Chase Jarvis is an American photographer, director, artist, and entrepreneur.Goldman, Joshua

''CNET''. September 30, 2009.Margolies, Nicko

''PSFK''. September 23, 2009.Chase Jarvis Biography
. ''Stevens Pass''. From April 2014 until July 2022 Jarvis was the chief executive officer of CreativeLive, an online education platform that he co-founded in 2010.Cook, John
Chase Jarvis named CEO of CreativeLive, Mika Salmi moves to board role
''Geekwire''. April 16, 2014.

Early life

Jarvis was born in

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, Washington. His father was a Seattle Police Department officer, and his mother was an administrator at a biotech company.Beason, Tyrone
Photographer Chase Jarvis Aims to make Artists of us All
. ''Seattle Times''. July 25, 2010. He attended

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on a football scholarship, receiving a BA in philosophy with distinction.Dizon, Kristen
Chase Jarvis: Global Icons Through The Camera’s Eye
''Seattle Pi''. April 27, 2007. Initially, Jarvis planned to attend

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after graduating from university. A few weeks before graduating, Jarvis's grandfather died and left all his photography equipment to his grandson. Jarvis subsequently went on a post-college trip through Europe and discovered a passion for photography. He is self-taught, having learned photography through experimenting and independent study. Jarvis has said of his decision not to pursue a degree in medicine, " spent years of my life and 10s of thousands of dollars chasing everyone else's dream for what I was supposed to become rather than chasing my own. It was when I finally quit that path and pursued my own calling to become a photographer and an entrepreneur that I really felt alive."Schwabel, Da
Chase Jarvis: How He Became The Photographer Everyone Wants To Work With
''Forbes''. January 8, 2016

Career

Photography

In 1994, Jarvis moved to

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with his girlfriend, where he began shooting photos of pro

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and

skiers Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (I ...

. Jarvis licensed his first image for $500 and a pair of skis. Jarvis continued to pursue photography while studying Philosophy and Art at the

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's MA/PhD program. One year before completing his master's degree, Jarvis licensed a batch of his photos to

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that allowed him to leave academia and open his own studio, Chase Jarvis, Inc. Since opening his own studio Jarvis has photographed for

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, General Motors,

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, Hewlett-Packard, Columbia Sportswear,

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, Subaru,

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, and

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. He is known for his kinetic style and emphasis on lifestyle, sports, and landscape photo imagery and his photography sells from anywhere between $50 to $50,000. In 2007, Chase Jarvis filed a

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against K2 Sports for

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and won.Appeals Court Confirms Photographer's Rights in Case
''Imaging Info''. May 23, 2007. Jarvis has received endorsements from Polaroid (in conjunction with

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) and Nikon. He helped launch the first video

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, the

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, in 2008. Two years later, Jarvis helped launch the

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. On May 11, 2011 Jarvis installed ''Dasein: An Invitation to Hang'' in the lobby of the

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in New York City, where he was the artist in residence. Over 10,000 submissions from around the world were part of Jarvis' art installation.Forrest, Hug
The SXSW Interactive Featured Session Feature: Chase Jarvis
''SXSW''. March 30, 2016

Awards and recognition

Jarvis is the youngest person to be named Hasselblad Master, Nikon Master, and ASMP Master. In 2008, Jarvis's Kung Fu HD series received first place in the Special Effects category at the International Photography Awards.Chase Jarvis Press
''Chase Jarvis''. September 5, 2008. The Best Camera app also won the Adorama Photography Award at the APPOS Awards.Best Cam Wins Adorama Photography Award
''Ubermind''. Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Jarvis has also received honors from the Prix de la Photographie de Paris, the Advertising Photographers of America, and ''

Photo District News ''Photo District News'' (or ''PDN'') was an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. ''PDN'' was first published in 1980. The publication took its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses tha ...

'' magazine for his work. Jarvis contributed to ''The New York Times'' story "Snow Fall," which won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2013. In 2014, Jarvis was recognized as one of the most influential photographers by the Huffington Post. That same year, he received an Emmy nomination for his documentary ''Portrait of a City''.

Books

Jarvis published his first book, '' The Best Camera: Is the One That's With You'', in 2009. The book celebrates images taken with cameras in mobile phones, particularly iPhones, and Jarvis released an iPhone app called Best Camera in conjunction with the book.Rowse, Darre
Chase Jarvis Releases The Best Camera Book, Community and iPhone App
''Digital Photography School''. March 29, 2015 In 2010, Jarvis released his second book, ''Seattle 100'', which is a collection of black and white portraits and biographies of people defining Seattle's culture.New Chase Jarvis Book Seattle
''Aperture Land''. September 2, 2010. The proceeds of the book were donated to charity, and the book later became the basis for an Emmy-nominated documentary.

