Kyoko Hamada Interview
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Kyoko Hamada Interview

Kyoko Hamada’s “I Used To Be You” book is a series of self-portraits shot around New York as a fictitious character 40-years her senior.

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Peter Hook, and his Books
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Peter Hook, and his Books

I read two of Peter Hook’s music memoirs this summer, and I will confess to scanning the first book immediately to see if I got a mention…

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Captain Obvious Does Summer
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Captain Obvious Does Summer

Great fun shooting with Captain Obvious (an actual person - Brandon Moynihan) for Hotels.com. It’s my first shoot with a proper brand mascot (is that what you call them?).

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Photographing Jomny Sun
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Photographing Jomny Sun

Artist Jomny Sun and I spent a long and satisfying day together shooting too many set-ups for the magazine to use - ranging from highly conceptual to just plain weird.

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360 Camera Ads
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360 Camera Ads

R/GA asked me to shoot a Facebook based campaign using Samsung’s latest 360 camera. This is certainly the weirdest, and maybe the most exciting ad shoot that I’ve ever been a part of.

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Race Expectations Flip
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Race Expectations Flip

Becoming a spokesperson for race in America was not a role I was seeking, but I was honored to be part of this provocative and relevant conversation.

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UNEASY Nick Offerman
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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

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UNEASY Todd Haynes
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UNEASY Todd Haynes

Haynes was an easy and willing subject, resulting in some dynamic portraits, seemingly built around using flowers as props.   

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Happy Mother’s Day!
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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.

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UNEASY Billy Bob Thornton
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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.

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UNEASY Mark E. Smith
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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.

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UNEASY Chris Rock
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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?”

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UNEASY Cinema Verité: D.A. Pennebaker
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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.

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UNEASY Cinema Verité: Robert Drew
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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.

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