Thanks so much to The Iowan magazine and Don McLeese for this wonderful review of, The Simple Gift of Walnut Grove.
John Richard // Bocce Ball Films
New Video: Diego Lasansky; Revealing Junker Jörg (4:38)
Diego Lasansky is a printmaker and painter living in Iowa City. His new show, Diego Lasansky: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, will be on display at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art from April 30 - October 2, 2016. The video will be part of the installation and will hopefully give some insight into Lasansky's artistic process. Diego comes from a family of prominent artists, including his uncle Tomás and Grandfather, Mauricio Lasansky who established the school of printmaking at University of Iowa.
Some images from the video:
Maria Perez of Marshalltown, Iowa attends a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in her town on Sunday. Photograph: John Richard for the Guardian
Assignment for The Guardian: Iowa's Latino Voters
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/11/iowa-latino-voters-february-caucus-2016-election
The Twins Playing Pond Hockey
12 Photographs by John Richard
January 2015. Kai and Kellan Patton, 6, play pond hockey with their father Dave Patton at their home in North Liberty.
Feature in Corridor Business Journal
http://www.corridorbusiness.com/awards/forty-under-40/john-richard-2013-forty-under-40-honoree/
Produced by: John Richard / Bocce Ball Studio
Client: Adamantine Spine Moving Company / Iowa’s Creative Corridor
Adamantine Spine Moving Company is a boutique moving company based out of Iowa City. Owned and operated by Eric Jones and Bill Hoke, they specialize in cross-country moves and came to me to create a short video that communicated the unique philosophy and character of their company.
Adamantine Spine Moving Company
Mulholland Grocery; Dream Big Grow Here 2012
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EcoLips "My Ecolips" Launch Video
FilmScene Crowd Funding Video
Beginning in 1920, for nigh on 50 years, Short’s Shoe Shine and Repair in Iowa City sent many a shoe out onto South Clinton Street buffed to a high mirror shine. Owner and proprietor, H.D. Short, was a humble and industrious man.
Our burger joint now sits in his former shop. We carry on the Short’s name with pride and strive to maintain his standard of excellence in a new century.
H.D. didn’t make whiskey, but we think he’d be keen on ours. Cedar Ridge Distillery crafts small batches of our whiskey using local grains - each barrel is finished with a stave of charred bur oak harvested on the banks of the Cedar River at Kroul Farms. This attention to detail and local sourcing creates a whiskey with a distinct flavor that is authentically Iowan.
Short's Whiskey Launch Video
New Cat Video
I made a new website...
It is much simpler than my last one. Hope you like it.
The Kentucky Kid
Jack Tapps (also known as " The Kentucky Kid") is a man who lives what he calls a hobo lifestyle, hitchhiking around the country, working odd jobs with nothing much but what he carries on his back.
Go Hawks!
Parade!
Directed by Ben Hill
Cinematography by John Richard
With support from The University of Iowa, Humanities Iowa, State Historical Society, Inc. and Iowa Arts Council
Home to more than forty Pulitzer Prize winners, Iowa City is a special place for writing and writers. Given the UNESCO designation as a “City of Literature”, Iowa City is an international hub of creative writing. How did this unlikely story unfold? This is the question that Ben Hill and I sought to answer in this film. This film premiered on Iowa Public Television and is available in its entirety online at the link below.