Best Camera

In 2009, Jarvis released a picture-editing iPhone app called Best Camera. With Best Camera, users can apply 14 different filters to images shot with their iPhone and then share those images directly with Facebook, Twitter, and TheBestCamera.com.Fairle, Rick
Bringing Big Smiles to iPhone Shutterbugs
''The New York Times''. November 25, 2009.Bly, Laura

''USA Today''. April 9, 2010.Sorrell, Charlie
Best Camera: “Like Photoshop For Iphone”
"Wired". September 23, 2009. The Best Camera app was credited with "setting a trend" in smartphone photography by ''

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'' and was named to ''

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'' Magazine's Top 20 iPhone Apps of 2009, ''

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s Best Photo App, and one of Apple executive Philip W. Schiller's favorite apps. Additionally, Jarvis published a companion book, called ''The Best Camera Is The One That's With You'', which features photographs taken with his iPhone.

CreativeLive

Jarvis co-founded CreativeLive, an online education platform that offers free online classes in a variety of fields, in 2010. Since its founding, CreativeLive has become the world's largest live-streaming education company. As the founder, Jarvis raised the

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of $7.5 million and Series B round of $21.5 million. On April 14, 2014, it was announced that Jarvis would become the CEO of CreativeLive, taking over for the previous CEO Mika Salmi. Speaking about CreativeLive in March 2015, Jarvis told ''

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'', "What we're trying to do is create the most vibrant learning experience we can." In September 2018, CreativeLive laid off the majority of its employees. In October of 2021, CreativeLive was acquired by the Israeli online marketplace Fiverr. In July 2022, Fiverr laid off most of the remaining employees, including Chase Jarvis.

Chase Jarvis Live

In June 2011 Jarvis and his team broadcast the first episode of Chase Jarvis Live via

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.First Chase Jarvis Live Episode
''YouTube'', June 11, 2010. The purpose of the series is to broadcast interviews and conduct Q & As with professionals the audience might find useful, such as other professional photographers, art directors and authors. Interviews are first broadcast live via

and later uploaded to YouTube. Jarvis has interviewed dozens of industry leaders including the likes of

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Tim Ferriss Timothy Ferriss (born July 20, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru. He became well-known through his ''4-Hour'' self-help book series—including ''The 4-Hour Work Week'', ''The 4-Hour Body'', and ' ...

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Adrian Grenier Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, producer, director and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series ''Entourage'' (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as ''Drive Me ...

Gary Vaynerchuk Gary Vaynerchuk (born Gennady Vaynerchuk; November 14, 1975; , ), commonly known as Gary Vee, is a Soviet-born American entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality. He is a co-founder of the restaurant reservation software company Re ...

, and

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.Tim Ferris on Chase Jarvis Live
''YouTube'', August 18, 2011.Guy Kawasaki on Chase Jarvis Live
''YouTube'', March 28, 2012.

Other work

Jarvis is a keynote speaker, and has made speeches at conferences including Virgin Disruptors, TEDxCMU, PDN Photo Plus Expo,

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, and the

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.Highlights from Photokina 2010
"I Am Nikon". September 29, 2010. He is also an angel investor; in 2011, he invested in

Trippy Trippy is a social and mobile friend-sourced tool launched in September 2011 founded by technology entrepreneur J.R. Johnson. who also founded Lunch.com, OneTime.com and VirtualTourist which was acquired by Expedia in 2008. About Trippy Trippy a ...

, a social travel site. Jarvis has also invested in two Seattle restaurants, mkt. (pronounced "market") and Tallulah's. In 2013, Jarvis was a mentor for the

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Build a Business program. In the summer of 2018 Jarvis partnered with

to create Photo Lab: Crafting Your Shot that will brings classes on photo technique to more than 500 Apple stores around the world. Jarvis has a chapter giving advice in

' book

Tools of Titans ''Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers'' (2016) is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur. He interviewed more than 100 "wo ...

Philanthropy

Jarvis has helped raise money for Free Arts NYC, organization that provide art programs to children. He's also an honorary board member of Pacific Photocenter NW, a board advisor at Blue Earth, and an ambassador for One Percent for the Planet.Ambassadors
1% for the Planet.

Bibliography

* ''The Best Camera Is The One That's With You'' (2009) * ''Seattle 100'' (2010) * ''Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life'' (2019)

References

External links

Chase Jarvis LIVE on YouTube

Chase Jarvis at TEDxCMU

Chase Jarvis on YouTube
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