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Official Press Release:

17 aug 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Clark Dever
12hoursinacity.com
716-713-3199
clarkdever@gmail.com

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Marathon Jet Travel, Two friends fly for 31 Days straight with only 12 hours in a city between flights.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AUGUST 16 2009 — Clark Dever and Joe DiNardo have decided to take full advantage of JetBlue’s “All You Can Jet” promotion, allowing unlimited flights from September 8th through October 8th. They plan on flying continuously, from city to city, keeping their time on the ground as close to 12 hours as possible.

The difference with their trip and that of everyday travelers and road-trippers? The pair plans to document their entire journey using a blog and social media. Dever, also a professional photographer, will be capturing and publishing photos of the trip as it progresses. They also plan to conduct interviews with passengers and citizens, creating a broad glimpse of America as they travel. These interviews and montages of the country will be uploaded to the blog on a daily basis, giving fans the opportunity to follow Joe & Clark’s adventures as they happen. While on the ground Joe & Clark will visit as many local attractions as possible to capture the culture of the individual cities; from local architecture and landmarks, to music, and nightlife.

Social media will play a big role in this journey the two plan on using the popular websites Twitter (twitter.com) and Facebook (facebook.com) to interact with their followers throughout the trip.

“I was talking with Joe about a trip I was planning at the time and he said ‘Did you hear about the JetBlue Promotion?’after he quickly explained it; we decided that we had to rise to the challenge, to see and document as much of the US as possible, in a single month.” said Dever

“Clark and I have always had the kind of friendship where we peer-pressure each other to do outlandish things, we’ve always competed to have the best stories at the end of the night. I see this as just a natural progression from our usual antics. I really don’t know what will happen, but we both agree that whatever it is, it will be entertaining – definitely worth watching.” mused DiNardo

“I think the greatest part about this adventure is that everyone can be a part of it. We have a wiki, where viewers in each city can tell us where to go and eat, what’s the must-see attraction, what events are happening while we’re in town, etc. Never has a trip of this magnitude been planned with the help of so many people, we look forward to interacting with our viewers through the blog and twitter. I think it will spur very interesting conversation.” related Dever

Flight itineraries are being planned now and updates can be found at the official website for the project (12hoursinacity.com). Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Joe and Clark are two regular guys with an appetite for adventure, who quest for the unusual and the unexpected.

Please contact Joe DiNardo (joedinardo@gmail.com, 716-870-5633) with any questions.

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When The Financial Levies Broke

Witness the Destruction of Buffalo and New Orleans

Clark Dever visually compares the cities in his photographic essay.

BUFFALO,  June 10th- Clark Dever, an independent photo journalist and community organizer, will be showing a series of his photographs captured in post-Katrina New Orleans and in Buffalo’s impoverished areas.  The images highlight the similarities between the destruction that has occurred in two American cities; one destroyed quickly by a natural disaster, one crumbling after a slow economic collapse.

The show “When the Financial Levies Broke” is opening Friday, July 10th from 5pm-8pm at The Grant Street Gallery – 216 Grant Street (at Lafayette Avenue) and will continue through July 16th.

The images of New Orleans were captured during a trip that Dever organized in March, 2006.  He recruited over 50 students from the University of Buffalo to travel to New Orleans and participate in the relief effort during their Spring Break.   The culmination of theproject occurred as Dever was training for the Buffalo Marathon with two of his friends; when passing through the East Side on a run, they were overwhelmed by the number of destroyed houses and vacant lots. This sparked a documentary expedition that makes up the second part of the collection.

Through the exhibit, Dever hopes to raise awareness of the poverty and housing issues in Buffalo’s inner city, while also reminding the viewers that New Orleans is still in disrepair with hundreds of thousands of people unable to return to their homes.  He desires to motivate people to take action.  Buffalo Re-Use, People United for Sustainable Housing, and Buffalo First, will all have representatives attending the Gallery Opening; they will answer questions about their organizations and explain to attendees how they can get involved.

“We were running through the East Side and we noticed how similar the destruction was, right down to the spray paint on the houses used to mark them for demolition; it reminded us of the graffiti used by FEMA in New Orleans.”  said Ryan McGinnis, an alumnus from the University of Buffalo Relief Trip

“New Orleans was quite an eye opener, it was like being in a war zone. Roofs were torn off of houses, walls collapsed; everywhere you went was just a huge debris field.  One of the most depressing realizations that I had there, was that all my images looked the same; just another pile of rubble that used to be someone’s life.” lamented Dever.

About Clark Dever:

Clark Dever, a graduate of SUNY Buffalo, is a photographer residing in Buffalo, NY.  His images have been published in several area publications including Art Voice, Buffalo Rising, The Spectrum, Generation Magazine, Visions Magazine and wnymedia.net.  He specializes in event photography, photo journalism, and portraiture.

Contact:
Clark Dever
Photographer
Phone: +1 716 713 3199
Email: clarkdever@gmail.com

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