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MIDWAY V – On route to Midway

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:02 +0000

Our team has arrived on Midway Island and first batch of photos from our journey here is up on our Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150518695002918.369936.117981432917&type=3&l=118ad1b0a4

MIDWAY V – Equipment prep humour

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:09:01 +0000

Chris Jordan provides a tour of our cutting edge video gear from our hotel room in Honolulu.

MIDWAY V – Live stream is now broadcasting

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:03:28 +0000

We have just setup a live-stream through www.livestream.com Please visit for a broadcast of some of our past short films and feel free to comment, ask questions and leave your feedback. The link is here: www.livestream.com/midway

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We will be doing a LIVE broadcast from Midway Island during our visit. Please stay tuned for the exact date and time.

MIDWAY V – Chris Jordan checks in from Honolulu

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:59:26 +0000

MIDWAY IV – A dream of a dying Albatross

Jan Vozenilek — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:20:23 +0000

Here is a short clip from our most recent trip to Midway. It combines footage of a dying albatross with a scene of a baby fairy tern being fed and protected by its mother. We call it “A Dream of a Dying Albatross (Return to the Mother).” The singer is Baaba Maal, from the “One Giant Leap” album; much love to him and his peeps (and BTW that whole album is killer; check it out if you don’t have it already).

We will be returning to Midway again in February 2012 to film and witness hundreds of thousands of albatross babies hatching from their eggs, which our friends on the island say is one of the most beautiful sights on planet Earth. Our film is progressing well, with several exciting announcements coming soon. Stay tuned! ~Chris Jordan

MIDWAY – film trailer

Jan Vozenilek — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:50:56 +0000

Our new film trailer is now live. You can also view it in high resolution on our new website: www.MidwayFilm.com

MIDWAY JOURNEY III – Chris Jordan final day summary

Jan Vozenilek — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:28:46 +0000

Chris Jordan checks in on the eve of our last day on Midway Island before our departure.

MIDWAY JOURNEY III – Open Hearts, Broken Hearts

Jan Vozenilek — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:03:04 +0000

It’s the mid-point of our current journey and Chris Jordan checks in from an albatross-covered field on Midway Atoll to share the abundant sights and sounds, as well as the realization that all albatross chicks here likely have plastic in their bellies.

MIDWAY JOURNEY III – Chris Jordan checks in

Jan Vozenilek — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:31:31 +0000

Artist Chris Jordan checks in from Midway Island as he discovers a tiny plastic-filled albatross chick who died in his nest.

MIDWAY

Jan Vozenilek — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:41:53 +0000

We are at a mid-way place. On a remote and isolated island in the middle of the Pacific, twelve-hundred miles northwest of Hawaii.

This is a moment in time, a chance to witness and understand our role in an astonishing environmental tragedy. This is a place that provides context. Here, reflected in the beauty of the Albatross, is an unfolding horror. Yet it is a horror in which we see our own lives, a snapshot of our impact on the planet that challenges us to consider how to move forward.

Join us, on a breathtaking and emotional journey, into the heart of the Pacific, and into the heart of ourselves.

Production of the feature film “MIDWAY” continues through 2012.

Cinematography by Jan Vozenilek and Joe Schweers

Click here to view the trailer in HD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GudEuDTrSLU&hd=1

MIDWAY JOURNEY – Education Outreach

Jan Vozenilek — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:07:39 +0000

Chris Jordan and Jan Vozenilek share their experiences on Midway with students at Penticton Secondary School in British Columbia – Canada, and announce that Emily Chartrand, a grade 11 student, will be joining the expedition on their next journey to Midway Atoll in March 2011.

Working with Emily, the Midway Team is expanding its education outreach program, to connect with high school students in Canada and the United States. Starting on Sunday March 20th, Emily will be providing daily reports on her blog:

http://emilysmidwayjourney.blogspot.com/

Video by: CHBC – Global TV – Kelowna, BC
Reporter: April Lawrence

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Bottle Caps

Jan Vozenilek — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:17:00 +0000

John Klavitter, the acting manager of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge has spent almost 9 years on Midway Island. In this short film, he not only takes a closer look inside one of the dead chicks, but also shares his personal views and connection to the Albatross.

