Role: Contracted Photographer & Art Director
Client: Metro Transit & Juxtaposition Arts (2026)
The Non-Profit Organization Creative Team: Juxtaposition Arts
THE MAIN BIG IDEA:
Capture the bus experience through photography, then give youth artists the opportunity to Illustrate those moments through their own creative lens.
Capture the bus experience through photography, then give youth artists the opportunity to Illustrate those moments through their own creative lens.
PROBLEM:
The mural needed visual source material that could translate from photography into artwork and ultimately work within a large public environment.
The mural needed visual source material that could translate from photography into artwork and ultimately work within a large public environment.
SOLUTION:
I assisted conceptualizing, directing, and photographing the imagery for Juxtaposition Arts youth artists to reinterpret into large scale artwork for Metro Transit Headquarters.
I assisted conceptualizing, directing, and photographing the imagery for Juxtaposition Arts youth artists to reinterpret into large scale artwork for Metro Transit Headquarters.
IMPACT & PERFORMANCE:
The photography became part of a larger collaborative process, evolving from images into artwork, and ultimately a large scale mural installation in a the Twin Cities public space.
The photography became part of a larger collaborative process, evolving from images into artwork, and ultimately a large scale mural installation in a the Twin Cities public space.
ORIGINAL CAPTURED MURAL VISUALS + METRO BUS EXPERIENCE
(Went off script with the visual direction from the shot list)
(Shot List Reference Guide & Metro Transit North Loop Garage Location)
(Youth Illustration Process — At Juxtaposition Arts)
Metro Transit’s North Loop Garage + Juxtaposition's Mural
Metro Transit’s HEADQUARTERS + Interactive Celebration
PROMOTIONAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoEiR6ye6sk
Metro Transit Public Art Administrator: Mark Granlund
Program Director: James Gavins
Juxtaposition Director of Creative Services & Lead Instructor: Drew Peterson
Creative Project Manager: Kristoffer Knutson
Contracted Photographer & Art Director: Om Harris
Apprentice Illustrators: Margot + Marcia
Apprentice Installer: Isaak
Mural Production: VALT 2.0
Mural Assistance: Whalen Polikoff, Whitney Terrill, Calvin Stalvig, & Om Harris
PROJECT TYPE: Mural Experiential Campaign
SOFTWARES: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Bridge & Adobe Photoshop
SKILLS: Brand Storytelling, Creative Conceptualization, Shot List Planning, and Photography
THANK YOU
