From #1 bestselling author Justin Blaney: I love telling stories.
I've been earning a living-though sometimes it's been hard to call
it that-from storytelling since I was sixteen years old selling
vacuum cleaners door to door. Funnily enough, some of the stories I
told back then were more fictional than the novels I write today.
Over the years, the mediums I've used have changed, but for me,
it's always been about the story. Through blogging and songwriting
and photography and speaking and design and sales, I've learned
that the power of story is universal. Today, I apply my passion to
writing novels and producing films for nonprofits and businesses.
Sometimes I'm trying to affect change in the world through
fictional characters and magical adventures. Other times, I'm
showing the world how my nonprofit and business clients are heroes
in the lives of the people they serve. I'm often surprised to find
that the real stories are even more magical than the fiction. And
that is why I created Fast Wide Open. I realized many of the true
stories that have inspired me over the last fifteen years were
being held captive on my computer's hard drives. Whenever I see
these images, I remember the way I felt when they were taken. I
think of the people who allowed me to share for a small time the
richness of their lives, the people who live or worship or play or
learn in these places, the people who work these machines. This
book is not about pictures. It's about the fairytales inside the
pictures. These pictures are mere snapshots of real lives, but the
snapshots give us a window through which we can dream for a short
time that we are inside the fairytale. That we are someone else.
And sometimes, every so often, a little bit of that dream rubs off
on us, and when we wake, we find we're just a tiny bit changed. I
hope these stories inspire you as much as they inspire me. About
Fast Wide Open: This collection of photos from Justin Blaney
provides a panorama of the inspiration for his anthology of
post-modern fairytales, exploring character, architecture, setting,
texture and visual storytelling. Praise for Justin Blaney's work:
"Justin Blaneycreates a wonderful world of intrigue, mischief, and
magic that comes alive through vivid storytelling." - Kari Skinner
- "Dark, but amazing." - Silverine - "Unique and rustic and
wonderful" - JoJo's Corner - "Waaaay outside the box " - Bless
their hearts mom - "Absolutely awesome." - Renee Chaw - "Freaking
amazing upside down, side ways and back again" - Hope to Read -
"Griping" - Susan Stalker - "Magical, mystical, imaginative and
compelling." - L. Stronjny - "Wickedly complex" - Mary Weber -
"Appeals to the aesthetic value of everyday mundane things" -
Nerdzy - "Justin Blaney has his finger on the pulse of artistic
current." - Kat in Kentucky -
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