Had I not been so cold, I would have sat there all night and photographed this giant-bubble-making machine. In fact, I plan on going back pretty soon with a fancy-pants lighting set-up to really get what I want. However, this is a decent start with uno speedlight.
Central Park/9.18.10
Monday, October 04, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
I find it very fitting that my post for today, October 1st, 2010, is about a celebration of the people (and places) that make rock photography an important documentation of history and lifestyle.
Some of them are friends, some of them are icons, some of them are both.
So, happy two-year anniversary in this great city. Our relationship is very young, but I will always, always, always love it.
Photo: Bob Gruen photographs the opening of Julian Lennon's photography exhibit at the Bowery location of the Morrison Hotel Gallery on September 16th, 2010.
A night of some of my favorite people in my 2nd favorite place in New York, the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Bowery.
Top Photo: (L-R) Rock photog Bob Gruen, Elizabeth Gruen, Legs McNeil (um hello, dude who pretty much invented the word "punk" in regard to music... and there's so much more I'd like to say about him, but feel you should just look him up) and rock photog Mick Rock at Julian Lennon's photo opening at the Bowery location of the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York on 9.16.10.
Bottom Photo: Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono and Julian Lennon at Julian's photo opening at the Bowery location of the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York on 9.16.10.
Meeting Pattie Boyd was like meeting both George Harrison and Eric Clapton at the same time. Ever hear Harrison's "Something"? Or Clapton's "Bell Bottom Blues" or perhaps even "Wonderful Tonight?"
Oh and THEN there was that little number, what was it called... umm...
think, think, think...
Oh! Yes!
"Layla"...
...
All of those songs, really, courtesy of the love each of those musicians had for this woman. All of them, but "Layla"?? Let's think about how it would feel to have been the one to inspire that song. Words, music, everything... just think about it...
I don't care if you prefer the rock-out electric version, the acoustic, unplugged version or really just dig the piano solo, but without Pattie Boyd, you wouldn't have the chance to sit with your friends and discuss, sometimes even fight about, the above on your Friday nights when someone flips "Layla" on the juke box.
And holy crap... I met Layla...
Photo: Pattie Boyd attends Julian Lennon's photo exhibit opening at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Bowery on 9.16.10.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Marcellus Hall opening for Modest Mouse/Williamsburg Waterfront/Brooklyn, NY/9.14.10
Just FYI, kids, Marcellus is also an illustrator whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, GQ, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal - just to name a few.
You know how much I love successfully multi-talented people, so please check out his stuff: http://www.marcellushall.com
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Top Photo: Junko Yoshioka fashion at Ivanka Trump's jewelry launch in the penthouse of the Trump SoHo on September 12th.
Bottom Photo: You are looking at an illuminated Woolworth Building (tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930) from the south windows of the Trump SoHo's penthouse on a soggy early autumn night.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York...*
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York...*
Top Photo: (L-R) Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo of In the Heights perform Jay-Z/Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" at the Broadway on Broadway 2010 finale on September 12th.
Times Square? Confetti? Sweet song about New York? Celebrating, dudes, just celebrating.
Middle Photo: Times Square post-finale confetti.
Bottom Photo: Times Square worker groovin' to the beat! Why stand there when you could be dancin'? Get it, Girl!
*I bet you are all shocked that this is the first time these lyrics have popped up on this blog.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Top Photo: Mandy Gonzalez of Wicked performs "The Wizard and I" at Broadway on Broadway on Sunday, September 12th.*
Bottom Photo: Fans of the new Beatles show Rain attend Broadway on Broadway in Times Square on Sunday, September 12th.
*I should NOT be allowed to photograph these things professionally. That's the second time this sap got misty-eyed whilst shooting Broadway. For those not in the theater-know, however, the real gem from Wicked is "Defying Gravity" - so I thank goodness Ms. Gonzalez didn't bust that one out.
Haha, yeahhh... about that rock chick rep...
Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Top Photo: Flag and flowers left in memoriam of those who perished on 9.11.01. Looking through the gate, you can see the progression of the new towers as of 9.11.10.
Bottow Photo: Man burns pages of the Quran as part of the protest outside the controversial mosque site near the WTC site. The full sign behind him reads: Real Americans don't burn Qurans. (9.11.10)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
After wrapping up with my work at the Getty office on Varick following my BVLGARI shoot, I packed up my gear to head home. "Great," I thought, "The 1 train is right on Canal! Super easy to get home."
Wrong. No downtown 1 trains that night.
Fortunately, while I was in a dress and it was close to 1 a.m., I had packed flats in my camera bag just in case I felt like walking home from wherever I happened to end up. Yes, my gear weighs about as much as me these days, but the weather was impeccable. Walking it was.
Because I live downtown and often pass the World Trade Center site, my walks home can get pretty interesting - particularly on nights like September 10th into the early hours of the 11th.
I will be honest in saying that I was completely consumed in Fashion Week and chatting with one of my best friends on the west coast rather than thinking about 9/11, that is, until I stumbled upon this little motorcycle rally as I approached the WTC. Immediately hanging up with Shasta to un-sling my camera bag, I hopped up on one of the police barriers to get a better angle - dress and all.
Shockingly, the NYPD didn't care in the slightest that I was playing leap frog on their concrete barriers. Like Steve Manuel always used to say: Don't ever ask permission, just shoot until they tell you to stop.
So, I kept shooting. Hopping from concrete slab to concrete slab, the full, pleated 3/4-length A-line of my black cotton Calvin Klein dress unfolding with each leap, I waited for someone to tell me to stop, but no one ever did.
Very anti-climactic, I know, but strange as well.
Why didn't they ask me to stop?
Top Photo: Motorcycle rally heading north on Church Street past the WTC site.
Bottom Photo: Fellow carrying an American flag south on Church Street past the WTC site.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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