31 july, 2006 - getting rid of an old friend...

saying goodbye to the ol' boob-toob, entertaining the stepien's since 1975.

28 july, 2006 - train your man...

you've GOT to be kidding...

28 july, 2006 - interviewed...

damien and i were interviewed today by a local newspaper, the mississauga news. should be out next week roughly. we'll keep ya posted.

dagobah in the media

August, 2006 - The Mississauga News Interview

June, 2006 - First Local News Broadcast

24 july, 2006 - times square

while cleaning the house i discovered this slide of my mom and i in front of times square back in good ol' 1980.

24 july, 2006 - the dagobah store...

i'm working on an online store for the dagobah project. the store will feature all the art we put out (photographic prints, books, cd's, etc). it should be up within the next couple of weeks so...keep an eye out!

19 july, 2006 - slacking with the daily pics

hhhmm...so much for taking a photograph a day, huh? well, i found it wasn't the TAKING of a photograph that was difficult. it was more the dumping onto the computer, touching it up, uploading to the net...the other stuff that i just don't seem to have enough time for these days. however, here are a couple from last week.

13 july, 2006 - raining on my way to class...


14 july, 2006 - stuck in traffic on the burlington skyway coming home from class...

15 july, 2006 - promotion

we've been doing a lot of promotion as of late for the two exhibitions we're a part of, as well as my new album and our short film. we'll post all of the promo as it comes in.

also, i've been contemplating the idea of NOT shooting a video for my track "look out cali" (which you can download at www.myspace.com/christianstepien, simply because many of the tracks from my new album are being featured in our short film (including that one). instead of adding on an extra work load, i'm going to focus all of my energy on making the film as good as possible.

11 july, 2006 - book project

the mississauga city hall

we began shooting photos yesturday for the book project we're working on. the book will feature photographs of our hometown (that being mississauga, ca) between now and december 31, 2006. if all goes as planned, the book will be out next summer.

8 july, 2006

from june 23rd to the 29th, 2006, us dagobah boys, along with friend susie hanes, held a photography exhibition at gallery streetsville in mississauga. i was interviewed for a local news broadcast about art and life...




a map of mississauga in the bookstore that i seem to reside in these days...

what is the dagobah project?

The Dagobah Project is a critically acclaimed, award winning art duo. The Dagobah Project is Christian and Damien Stepien. The philosophy behind the Dagobah Project is simple: live simple, live free, live happy. We strive to make life as peaceful as possible, using art as our vehicle.

The photographs we make reflect our passion & curiosity for all things natural. We focus our attention on the natural world because, all too often, that is the world which is ignored. To make matters worse, it is being destroyed at an alarming rate. We are not activists. We are simply making photographs of a world that, unfortunately, may never look this way again. Hopefully the photographs we make today will serve as a reminder to current & future generations that the world was, at one point, healthy and free & that in this state life thrived.

The music & poetry put out by Christian of the Dagobah Project also reflect this sense of peace in all things natural, be it environmental, psychological or emotional.

Although not an "art form" perse, the dagobah boys enjoy carving the concrete hills of Ontario on their longboards. It's on these 4 foot long planks of wood that their minds become free, stress fizzles away, and life is lived in the moment.

7 july, 2005

i was on my break in the book store tonight, and was feeling really tired. i happened to glance over at the lockers and saw a composition pop out at me. this was it.

6 july, 2006 - the dagobah project wins 1st prize!

here are some photos from the opening night gala for the photography contest damien and i entered a month ago. i took home first place in my category.

the exhibition runs through to August 20th, 2006 in Laidlaw hall at the living arts centre in mississauga. us boys of dagobah also have a second exhibition running in tandem with this one at gallery streetsville. that one runs until august 18th, 2006.

me hanging out...

some of the crowd...

5 july, 2006

the sunsetting sun, as seen though the bookstore window that i work at.

4 july, 2006

started a new course today...luckily it only runs for 3 weeks. bummer that it had to be in july though...

3 july, 2006

when ever i can, i take our dog 'lucky' out for a walk up and down the street behind our house. being a jack russell, she's crazy, and for the first 5 minutes of every walk she plays 'tug of war' with the leash. she then gets bored and begins exploring the neighborhood...

1 july, 2006

canada day! one of the reasons i love photographing birds is that they're so difficult to catch! at least i find. i took this photo in my backyard. it's the first time i've photographed a blue jay. i feel like playing baseball now...

30 june, 2006

damien is standing next to our photographic tour vehicle, while we shoot our short film about life, love and photography.