Early Decision for TIME Magazine
Last weekend I was commissioned by TIME Magazine to shoot a feature about the declining number of babies born with Down syndrome. Due to advances in medicine and prenatal testing, parents-to-be now know at only fifteen weeks whether or not their baby will be born with Down’s. Since nine out of ten parents who test positive end up aborting the pregnancy, there has been a sharp decrease in Down’s children over the past ten years.
The people I met doing this story were wonderful, and it was an experience I won’t soon forget. If you’d like to read the story, you can pick up the issue of TIME on newsstands today, or just click here to view it online.
Outtakes coming soon.
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A fish out of water
There’s nothing like breaking out of your comfort zone and trying something completely different. I usually spend most of my time taking photographs on location—and it’s almost never fashion. But recently I shot in a studio for the new Tibi campaign. Tibi’s owner and chief creative, Amy Smilovic, runs such an unpretentious yet globally competitive clothing line. For the spring campaign she decided to use two of her muses: Swedish fashion blogger Elin Kling styled the shoot featuring Wonderland UK editor Juila Sarr-Jamois. Below are some of the final images.
Location scouting at PEK
I’m in Beijing shooting part one of an advertising campaign for China Southern Airlines. Part two will come next month at the airline’s home airport in the city of Guangzhou. But for some reason we’re shooting the first part here in Beijing. The problem with shooting outside of the home airport is the incredible amount of bureaucracy in trying to produce the job. But after 2 days of finagling they decided to let us visit the location today. Below are some pictures I made — and the last shot is just a treat that came across at lunch after the airport.
Gettin it done Chandigarh style
After 6 hours of driving through what seemed like a visual history of mankind, we arrived in India’s beloved Chandigarh — one of the wealthiest cities in the country. With pride, everyone will tell you the city was planned first and then built – so it was an eye opener to see a city in this country that functions so well. On this trip we had the pleasure of working with the charming and well-connected journalist Mahima Kaul… In the background, the doctor began his training as a photo assistant.
A contrast in grocery shopping
This morning my friend Diane sent me a video that showcases a genius idea: virtual shopping. It probably sounds like something you’ve heard of before but I’m sure it’s safe to say that most of you haven’t. I’ll let the video speak for itself (below).
That said, I’m currently in India working on a project focusing on their upper class. And after seeing this video it reminded me of they guys who came to my house on a rickshaw to sell food yesterday. One guy sells only fruit, another solely vegetables, the next just sells milk and so on. Apparently they come every day — so this morning, after seeing this video, I decided to photograph the fruit guy. The stark contrast between the cultural style of shopping is incredible. One is extremely personal and the other very efficient. Which would you prefer?
We’re here!
(This is posted a day late, but I plan to put all my India posts both here and the official blog for our project.)
30 hours after a leaving New York and a short layover in Budapest, we finally arrived in New Delhi this morning. As usual we have few leads but high hopes.
Occupy Wall Street – D La Repubblica
Not to be confused with my last blog post, this is a completely different assignment I shot of the Occupy Wall Street movement for D La Repubblica. Below are the tear sheets and then below those are the full size images. I also included a few outtakes that didn’t make it into the article.
Occupy Wall Street Preview
On October 15th I spent the day at the Occupy Wall Street protests here in New York. I was on assignment from Tita Milano for a new quarterly magazine about the way we communicate in the 21st century. Because of the focus of the magazine we decided to concentrate on the signs people were carrying. The story will be out in early December and I’ll post the other 30 images then, but in the meantime here’s a small preview…
Dr. Gordon Sze – Apollo
Back in July I was commissioned by Apollo to photograph Dr. Gordon Sze and his beautiful art collection. Most of the pieces are 19th century Melanesian and Polynesian art.
Popular Mechanics – Raincoat testing
Back in early July I was commissioned to shoot raincoat testing for Popular Mechanics. It was as simple as spraying the magazine’s office intern with 3 hoses at a time.The day was stifling hot so he may of had the best job on set. We had a lot of fun. If you have time check out Popular Mechanics, it’s changed a lot in the last few years and turned back into a cool magazine.
A special thanks to Photo Editor Michele Ervin.
(images on the second page were taken by Philip Friedman)
