Night Fashion

I had a great time with model Angela from Elite. Myself, Cliff(stylist), and crew took off around the city to try out some night fashion photography. The shoot started at 5, but finished at 2:30 in the morning. We took everything we needed with us from hair and makeup changes to the many dresses for the day. We ended up changing her in bar restrooms and did a hair and makeup change in Levi's Times Square.





The "see-through" quality of the image was created in camera, not in photoshop. It's a 4 second time exposure with a battery powered strobe(with beauty dish) lighting her up. After the flash, she moves out of the way and what was behind her is also exposed. Fun stuff. I'll be shooting more of this style in the near future...possibly a men's story next.

Smokin!!!

I've been wanting to play with a smoking shot for some time now and recently had an opportunity to do so. Shooting smoke is a lot like shooting water. Every shot is unique. You just want to keep shooting to see what will come up next. It makes for a fun project. I believe I'm going to be playing around with this medium for a while and see what comes of it.

Evolution Continues...

...and the Evolution Project continues...

See the "Evolution Revolution" Post to see the story behind the work and the first series that got the project started. I'm currently looking for a gallery home for these images and the many to come. I've got more models, men and women being shot in the coming months, so keep a look out here for updates.

I've had the pleasure of working with more talented models for the project. Every time I shoot someone new, something unexpected and wonderful comes out. Here's a few more from the recent work.

Susie

Tove

Jasmin

Paola

Feel free to comment. More updates soon...
James

Evolution Revolution...

Well, I decided to kick start my "Evolution Project". I shot this first series in 2005. It's a fine art series that started out based on a contrast of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory vs. Adam and Eve(Bible version). Click to see larger versions(for all images below).

This is my version of "Darwin's Evolution"....Darwin's classic monkey develops into man theory.

This is the 4th image in the Adam and Eve series, "Original Sin", where Eve finally gets Adam to eat the forbidden fruit. The funny thing is in this case, art imitates life, where many times, man's spouses get them to do what they will...when they will it...hahahaha...but I digress...


Closeup on the 3rd image in the series of the Darwin's Evolutionary Theory. I loved the halting motion of this image. The hair also gave it a life and energy which I enjoyed.


This is a print from the second step in the series. What I loved about this image is the unbridled primal energy that she is exuding. This is EXACTLY what I wanted out of this series. I wanted to recreate the primal nature of man as we were thousands and millions of years ago. Back then the rules were survival of the fittest and "Last man standing".

So...that was October 2005. I had a show in Jersey City at Rikki Reich's "The Studio" and had a great showing of the work. It got a little press(below)

So fast forward to 2008. I've started up the project again. The project covers men and women of all races. The beauty of the mud is that it shows everyone as the same, as God intended it before man put his prejudices into the world.

I want to convey the range of primal emotions and energy that mankind has. Man has historically been a very aggressive species. I want those inner emotions to come out on film. The images from this are very strong and visceral(see contact sheets below). That primal strength and emotion is shown here in it's dark beauty.


So....I have started the project anew. I'll be adding to the project more frequently now. Check back often to see more updates...feel free to comment.