Vince Chandler

Award-winning filmmaker and photographer based in Denver, CO.

Vince Chandler is a photographer and filmmaker with twenty years of professional experience creating art and documentary visuals across the United States. His professional career includes roles as Director of Communications for Denver City Councilwoman Shontel M. Lewis, Digital Content Strategist for National Cannabis Industry Association and Colorado Rising and Chief Content Officer of ƒ/4.20 Films.

He has worked in electoral politics from the local and regional levels, to lobbying the federal government in D.C. Vince moved to Denver in 2014 to be the founding Multimedia Editor for The Denver Post’s DPtv and The Cannabist, earning national recognition and awards, including a Heartland EMMY nomination for his work as a visual journalist for The Denver Post. He was principal cinematographer for the feature documentary film Running With My Girls, which premiered at the Denver Film Festival in 2021.

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GASLIT

This exciting series is produced for Colorado Rising

GASLIT is a series of short documentaries produced to shine a spotlight on the under told stories of Coloradans – and our neighbors – who are impacted by the rippling effects of the oil and gas industry. From concerns about air quality to fights over water rights, the harvesting and production of petroleum in the American West will have generations-long impacts on its residents. GASLIT strives to humanize the fallout from the decisions made to foster Oil & Gas by giving each person an individual opportunity to have their story framed and told appropriately. 

Every Coloradan is impacted directly by the extraction and transportation of fossil fuels for continued consumption. From the workers on the wells themselves often working in dangerous, undersupported, and deregulated positions with little oversight; to parents worried for their children’s health as wells are drilled within a stone’s throw of their schools and homes; to the Colorado farmer who watches the skies all winter hoping that the snow will replenish our water supply, while knowing that it’s being siphoned for use in Oil & Gas for a product ultimately meant for export; to outdoors enthusiasts watching our outdoor lifestyle (and economy) disappear in plumes of diesel smoke. 

GREETINGS FROM FRACKED COLORADO

Colorado is known around the world for the outdoor, healthy lifestyle that we project.

For generations, we’ve celebrated and conserved our natural spaces, setting them aside to preserve their beauty and our access to outdoor play. Today, the decisions of a selfish few put it all at risk. Imagine the loss of Colorado's outdoor recreation lifestyle because of human-accelerated climate change, spurred by our dependence on oil and gas.

The #GreetingsFromFrackedColorado portrait series is an art commentary on this loss of our outdoor lifestyle, economy, and the physical space that provides our playground. Anyone concerned for our climate should pick up a postcard at one of our upcoming events and use it to write their favorite Colorado elected leader.