YOU'RE THE STAR OF MY MOVIE » Promo http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog John von Pamer's photoblog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:06:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Pop The Champagne http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2012/01/31/pop-the-champagne/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2012/01/31/pop-the-champagne/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:06:29 +0000 John http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=1488 I’ve been on a really nice jag work-wise and I am happy to report that I made
it into The New York Times Magazine! I took the photos to accompany
Mark Bittman’s column about the East Village Japanese restaurant Kajitsu. Somewhere, somehow the photo gods smiled on me… Evidence below:

My wife has twice tried to get into the restaurant for dinner and it looks like we’re going to have to wait even longer as Chef Masato Nishihara’s food was both insanely delicious, beautifully prepared and, there’s no denying, that’s a very nice press clipping.

A very grateful thank you goes out to Photo Editor Luise Stauss (whom I met through Natasha Lunn)… in my book they drink free!

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2012/01/31/pop-the-champagne/feed/ 0 Stuck Up Piece of Crap http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/08/08/stuck-up-piece-of-crap/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/08/08/stuck-up-piece-of-crap/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:27:43 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=658 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 was a wee thing with a crappy car, no job, and lots of friends whose sole object was to have fun flinging ourselves off of whatever we could find to skate.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/08/08/stuck-up-piece-of-crap/feed/ 0 New T Mag pic http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/06/18/new-t-mag-pic/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/06/18/new-t-mag-pic/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:38:29 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=486 The Vain Glorious section of the New York Times T Magazine blog is running a picture I took of the apothecary MiN on Crosby St. It’s a great space and the people that work there nursed me back to health with cappuccinos and good vibes after a 16 hour shoot the day before. Check it out here.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/06/18/new-t-mag-pic/feed/ 0 From Russia with self-promo http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/05/17/from-russia-with-self-promo/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/05/17/from-russia-with-self-promo/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 17:10:53 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=354 Russian magazine F5 ran a piece on me in their last issue.

It was issue 101 which reminds me of Joe Strummer’s pre-Clash band the 101′ers:

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/05/17/from-russia-with-self-promo/feed/ 0 New work http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/04/29/new-work/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/04/29/new-work/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:24:01 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=256 I added a couple new pictures to my recent section.

Above: Rory O’Flynn at Olana in Hudson, NY.

This pic is from Thanksgiving. It took me a while to get it up but it brings back fond memories of overeating, long walks, apple trees, and a sense of wide open spaces. My wife wrote about Thanksgiving vacation with pictures that aren’t up here at her Castor & Pollux blog Loving.

The second is also for the Loving blog and part of The Ladies of Castor & Pollux series she does. Below is one is of store neighbor extraordinaire Louise Eastman.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/04/29/new-work/feed/ 0 Working with love. http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/11/working-with/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/11/working-with/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:16:25 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=93 My wife, Kerrilynn, and I work on projects together all the time.
One of my favorite projects is a section of her  blog (old blog here) for her store Castor & Pollux.

She often leads by example (e.g she had a blog way before I did). I remain unconvinced in regards to twitter but she does that as well. It was through watching her blog grow that I decided to start this one. The itch possibly started with The Ladies of Castor & Pollux project. The “ladies” are a group of customers she has met through the store. They are friends, business acquaintances, and just plain cool people. She asks them some questions and I take a picture of them. It is simple and I love working on it with her.

Interior designer Sydney Maag is the latest Lady. You can see her interview here, and the photo is below.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/11/working-with/feed/ 0 Siberia / Ice Cream / Don DeLillo http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/09/siberiaice-creamdon-delillo/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/09/siberiaice-creamdon-delillo/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:26:25 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=71 A recent shoot of Alya Kazakevich of a.b.k. leather for The New York Times T Magazine blog got the slide show treatment. One of the great things about being a photographer is meeting new people. Here’s proof: I had never met someone from Siberia. I can now check that off my to do list. Alya grew up an hour helicopter ride(!) away from the city of Tyumen. Her parents worked for the party developing new land and she lived there until she was six. When Alya mentioned Siberia I was kind of imaging Luc Delahaye’s Winterreise (I can’t find a good link but definitely worth searching out… It looks like I should of bought it when I had the chance: the paperback is now $80). Suspiciously all the photos on wikipedia are blue skies in summer! Maybe Siberia is like one of those cool towns on the West Coast where the locals tell you that it sucks living there so you never move there. Maybe we should all move to Siberia. Brooklyn IS overpriced. But here’s a weird googling monkey fact I came across: “Siberia is so immense that a person standing on the beach in Maine is closer to Moscow than a person standing on the eastern coast of Siberia.” Mind blower, no?

They are also running some food photos I took. It was ice cream from MilkMade, and yes I got to eat it! It was on the far side of good/bordering on genius. Weirdly, they deliver. I was a bike messenger in DC during college so this I like. If you’re young, fearless, and full of cajones maybe this is the job for you. I liked it a lot… until the second winter when I decided that maybe used book store clerk was slightly safer. I did develop a taste for Don DeLillo though so maybe not. His stuff will definitely make you paranoid.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/02/09/siberiaice-creamdon-delillo/feed/ 0 T Magazine http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/01/14/t-magazine/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/01/14/t-magazine/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=46 The New York Times T Magazine blog is running a slide show of some photos I took last week.

I like typing that… it makes me feel good.

The photos are of Graceland (we are on a Memphis jag here, but this one is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn). They give haircuts and tattoos and played excellent music while I was there.

]]> http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/01/14/t-magazine/feed/ 0 Carne Magazine http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/01/04/carne-magazine/ http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/2010/01/04/carne-magazine/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:08:07 +0000 admin http://www.johnvonpamer.com/blog/?p=13 Carne Magazine is an independent digital magazine out of Buenos Aires, Argentina designed to “promote contemporary art & design. The content is based on a selection of artists, illustrators, photographers and designers of all around the world, displaying the global diversity which is to be found in every discipline.”

They have included some beautiful photography by Robin Schwartz and Kim Høltermand. I also think the installation/design/photography yarnworks by Sebastien Preschoux are worth checking out.

It is a (70 meg+) download that opens in it’s own window, turns pages like a magazine, and is sharply designed. One of my images closes out their first issue and I am quite happy to be included! You can get it here: www.carnemag.com

Robin Schwartz from Carne Magazine

Kim Høltermand from Carne Magazine

Sebastien Proschoux from Carne Magazine


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