On Tour With The Bumper Jacksons

The Bumper Jacksons are a big, fat party.  Hot and sweet, their trad jazz and pre-war country repertoire paint’s America’s story from New Orleans’ brothels to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from forgotten 78′s, the Bumper Jacksons

On Tour With The Bumper Jacksons

The Bumper Jacksons are a big, fat party.  Hot and sweet, their trad jazz and pre-war country repertoire paint’s America’s story from New Orleans’ brothels to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from forgotten 78′s, the Bumper Jacksons

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That Feeling

How would you describe that feeling….? A video from The Theatre Lab (theatrelab.org) and Interdependent Pictures (interdependentpictures.org). That Feeling from Interdependent Pictures on Vimeo. //

That Feeling

How would you describe that feeling….? A video from The Theatre Lab (theatrelab.org) and Interdependent Pictures (interdependentpictures.org). That Feeling from Interdependent Pictures on Vimeo. //

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The Solar Solution That Is Changing The World – Winner of a Digital Storytelling Award

Winner of a 2013 Tech Soup Digital Storytelling Best Overall Video Award (3rd place out of 130+ submissions from around the globe) ‘The Solar Solution’ tells the story of the Water School as they lead a grass-roots movement reaching over

The Solar Solution That Is Changing The World – Winner of a Digital Storytelling Award

Winner of a 2013 Tech Soup Digital Storytelling Best Overall Video Award (3rd place out of 130+ submissions from around the globe) ‘The Solar Solution’ tells the story of the Water School as they lead a grass-roots movement reaching over

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The Art of Tai Chi

Discover Tai Chi for Fitness, the newest release from America’s top-selling Tai Chi instructor, Scott Cole, uses ancient healing Tai Chi and Chi Gong principles and techniques to help you get strong inside and out.  Directed and edited by Michael Snyder

The Art of Tai Chi

Discover Tai Chi for Fitness, the newest release from America’s top-selling Tai Chi instructor, Scott Cole, uses ancient healing Tai Chi and Chi Gong principles and techniques to help you get strong inside and out.  Directed and edited by Michael Snyder

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Our Future is Watching

Our future generations are watching us.  Lets get this done.  

Our Future is Watching

Our future generations are watching us.  Lets get this done.  

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Portraits, Ecuador

Onsite in the Andes and Amazon of Ecuador for a new documentary project with Frostburg State University and the Pachamama Alliance (coming Summer, 2013).  Photographed here are the Quechua (Andean) and Achuar (Amazonian) peoples.

Portraits, Ecuador

Onsite in the Andes and Amazon of Ecuador for a new documentary project with Frostburg State University and the Pachamama Alliance (coming Summer, 2013).  Photographed here are the Quechua (Andean) and Achuar (Amazonian) peoples.

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Presenting: The Sligo Creek Stompers

‘Sligo Creek Stompers play a raucous but refined blend of traditional roots music: Appalachian & Midwestern old time and bluegrass, New Orleans-style traditional jazz, haunted Irish fiddle tunes, honky tonk & classic country, Texas & gypsy swing. Inspired by scratchy

Presenting: The Sligo Creek Stompers

‘Sligo Creek Stompers play a raucous but refined blend of traditional roots music: Appalachian & Midwestern old time and bluegrass, New Orleans-style traditional jazz, haunted Irish fiddle tunes, honky tonk & classic country, Texas & gypsy swing. Inspired by scratchy

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NYC, Oct 2012

NYC, Oct 2012

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A Simpler Way (Documentary)

In March of 2012 four students from the President’s Leadership Circle at Frostburg State University (frostburg.edu) journeyed to a remote village in Uganda to discover a radically simple solution to an urgent global problem. What they found there changed their

A Simpler Way (Documentary)

In March of 2012 four students from the President’s Leadership Circle at Frostburg State University (frostburg.edu) journeyed to a remote village in Uganda to discover a radically simple solution to an urgent global problem. What they found there changed their

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“Unbridled Enthusiasm” Short Makes Cover of Going Organic Magazine, Premiers at Conscious World Film Festival in London/Dublin

“Unbridled Enthusiasm” tells the story of Scott Cole (one of the world’s top Tai Chi, Yoga and Fitness Instructors) and his transformational journey through Uganda.  The story, in Scott’s own words, accompanied by photography and videography from Michael O. Snyder, Interdependent Pictures, premiered at the

“Unbridled Enthusiasm” Short Makes Cover of Going Organic Magazine, Premiers at Conscious World Film Festival in London/Dublin

“Unbridled Enthusiasm” tells the story of Scott Cole (one of the world’s top Tai Chi, Yoga and Fitness Instructors) and his transformational journey through Uganda.  The story, in Scott’s own words, accompanied by photography and videography from Michael O. Snyder, Interdependent Pictures, premiered at the

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A Day in the Life of Frostburg

A Day in the Life of Frostburg (2012) (As seen by thousands of viewers on Maryland Public Television (MPT)) 37 amateur filmmakers, a handful of cameras, 2 weeks in a small town in Appalachia in the year 2012. ‘A Day

A Day in the Life of Frostburg

A Day in the Life of Frostburg (2012) (As seen by thousands of viewers on Maryland Public Television (MPT)) 37 amateur filmmakers, a handful of cameras, 2 weeks in a small town in Appalachia in the year 2012. ‘A Day

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Discover Tai Chi: Behind the Scenes

Interdependent Pictures is producing the latest video in the Discover Tai Chi video series from internationally acclaimed wellness expert, Scott Cole (www.scottcole.com) ‘Discover Tai Chi for Fitness’ was shot in Palm Springs, California in the summer of 2012 and is currently

Discover Tai Chi: Behind the Scenes

Interdependent Pictures is producing the latest video in the Discover Tai Chi video series from internationally acclaimed wellness expert, Scott Cole (www.scottcole.com) ‘Discover Tai Chi for Fitness’ was shot in Palm Springs, California in the summer of 2012 and is currently

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Maitri House: fellowship through diversity

13 adults, 5 kids, a dog, a cat, and the vision of creating a meaningful, socially responsible life together under one roof in urban Maryland. By quick count, Maitri House (founded in 2008 and my home since February of 2012) includes:

Maitri House: fellowship through diversity

13 adults, 5 kids, a dog, a cat, and the vision of creating a meaningful, socially responsible life together under one roof in urban Maryland. By quick count, Maitri House (founded in 2008 and my home since February of 2012) includes:

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Portraits, Uganda

Portraits taken of Ugandans living near the border of Rwanda and Congo. I was in Uganda on assignment in March of 2012 shooting a film (coming summer 2012) for Frostburg State University in association with The Water School.  The people we met

Portraits, Uganda

Portraits taken of Ugandans living near the border of Rwanda and Congo. I was in Uganda on assignment in March of 2012 shooting a film (coming summer 2012) for Frostburg State University in association with The Water School.  The people we met

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The Mountain Traditions Project

From the mountains of Western Maryland and West Virginia comes a series of short films about Appalachian traditions in our changing world.  Shot over several months in the summer of 2011, the films follow the stories of a mountain dulcimer

The Mountain Traditions Project

From the mountains of Western Maryland and West Virginia comes a series of short films about Appalachian traditions in our changing world.  Shot over several months in the summer of 2011, the films follow the stories of a mountain dulcimer

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