The West Indian Day Parade is massive. If you haven’t been you should put it on the to do list. Loud music, bikinis/feathers/glitter, jerk chicken, lots of people, lots of people dancing, flat bed trucks full of speakers. These pictures were taken when people finished the parade and I concentrated on the bikinis/feathers/glitter aspect but [...]
Jessa Blades Portrait
Here’s a new portrait I took of of beauty expert Jessa Blades. See her interview at the Castor & Pollux Loving Blog.
Julia Bainbridge
You can read about Julia Bainbridge, whose portrait I shot, over at the Castor & Pollux LOVING blog. We had a great time hanging out in Prospect Park. You can’t tell from the shot but we were surrounded by a healthy amount of bags from the Farmer’s Market.
Stuck Up Piece of Crap
My friend DB Burkeman’s book “Stuck Up Piece of Crap” is being published by Rizzoli this September. It’s a history of stickers across counter-cultural movements with nods to skateboarding, punk rock, graffiti, political activism. I had to watch a couple of times but I spotted at least a few skate stickers I had when I [...]
Lucy Punch Portrait
I hung out with Lucy Punch last week and she was both funny and a delight to be around. You can see her in Dinner for Schmucks which opens today. She is getting raves from critics saying she stole the show. The picture is for the Castor & Pollux blog Loving.
The 4th of July
Is the 4th of July the most photogenic of U.S. holidays? It certainly is the most fun. Food, drinks, explosives. From the house I grew up in I could see the fireworks streaking over the Washington Monument and the 4th of July is filled with many strong memories: –a Beach Boys concert on the National [...]
New Portrait
I’ve been shooting lots of television ads for the Nickelodeon show Dora the Explorer (you can see one here). But I managed to shoot another picture for the Ladies of Castor & Pollux. Here’s Julie Engell:
Live and Learn
“I like to think of myself —as an artist— as being in a nondescript swamp, alone, up to my knees in mire, painting the vital beauty I see there, in my own way, not caring a damn about tradition, or anyone’s opinion.” — Charles Burchfield Gardenville, February 8th, 1938 I was at a party last [...]
An Excellent Mode of Transportation
Another pic for the T Magazine blog I took last week of an amazing new bike store, Adeline Adeline, in Tribeca. Check out the Guv’nor, it’s a beauty. Not too dissimilar from the crappy stripped down 70s Raleigh I ride now (not a fixie mind you) but a far cry from my days as a [...]
Breaking Upwards
I shot stills for a couple of days on the set of Breaking Upwards. They made a feature for $15,000 i.e. you should probably do something really cool with your spare time too. This blog is entitled “You’re the Star of My Movie.” It’s kind of like a song title… somehow it just seems right. For [...]