New work: February Bon Appétit

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Hot off the press! New work for the February issue of Bon Appétit magazine is on newsstands now.

Thanks to the BA team and to Rebecca Jurkevich (food styling) and Pamela Duncan Silver (prop styling).

(by the way … I can wholeheartedly recommend the apple molasses upside-down cake… I brought home a slice after the shoot and it was damn tasty.)

Matthew Ronay Studio Visit

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In December, I visited Matthew Ronay‘s studio in Long Island City. My friend David asked me to photograph the studio for his excellent blog, You Have Been Here Sometime.

Matthew and I had a great afternoon chatting about creativity, work, travel, cities, and lots more. Matthew’s work feels very primal and corporeal to me. I see tribal influences, references to ancient cultures, mysticism, an element of religion and folk art influences. The colors really hit me, too – so I tried to capture all of this in the photos.

Read the full interview with Matthew and see the photographs on You Have Been Here Sometime.

Really psyched about how these photos turned out – thanks to David & Matthew for this opportunity.

Frost

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November snow & Todd C.  A favorite diptych, both shot with digital (!!).

(I spent most of my morning going back through Martien Mulder’s portfolio. She is so damn talented. For me, her portraits are the ultimate.)

In-Between Times

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A series of photos taken at different times and in different places over the past few months.

Hillsboro

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From a weekend trip to sunny & warm Florida in December.

Also:
+ Stream the new Yo La Tengo album
+ Andrew Querner
+ New film that I recently enjoyed: Rust & Bone
+ Old film that I recently enjoyed: A Man & a Woman

January 9

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Driving from NYC to CT with my father, December 2012.

Reminds me of Uta Barth and Shari Altman.

Woods Walking

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Walking in my favorite Connecticut woods over the holidays. There’s something vaguely sinister about these photos, which I love.

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Bright Lyons

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I recently photographed one of my favorite Brooklyn shops, Bright Lyons, for my friend Paul (who is the owner). It’s a modern design, art and curiousity shop and Paul has an incredible eye for all sorts of objects – rare and vintage furniture, textiles, books & art (including one of the most comprehensive Alexander Girard collections), as well as new & exciting contemporary artists (Joe Bradley, Matt Leines, Eric White, Taylor McKimens, etc.).

More of the photos I took are posted HERE.

Also, you can see items for sale on the Bright Lyons 1stdibs site, but I highly recommend a visit to the actual shop. It’s located at 383 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

Fort Standard Studio Shots

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Last month, I shot some photos with my friends Greg Buntain and Ian Collings, the talented duo behind Fort Standard. I’ll share more about our collaborative project soon, but today I wanted to share some behind-the-scenes shots of their Red Hook studio. It’s located in an old industrial building right on the river and they share some of the facilities and equipment with other talented woodworkers and artisans. My favorite part was the fireplace right in the middle of the studio, where they usually sit and take a break for breakfast or lunch or whatever. When I left the studio late that afternoon, my clothes and hair smelled like wood smoke and it was pretty awesome. And of course, I can’t resist shooting photos of the random things laying around the studio – wood piles, paint marks on the wall, pin boards and etc. Even on a Saturday when the studios were near empty, there was evidence everywhere of the people who work hard in these spaces. Signs of life wherever you look.

Ahead

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Hey hey, Happy New Year to you.

I’m not big on making resolutions. But I’ve been doing some thinking and I do know that I’d like to get back to posting here more often in 2013. I want to make this a more personal space again, where I can share the things I’m shooting and thinking about – not only new/published/finished work, but inspirations and creative projects that I do just for myself, works-in-progress, current enthusiasms, etc. This blog is important for my photographic process and I want to remember that this year.

In that spirit, I made a photo mosaic this week and I wanted to share it today. I had a really inspiring couple of days in NYC just after Christmas. I stepped away from the computer and my email inbox and I focused on some other stuff. On Sunday, I spent an entire afternoon at MoMA PS1 to see an exhibition I had wanted to see for a while (it did not disappoint). I wandered, slowly, lingering. I walked around Long Island City after I left the museum. I had my iPhone with me and I snapped a bunch of photos that really resonated with me (some of these were posted to Instagram, too). I love the abstractions and the colors, and something about the exhibitions I saw at PS1 informed the photos I snapped.

I can see how my iPhone camera has become an important part of my photographic process – while it will never replace a real camera for me, it allows me to keep a photographic sketchbook of sorts. I hope to explore this more in the coming months.

Here’s to a creative, fulfilling year ahead.