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The son of a writer and a graphic artist, learning to crawl while surrounded by books and art, Bo was born to be a visual storyteller. Based in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, he has worked in nearly every state in the Union and in sixteen countries on four continents.

Beginning his higher education at the University of Iowa, Bo studied film theory and history before transferring to Columbia College Chicago to finish a degree in Cinematography. In his hometown of Minneapolis he made music videos for artists such as Atmosphere and POS and photographed specials for the History Channel; the successful first season of America Unearthed for H2 and The Mystery of Easter Island, a co-production for National Geographic and Nova.  Other television includes two seasons of ABC TV’s In An Instant and commercials for Best Buy, Target, Buffalo Wild Wings, General Mills, Sperry, and many others.

In narrative feature filmmaking, Bo lensed the romantic drama Stuck Between Stations, featuring Josh Hartnett, which went to Tribeca in 2011, and war movie Memorial Day with James Cromwell that showed at four major film festivals in 2012. His most notable recent feature was sci-fi thriller 400 Days, which features Dane Cook, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, and Ben Feldman.

Bo is a midwest raised dreamer. Not afraid of hard work, down to earth and excited to talk about how to make something unique and powerful.

 

Some of the networks and brands Bo has crafted images for

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Missing the Austin squad. Some work I meant to post back on Easter for @target and @hearthandhand_target with @magnolia Shooting for this specific client for the last few years has been a wonderful experience. A regular gig is rare in our industry a
Some fun stuff for Cloud Island that I never posted with a few behind the scenes shots. Directors @mike91188 and @hansonillustration had some fun with practical animation/puppeteering of props and the team at Target figured out how to make it all wor
I’ve been very lucky to work some tremendous actors/celebrities in the last decade. You never know when the phone rings, who might be stepping in front of your camera next. Here are a few faces you might recognize. In no particular order. &mdas
You don’t need a time lapse to see this city grow. Just blink your eyes. Shenzhen is third in the world for completed high rise structures, behind Hong Kong and New York City. But is #1 in building more. In 2019 Shenzhen was the world leader i
The Future of China Shenzhen is a city where they are quite literally making the future of China. Not just at its manufacturing core... it is a city that is trying to be green by design, to capture the worlds tech markets, and to educate future gene
Escalator July 2019
Echos January 2019
Maiden Voyage January 2019 And some glacial ice details from an expedition up the glacier.
Primordial January 2019 One of the sights you might see as you’re driving down a main road on the South Coast. No pull-off, no signage, just part of the landscape here. Just another anonymous citizen in a geologic paradise. Young and old simu
Gloaming
Ceaseless Thunder January 2019 I could listen to the ocean forever. And I can’t stop watching the infinite layers of geometry and physics. The contrast of white foam against black sand with every shade of grey roiling about in between set aga
January 2019 Veils of mist shroud the cliffs of a black sand beach. In the winter months in Iceland twilight seems to stretch on for hours, especially when it’s cloudy and rainy.
A quick overview of the trip in 9 images. January 2019.
First sunrise of 2019. Driving through the coastal fishing towns of the Snaefellsnes Peninsula was perhaps the favorite part of my trip. I wish I had photos to convey it, but certainly a good mystery or psychological thriller could be set here in win
The last sunset of 2018 from a black sand beach in Iceland. A year ago I travelled to Iceland to ring in the New Year. The following posts will be a dump of some of my images from that trip. Iceland is sometimes considered “overshot”&hel