At FMoPA
A visit to Tampa for my first museum show, at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; a rare thing amongst art institutions, it’s both full-on fun, and dead serious.
KIA & Steven Tyler
It’s fitting that a week before I moved to the suburbs I shot a big car ad.
Hamilton!
I’d been trying to snag an interview with photographer James Hamilton for at least a dozen years. Finally, it’s here!
Not-Corporate “Corporate” Shoot
My sense of humor is dark, but in shooting for Comedy Central’s new “Corporate” there was no need to temper these instincts.
Christmas Creep
Norman Reedus is the face of Alexa Magazine’s holiday issue and he was a great sport with it, including eating a candy cane, donning reindeer sunglasses, and getting wrapped in Christmas tree lights, bondage style.
Photographing Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is as well known for being nice as he is for his film career, and he was certainly nice, but he was also 30 minutes early. And that’s not a good thing.
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.