Finally putting the finishing touches on a new book of prints from current project “Behind the Curtain: A Look at Philadelphia’s Unique Polling Stations”. As with all my portfolio books, I’d be happy to send it along to any AD, CD, photo editors or art buyers that are interested in seeing it. (For the geeks [...]
03.05.2010
02.19.2010
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I’m sure all you dedicated readers of NFTHO (yeah, I’m speaking to you mom.) remember my mention of a small project I completed last year about one of the last roller rinks in Philadelphia, the Elmwood Roller Rink in Southwest Philly. I just learned yesterday that this little project was awarded an honorable mention in [...]
11.04.2009
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Went out with my lovely wife while she did some reporting and made a few new images for my Polling Place Project. Unfortunately, my Hasselblad is on bed rest right now after a frightful accident and it couldn’t come off the bench in time for this election cycle, so I’m testing a new digital technique [...]
05.28.2009
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I got a chance to get out and work on my (alliteratively titled) Philadelphia Polling Place Project. I’ll be trying to get a comprehensive edit of the project done catch as catch can between paid work, but for now, here are a couple of my favorites from the Philadelphia DA’s election last week. Bakery. Far [...]
05.22.2009
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Just a quick end-of-the-day note (though I’m sure most peeps are already heading “Down the Shore”) to let everyone know that I’ve uploaded a few new images to the New Work section of my website. This update includes some images from my new, and on-going, project on roller skating here in Philly. Enjoy the holiday! [...]
05.04.2009
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Just back from a week in sunny Virginia, hangin’ with my homeys Rachael outta NYC and photographer/assistant extraordinaire Ryan Collerd. Since I can’t show the awesome photos we produced down in VA, yet, I thought I’d post a few more images from my rollerskating project. These are scans from some rolls that were processed just [...]
04.22.2009
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8-year-old twins birthday party. Elmwood Roller Rink. Philadelphia. This is the first shoot from a new personal project that I’ve started here in Philadelphia. I first stumbled upon this place while was working on my Behind the Curtain project on weird polling places in Philly. It’s a weird polling place. I have no idea what [...]
04.15.2009
I received word yesterday that two images from my “Behind the Curtain” project on weird Philly polling stations were given a “Chosen” honor from American Photography. From the notice: “While your image will not appear in the book, it was one of only 171 images from a record-breaking 10,100 submitted to receive at least 2 [...]