ad shoots
as i mentioned in a previous post, i sometimes do advertising photography…..i am in the middle of such a shoot right now in new york and then on to brazil….this work quite simply pays my bills….but, i must say, they are also usually quite enjoyable…because no client is going to commission me for a studio …
sister gemma and model releases
i have never asked anyone i ever photographed for a model release…..it is just not something i can do…..to ask someone to sign a legal document after taking a picture is just too hard for me to do….it is not in my genes….. but, i do have model releases for pictures which i shoot for …
“uptown” and “ruckus”
when i started the hip hop story for National Geographic Magazine two years ago, i really did not know where to begin….i was lost…there was not one single rap cd on my shelf….i mean, i was pretty much from the bob dylan, stones, doors, jerry garcia generation….if it was not for my two …
now i have a surprise trip to brazil and…..
i need an assistant….someone who lives in salvador, bahia and can work with me next week for about 3 days….wishing for someone with good people skills and digital photo processing and transmitting skills please post your telephone or any contact details here…..i arrive in salvador tuesday evening march 27th…… now, this sometimes happens to me….i …
off to washington
this morning i fly down to our federal village….our nations capitol…..land of the free and home of the brave…..bracing myself for the culture shock of going from new york to washington….in just a few hours i will walk through the doors of the National Geographic Society …..the smell of freshly polished brass awaits…… today and …
a question
there is a question i would like to ask my loyal blogger friends…..i am totally a "print guy"…i love powerful books and well done magazines….i like to hold them in my hand….feel the paper, smell the pictures… and never in my mind did i ever imagine myself "taking to the web"….my friends would not have …
kim reierson
long haul truckers….we are close to them everyday….usually dangerously close….looming fast in the rear view mirror….who among us has not almost been killed by a long haul trucker?? and who can forget steven spielberg’s first movie "duel" ??….in that movie we never saw the driver of the renegade truck, but he definitely scared the hell …
eloisa
now a sweeter woman than eloisa you will never meet….trust me ……i suppose her photo students at "insituto allende" may feel the same…eloisa nisimura, 29, has also been a course assistant for the santa fe workshops in san miguel for 6 years…when she smiles everybody smiles… when i met eloisa , she was working in …
zaida
this is not a happy story…..but, it is a story of love and loss and dealing with both..zaida sanchez, 22, is a photography student at the "instituto allende" in san miguel de allende……she used her love of photography to deal with personal tragedy…. zaida, unmarried and with the father en absentia, gave birth to a …