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Works in Progress

The scenes are already set. I’m here to frame them.

You’ve Been Invited

Free 45-minute documentary session.

You get 5 professionally edited images with full commercial rights.

Your session gets published to a permanent public archive.

Optional: Purchase the full gallery (30 - 40 images) for $350.

No setup. No staging. No stopping what you're doing.

Your work was selected for documentation.

This project documents meaningful work across the region, not just what you do, but why you do it.

The craft, care, and purpose behind the labor.

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What This Is

Documenting meaningful work across Owensboro, Evansville, and the surrounding region.

Every session gets published as a dedicated blog post in the public archive.

Works in Progress Public Bog - not yet publicly launched

I have total aphantasia - I can't form mental images. Photography is how I process and share the present moment.

This project extends that practice outward: documenting the labor of others - the building, growing, serving, and creating that shapes our communities.

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How It Works

We'll spend about an hour together while you work as you normally would or show me around.

You show what matters - the process, the environment, the reasons.

I document quietly, with light direction when it helps.

This isn't staged. You're not performing. You're doing what you do.

During the session, if any employees want a quick individual portrait, I'll offer them a QR link card for a free download - part of my Portraits in Passing project.

Before I leave, I'll ask you to write 2 - 4 sentences about your work and why it matters. This becomes your contribution to the public archive.

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What You Get (Free)

  • Gallery link within 3 - 5 business days

  • Watermarked gallery for browsing

  • 5 full-resolution downloads of your choice

  • Full commercial usage rights for those 5 images

Publication

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Every session is published to the public archive.

  • I curate 18 - 36 images

  • Your written statement accompanies them

  • I add time, date, and location

  • Your story goes live

Your words. My images. That’s the archive.

A young woman with short brown hair, a green bandana, and a bright green tank top smiling behind a counter at a coffee shop or cafe.

Full Gallery - $350

  • 30-50+ full-resolution images

  • Full commercial usage rights for all

  • Instant access upon payment

After the Session

  • Gallery delivered within 3–5 business days

  • Choose your 5 free downloads

  • Option to purchase full gallery ($350)

  • Archive entry published with your words

Usage Rights

For both free and full gallery downloads:

  • Full commercial use

  • Credit required: "Photography by Tyler Corey · Still.Life."

  • Link back when possible

Ready to Participate

Let's schedule your session.
Sessions typically scheduled 1–4 weeks out. Reach out, let’s chat, and I’ll send you a scheduling link.

Limited availability.

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