Greetings from fracked colorado
Colorado is known around the world for the outdoor, healthy lifestyle that we project. For generations, we’ve celebrated and conserved our natural spaces, setting them aside to preserve their beauty and our access to outdoor play. Today, the decisions of a selfish few put it all at risk. Imagine the loss of Colorado’s outdoor recreation lifestyle because of human-accelerated climate change, spurred by our dependence on oil and gas.
The #GreetingsFromFrackedColorado portrait series is an art commentary on this loss of our outdoor lifestyle, economy, and the physical space that provides our playground. Anyone concerned for our climate should pick up a postcard at one of our upcoming events and use it to write their favorite Colorado elected leader.
winter 2022
Spring 2023
summer 2023
The #GreetingsFromFrackedColorado postcards premiere each season at the corresponding Outdoor Series, presented by Colorado Rising.
Follow Colorado Rising and artist Vince Chandler on Instagram to keep up with the portrait series as it is made!
About the photographer
Vince Chandler is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer in Denver, Colorado. A documentary cinematographer, he made his feature length debut shooting Running With My Girls. He creates digital collateral for political candidates and ballot campaigns across the country and works daily as an artist with an activist mindset. His ongoing projects push for the realization of more progressive possibilities. His current film project GASLIT and still photo portrait series #GreetingsFromFrackedColorado highlight the easily seen and felt impacts of climate change accelerated by oil and gas operations in the Front Range.
A seasoned breaking news videographer, Vince has covered large developing stories on deadline for Colorado’s largest newsroom, including the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting and the live daily coverage of the Aurora Theater Shooter’s trial. Vince was Executive Producer and Director of “The Cannabist Show,” a groundbreaking talkshow centered on the nuances and news of the brand-new legal adult use cannabis industry for The Denver Post. Founding Multimedia Editor for The Cannabist, earning the vertical its first EMMY nomination.
