Derek Beck

Williamsburg, Brooklyn Shot on 5.10.26 • Mother’s Day Roll 54 • Portra 400 #streetphotography #35mm #williamsburg #brooklyn #dominopark

Walk_ is a project pairing photographs with audio recordings of the people and atmosphere in which they were captured by Brooklyn-based filmmaker and artist Derek Beck. Each instalment of the project involves shooting a single roll of 35mm film while walking a random route through a city or interviewing a subject, the first of which was started over 10 years ago: “I was playing tourist after living in New York City for five years, and went to Central Park on a freezer cold Saturday afternoon. After walking through the Ramble in Central Park, and overhearing snippets of passing conversations, I arrived at these benches and sat down for a breather. I had my Canon AE-1 35mm camera with me and was struck with an idea. I took out my iPhone, started recording audio, put it in my jacket pocket, and took a photo of the benches” Since then, Beck has shot 50 rolls of film, traversed 40 different cities, met hundreds of strangers and walked countless miles. And he doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. There’s an unmistakable sincerity to Beck’s work, and at a time when social platforms continue to drift away from still imagery in favour of video, it offers a refreshing and thoughtful way of experiencing photography.

Big thanks to @booooooom for once again featuring the @walk_ photo series ten years after it first began. “A project pairing photographs with audio recordings of the people and atmosphere in which they were captured by Brooklyn-based filmmaker and artist Derek Beck (previously featured here). Each instalment of the project involves shooting a single roll of 35mm film while walking a random route through a city or interviewing a subject, the first of which was started over 10 years ago. Since then, Beck has shot 50 rolls of film, traversed 40 different cities, met hundreds of strangers and walked countless miles. And he doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. Returning to the city he first started shooting back in 2016, Beck plans to revamp the project shooting new rolls throughout the five boroughs (with three released so far), revisiting certain locations from before and capturing new moments too. There’s an unmistakable sincerity to Beck’s work, and at a time when social platforms continue to drift away from still imagery in favour of video, it offers a refreshing and thoughtful way of experiencing photography.” Thanks @jeffhamada and @kimihamada for your continued support of this series over the years! #streetphotography #35mm #walk_ #booooooom

New 35mm roll @walk_ from the blizzard last month ⛄️

Shakey Graves - ‘I Once Was an Ocean’ (Official Music Video) Directed, Shot & Edited by me Produced by @shakeygraves Here’s a clip from the video plus some behind-the-scenes of the practical effects that made their way into the final cut. Full video on YouTube* #shakeygraves #fondnessetc #musicvideo #practicaleffects #ioncewasanocean

Shakey Graves - If Not For You (Where Is My Mind?) (Live in a Sunbeam) This live performance was shot in one take with zero prep and should probably be considered a happy accident that it made its way online. Alejandro invited us to shoot broad coverage of the band as they rehearsed for tour and tested out their new, big-timing-it lighting set-up. At the end of the second day, as the sun was setting, he noticed the “Blade Runner door” - sunlight was shining through a crack of the warehouse back door, highly visible from all the haze floating around. The next day the effect was back and I asked if he wanted to take a quick photo in the light. As I took a couple 35mm photos, a mic stand magically arrived and they started playing the song as we scrambled to set the cameras. Here some behind-the-scenes clips from the shoot: 1. Snippet from the final video 2. Ali noticing the “Blade Runner door” for the second time 3. Taking a couple 35mm photos in the doorway and a microphone arrives thanks to @rawhide_ 4. Song starts as we scramble to get cameras set-up 5. iPhone footage I took during the performance 6. Snippet from end of performance 7. @pappyogil in doorway later 8. credits 9. thanks for watching! Performed by @shakeygraves and @_mattpence Directed and Edited by @derekbeck Lighting by @mikhailwingate24 Shot by me and @tupint [Featured in @glozemuseum ] #shakeygraves #ifnotforyou #whereismymind #liveinasunbeam #austintexas

