Full Equipment Illustration!
Michelle Watt offered to do a drawing of my photo equipt (for the Shotkit website), and it turns out epic.
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.
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…
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?).
Entering Marvin’s Room
I was pleased to be invited to shoot the key art for the Broadway revival of “Marvin’s Room.”
Happy 150th Birthday to Canada!
I'm honoured to feature photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving my Uneasy book.
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.
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.
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.
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.