Waltz #2
The record label liked my ideas, and Elliott acquiesced, but reluctantly. (Elliott Smith for Dreamworks)
Quentin Tarantino 1992
Brooklyn is now a cultural center but in those days it took some persuasive talk to convince a subject to cross the Williamsburg Bridge.
Pretty in Black
Steve Albini was a central voice of my generation. I interviewed him in the spring of 1987.
Robert Kennedy Jr, First Session
The first of my five sittings with RFK Jr, for New York Magazine in 1995. Here is what I wrote at the time …
Eminem, 1999
We started with a decent (if strange) idea that got watered down into a cheesy literal one.
Jon Hamm Video on Chris Buck Session
On The Howard Stern Show Jon Hamm told the story behind Chris Buck's Newsweek session with him and Bryan Cranston.
A History With David Cronenberg
Two miles from where I grew up there were some low-rent motels along Lake Ontario. I found these places fascinating, and apparently so did David Cronenberg.
Chris Farley, 1994
Flipping through the contact sheets after his death, the pictures depicted him as dramatic and sad that was not pretentious, but actually telling.
Happy 150th Birthday to Canada!
I'm honoured to feature photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving my Uneasy book.
UNEASY Nick Offerman
“Here is a magnificent work of art in book form, full of pithy, charismatic and attractive people. I am also pictured.“
- Nick Offerman
UNEASY Todd Haynes
Haynes was an easy and willing subject, resulting in some dynamic portraits, seemingly built around using flowers as props.
Happy Mother’s Day!
My father famously worked for Kodak but it’s my mother who encouraged my interest in art, and certainly the Uneasy book wouldn’t exist without her early influence.
UNEASY Billy Bob Thornton
When I present ideas that are a little out of left field, I don’t over explain, I just ask—the more you explain, the more likely they are to overthink it and say no.
UNEASY Mark E. Smith
“You have taken the only portrait in existence where Mark E. Smith looks sexy.” I hope that these outtakes from the 1986 session hit the mark.
UNEASY Chris Rock
There was no one behind the counter, so I asked one of the men if the place was open. “Yes, it’s open.” I looked at him as he told me this and thought that I recognized him. “Are you Chris Rock?”
UNEASY Cinema Verité: D.A. Pennebaker
This is the fifth and final interview that I’m posting today from the Cinema Verité filmmakers. All of these interviews were done in 1997/1998 for Index and ran as a special pull-out section in the magazine.
UNEASY Cinema Verité: Frederick Wiseman
This is the fourth interview with Cinema Verité greats that I’m going to post today.
UNEASY Cinema Verité: Richard Leacock
This is the third of five interviews with Cinema Verité greats that I’m going to post today.
UNEASY Cinema Verité: Albert Maysles
This is the second of five interviews with Cinema Verité greats that I’m going to post today.
UNEASY Cinema Verité: Robert Drew
I interviewed five of the masters of the Cinema Verité movement in the late nineties. With Drew the interview was congenial and relaxed, but then came the photos, and he seemed a little shocked when I was bossy and controlling.