Back in January, I received the 2025 Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant by the city of Houston through @houstonartsalliance to build a digital art museum. It’s suddenly October and I’m finished putting together this ‘prototype’ or ‘pilot episode’ of Gloze that features 50+ artists. Its online premiere is happening at 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST. You can watch along at glozemuseum.com/2025-showcase . Here’s a photo/video log or journal of some steps along the way. 1. A snippet from the final Gloze walkthrough. 2. During the pandemic days, I made this original 5 minute mock-up called ‘Video Dot Archive’ using some video art I had made for an instrumental record by Walker Lukens. 3. A few years later, I started building a more advanced mock-up called ‘Roundabout’ that I used to pitch the project to HAA. 4. Some early inspiration from ‘The Concrete Masterpiece’ 5. A pretty nice email to open 6. Designing a pamphlet for a video. 7. Mock-up of an early Gloze map idea. 8. I got this frame for free at Jerry’s Artarama because someone forgot to pick it up. It’s seen throughout the final video a ton. 9. Filming some early ideas with @tupint who plays the sole museum staff member, Felix. 10. Some postcards I distributed around Houston and Austin for the artist open call. 11. Some unused Felix behind-the-scenes 12. Trevor really hungover on a walking pad as I give him progressively larger items. 13. An early tunnel test that never got used. 14. Shooting Chris Rehm’s song performance 15. The Gloze emblem made from a painting my grandpa made of a compass years ago. 16. The set-up at Ronin Harrisburg for the first screening. 17. The Felix outro 18. Early on I asked ChatGPT to write an origin story of Gloze and I made this mock-up pulling clips from the internet and using an AI generated voice that sounds suspiciously like Alan Rickman. It’s a pretty funny watch. There will be some announcements on more screenings soon if you want to see it on a big screen! Special thanks to my family, Trevor Smith, Edwin Terrell, Chris Rehm and Houston Arts Alliance ⚡️

Gloze Museum’s 2025 Showcase premieres on October 11th at 7PM CST / 8PM EST 📺 Join the watch party at glozemuseum.com/2025-showcase . Gloze Museum is a virtual and video-based art museum, supported in part by the City of Houston through @houstonartsalliance . The first showcase presents over 50 artists and musicians in a cinematic, hour-long walkthrough of a digital museum. Featured Artists (in order of appearance): Jordan Michael Blake • Root Bradford • Jonathan Guijon • Evan Angelique Coleman • Barry Anderson • Sabrina Skinner • Daniela Echevarria • Shakey Graves • Danny Madden • Silvia Felizia • Lia Rodi • Corey Ellis • Silvia Felizia • Jacoub Reyes • Courtney Googe • Hannah Toepp • Rebekah Burgess Abramovich • Renée Reed • Shannon Maltbie-Davis • Steven Myers • Jin Park • Beverly Moor • Adrian Newell • Adrian Halpern • Mia Osman • Ramon Gamboa • Sapphire Servellon • Max Wolfe • Jeffery Jenkins • Timothy ‘TB’ Murphy • Leni Mae Wiegand • Bethany Altschwager • Emily Cammarata • Donna Carnahan • Isabel Villegas • Chi Chi • Sarah Kelley • Tyler Trevino • Viviana Garibay • Dario Giordanelli • Alexander Squier • Carolina Borja • Douglas David • Patrick Squier • Erica Bailey • Sherry Karver • Chloe Troast • Hannah South • Leslie Streit • Marie E. Casamayor-Harvey • Stephen Neil Gill • Camden Stevens • Evan Murphy • Chris Rehm Soundtrack by @slumpfish with additional songs by Petite Garçon . with @tupint as FELIX . Curated by @derekbeck #gloze #glozemuseum #art #museum #digitalmuseum #virtualmuseum #artists #houstonartsalliance

We’re excited to announce the premiere of the Gloze Museum 2025 Digital Showcase — happening September 25th at @roninarthouse in Houston, Texas! ‘Take a sixty-minute journey through a digital museum showcasing work from 50 artists with special guest musicians’ Next month, we’ll be revealing the full list of featured artists and musicians, along with a few video teasers of the walkthrough. A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who contributed their art, music, and time to this project! @glozemuseum is funded in part by the City of Houston through the @houstonartsalliance . More to come soon.

For those asking! 🚨We’ve extended the artist open call deadline to April 10th. So far, we received nearly 50 submissions from different artists! Thanks to everyone who shared their artwork, we will be reaching out with more information later this week. For anyone else interested in being part of the showcase, we are accepting work from a wide range of artistic practices: video, photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, design, media and performance. If you’re on the fence or have any questions, feel free to reach out here or at [email protected] . Thank you again!! Funded in part by the city of Houston through @houstonartsalliance Music: @chrisrehm - ‘No.3 “Derek” [Side A] #gloze #glozemuseum #art #museum #videoart #submitartwork

Submit your artwork by end of day to be part of the Gloze Museum 2025 showcase! Funded in part by the city of Houston through @houstonartsalliance Music: @shakeygraves - “Century City” #glozemuseum #gloze #submitartwork #art #shakeygraves #centurycity #houston

Photographers welcome! 📸 Submit artwork / photos by March 31st for the Gloze Museum 2025 showcase. Funded in part by the city of Houston through @houstonartsalliance . feat. @tupint #gloze #museum #photography #photographers #photo #submitphotos #opencall