album How I Got Over should be considered the best album of 2010. Photography Shapter's interest in photography began when he was 12 years old when he was gifted a Canon AE-1 as he accompanied his father and stepmother on their honeymoon. In 1998, Shapter began to establish himself as specialist in fashion photography, garnering work in major markets including Barcelona, London, New York and Los Angeles. The turning point in Shapter's career was a South by Southwest photography gig for MTV. Shapter was twice voted "Best Photographer" by the readers of the Austin Chronicle. According to the Austin Chronicle, Shapter's work "...has brought international attention to our style scene and accolades for his moody, stylish creations." Current and future projects Shapter is currently writing and directing a documentary, Porvenir, Texas, centered around the border massacre at Porvenir, during which fifteen Mexican Americans were killed by the Texas Rangers. The documentary will explore the actual events of the 1918 massacre through interviews, an archaeological dig, forensic analysis, and a reenactment of the massacre. Shapter first learned of the Porvenir Massacre in a chapter from Texas State University classmate and author E. R. Bills' book, Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional and Nefarious (History Press, 2013). Shapter plans to follow up this documentary with a feature film, Porvenir, based on the massacre as well. Porvenir will follow a young Latina grad student as she stumbles across a century-old controversy on the border. Personal life Shapter lived in his adopted hometown Austin, Texas with his wife Christina, daughter Faron West, and son William Ford. Illness and Death Shapter underwent radiotherapy for almost two years and chemotherapy to treat squamous cell carcinoma. Two tumors were treated – one in his neck and one in his back. After five surgeries, he lost “part of his ear, a rhomboid muscle, and 33 lymph nodes” resulting in him being declared cancer-free. However, the cancer later returned and he died on February 23, 2019 References External links Home page American documentary film directors 1966 births 2019 deaths