Seeing Red

When Prevention magazine’s Helen Cannavale called me up with an assignment to illustrate a story about the effects of sleep deprivation on the workforce, I immediately knew we were going to have a bit of fun on the shoot. Based on the journalist’s findings, Helen and I bounced ideas around about what it means to [...]

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On Bikes #1

Riding a bike was part of my growing up, but not exactly my favorite part. The only times I was very, if briefly, excited about biking was when I was given a banana seat bike, and again after I got a snazzy 10 speed racer. For the most part though I only biked when I [...]

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The Sultans-Part 2

Second day: After Cappadocia we traveled on to the southern coast where we stayed in a little village named Cerali. We asked Ali, the owner of the pension we stayed at, if he could recommend a local helper and he volunteered to do it himself. After walking around Cerali for a day we got the [...]

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Blow

This is a story about how inspiration can emerge out of the darkest circumstances. I was standing in line to pick up a package from the post office on 14th Street and Avenue A, feeling real sorry for myself. Why was I feeling that way? Well, you’re probably not from New York. Here, everybody knows, [...]

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American Photography

I’m proud to announce that one of my Giddy Up pics got chosen for the American Photography website. Yeehaw again. http://www.ai-ap.com/cfe/APss/APSlideChosen.html 3rd one from the top.

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Louise Cypher on PDN Photo of the Day

I’m thrilled that Amber Terranova and Amanda Mauro posted my little diabolical photo novella Louise Cypher’s Suitcase on “PDN Photo of the Day” blog. You can check out the “making of” a little further down this blog.

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Louise Cypher’s Suitcase – Intro

This was a 3 night shoot I did to use for self-promotion, as well as for the fun of it. The goal was to tell a story without words while creating photography with high production values on a shoestring budget. I’ve been toying with the idea to produce a photo novella without words for quite [...]

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Louise Cypher’s Suitcase – Day1

This is the first shot we did on a Sunday night: We started right after sundown and a minor ( but stressful ) rain delay. The models for this image are JW and Cristian ( without an “h”), both friends of Myriam Babin. Originally we cast another Christian (this one with an “h”) as the [...]

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Louise Cypher’s Suitcase – Day2

This is the first picture on Monday. We started setting up early in the afternoon. The location is Grotto, a very good Italian style restaurant at 100 Forsyth Street in the Lower East Side. David, one of the owners is another guy I play soccer with and he also catered some of my ad shoots [...]

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Louise Cypher’s Suitcase – Day3

For the third and last night of the shoot I did another location scout with Susie. Originally in Prospect Park, because I was thinking one of the overpasses would make a great “gate to hell”. We rode our bikes around the park and found some promising options. But getting a permit in the park is [...]

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