Camera and editing: Jan Vozenilek
Sound: Joe Schweers
Music: Christen Lien

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Harbor Trap

Jan Vozenilek — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:02:43 +0000

Young albatrosses making their first foray out to sea can become waterlogged and exhausted, drifting back to the beach to rest and dry out. This disturbing video shows the plight of those unlucky enough to become trapped by the high metal retaining walls in Midway’s harbor. The doomed birds drown in an entanglement of dead birds and plastic trash.

Filmed and edited by Jan Vozenilek
Narrated by Chris Jordan
Written by Victoria Sloan Jordan
Music by Christen Lien

Exact Location on BlooSee

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Midway Brushstrokes III

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:20:09 +0000

Young Laysan Albatrosses look wizened and world-weary in their grizzled down, but they have only just begun to test their wings on the wind and water, and the success of their journey remains uncertain.

Jan Vozenilek captures the presence and vulnerability of the fledgling birds of Midway in this next installment of his Brushstrokes vignettes.

Filmed and edited by: Jan Vozenilek
Written by: Victoria Sloan Jordan
Music by: Christen Lien

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Summer’s Heat on Midway

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:37:34 +0000

Vancouver, British Columbia-based cinematographer Joe Schweers joins us for this leg of Midway Journey. In this short video, he turns his lyrical eye toward the fledgling albatrosses’ struggle to keep themselves cool under the intense sub-tropical sun.

Filmed and edited by: Joe Schweers
Narrated by: Chris Jordan
Music by: Christen Lien

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Junk Food

Jan Vozenilek — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:22:41 +0000

Brace yourself for this short video of the horrifying contents of the stomach of a dead baby albatross on Midway Atoll.

The island will soon be covered with tens of thousands of carcasses like this, as the plastic-filled birds die from starvation, dehydration, and choking.

Video by: Jan Vozenilek

Music by: Christen Lien

MIDWAY JOURNEY II – Zoom lens? The Albatrosses of Midway

Jan Vozenilek — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:32:26 +0000

Seabird photography calls for telephoto lenses, camouflage clothing, and stealth movements, right?

Well, not on Midway Atoll. On their second day on the island, Chris Jordan, Jan Vozenilek and the rest of the Midway Journey team are adopted as brothers and sisters by the charismatic albatrosses of Midway. These magnificent creatures inhabit the vast and solitary expanses of the North Pacific. A world of broad horizons, trade winds, passing storm clouds, and hundreds of shades of blue. A space of primeval purity that has changed little for millions of years.

Unchallenged by predators, these masters of the skies are intrigued by the proximity of unfamiliar two-legged creatures. Thus, the examiners become the examined, and the photographers have their lenses scrutinized and pecked by birds so fearless, and open to the possibilities, that instantly awaken the child inside of us.

Video by: Jan Vozenilek

Music by: Christen Lien

Written by: Manuel Maqueda

A visit to Cortes Island

Jan Vozenilek — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:44:07 +0000

A walk on the shores of the remote and wild Canadian island of Cortes illustrates that plastic is polluting even the most remote and beautiful corners of our planet.

Midway Journey members Chris Jordan, Manuel Maqueda, Jan Vozenilek and Bill Weaver reunited in May 2010 to attend the Media that Matters conference in Hollyhock, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Music by Christen Lien

Video by Jan Vozenilek

Midway Brushstrokes

Jan Vozenilek — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:01:53 +0000

Midway is a place suspended in time and in space. On this tiny island, the visitor is gently transported into a state of wonder which becomes a portal for instrospection. Cinematographer Jan Vozenilek has used his camera to sketch the subtle timelessness of Midway in a short video that we want to share with all of you.

Video by Jan Vozenilek. Music by Vanessa LeBourdais.

Midway Trash-a-Thon

Jan Vozenilek — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:29:04 +0000

Chris and Manuel find comic relief as they rummage through a pile of plastic garbage collected on the beaches of Midway Island.

Video by Jan Vozenilek