'm into music :: really into music.... ::

Movies:

:: I'm into movies :: really into movies.... ::

Books:

:: I constantly read anything I can get my hands on - bits and pieces constantly :: Reading Sons and Other Flammable Objects by Porochista Khakpour - and it is amazing. You need to read it... please read it. You will fall in love.

Heroes:

:: Man Ray :: Matthew Barney :: Jeff Wall :: Philip-Lorca di Corcia :: Diana Vreeland :: Rosa Parks :: David LaChapelle :: Annie Leibovitz :: animal activists :: preservationists :: Baron de Meyer :: astronauts :: activists :: adventurers and explorers :: artists and musicians who never quit :: thrill seekers :: my friends :: my family :: my collaborators :: my models :: art directors :: photographers :: maybe even you ::

My Blog

Have you ever thought about nothing?

New blog entry at C.Taylor's Happyplaygroundhttp://ctaylorhappyplayground.blogspot.com/Fe ar no more.c
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

Naughty bits, vintage photo spread

http://ctaylorhappyplayground.blogspot.com/This is a repost, from a repost, sent to me by a friend who saw it on Boing Boing one of the best blog sites ever). I orginally was posted online over I THIN...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:23:00 PST

AWESOME Yard Sale 08/11/07 Saturday 9 to 5

I want to let you know that we, James Kloiber (of Shepherd-Express) and C.Taylor (of MKE), are having a giant yard sale! Everything must go!I have cleaned and prepared everything that is for sale, and...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:58:00 PST

Sneak Peek of upcoming fashion spread

http://flickr.com/photos/happyplayground There are also a number of other new photos up there so enjoy:)ctay
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:56:00 PST

O.k. this is kinda silly and fun - cool toilets

I did photographs for an editorial spread about Milwaukee bathrooms and for my portion I did interiors of them but also recorded sound of each of the flushes.So you can check the story, pics and flush...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:39:00 PST

Fashion Camping Trip asap

I am in particular looking for some people to go on a camping trip to Devil's Lake, WI for an overnight fashion shoot - all natural light, limited manipulation... quirky, young and just plain fun. So...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:58:00 PST

New studio will be up this weekend

Hi there, O.k. - some good news - I am almost done putting together my new home studio! This is super exciting and you need to come by to test it out once its complete after this weekend.If you are i...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:55:00 PST

Well so far this year I won a couple awards...

From The Milwaukee Press Club - one of the oldest press clubs in the nation with thousands of members - read on:Best Overall Design 2nd place for MKE WeeklyBest Single Page Design1st placefor MKE We...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:19:00 PST

I got an honorarium to lecture on my work at SAIC in Chicago

SAIC is in the top three colleges for photography (I'm now an alumni), but that is not why I am being invited to talk there.So this is both scary and cool at the same time, I am going to be lecturing ...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:08:00 PST

Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926)

This man was one of the inspirations behind my diorama fashion series. Its pretty intereting. I copy and pasted this from the American Natural History Museum's website.Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926)A...
Posted by CTaylor / Happyplayground on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:09:00 PST