Here's a behind the scenes video I shot and produced with director Ahron R. Foster for DEC3's music video "Put Some South in Your Mouth." It features time-lapse, interviews, rock star hair, lassos, beer clinking, and good old-fashioned American rock 'n roll! Shot in the Strand Smokehouse in Queens! Hells yeah! Here's more motion work I've done.
Behind-The-Scenes for Dec 3 music video "Put Some South in Your Mouth" - dir. by Ahron R. Foster.
Iron Bridge Consulting is a construction and management firm that works in retail, hospitality and corporate installations. For the re-launch of their website, they commissioned me to create some environmental portraits of the team in their respective positions. Here are some of my favorites from the shoot.
I was thrilled to be selected to have my work featured in a new program through postcard.com, called Edition. They now offer curated prints to be sent as a greeting to your friends and loved ones. It's like sending a miniature piece of art, and it is an easy and thoughtful gift. These are postcards your friends are going to want to keep!
Just select a piece, write a personal message, and they'll send a frame-ready 6”x9” fine art postcard to anyone in the world. $7 US/Canada/Mexico, $8 all other locations.
I'm very pleased to announce my participation in Lapa, a celebration of Brazilian culture, focused on art, music and dance. Lapa is a chance to bring people together through power of art, music and dance ... Axé! Starting at 6:30pm on 11/22, the event will be hosted by art director/curator Anderson Zaca and curator/artist Agua NYC.
The event will feature my recent work A Flower in the Mouth: The Beauty and Burden of Carnaval in Pernambuco, Brazil, which is a book of photography and writing about the culture, music and rituals of Carnaval. I will be presenting my work and talking about my experience photographing this area and how I learned about the fascinating culture there. If you haven't had the chance to see the images, or learn about the book, come see it first-hand! Yes there will be a book signing!
Just another typical day at the "office"... filming the delivery of the BATMOBILE!!! Honored to be working with the New-York Historical Society to film the behind-the-scenes footage of them receiving the delivery in the (early) morning, of this classic as one of the pieces on exhibit for "Superheroes in Gotham."
I had the pleasure to create an author photograph for Elmira Bayrasli for her new book titled From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely places.
It was a pleasure shooting her portrait! Go Elmira!
This is the image she ended up using, but we got a lot of other great shots. Check them out!
Sailing around Manhattan at sunset? Yes please! I shot an ad campaign for tour and event company Classic Harbor Line. It was promoting their sunset cruises around Manhattan. What a cool way to "escape the city without leaving it." The photos are all around Manhattan and Brooklyn in bus shelters, tent poles and phone booths as you can see from the photos below. Also, check out the final ad campaign and additional images from the shoot below!
I'm honored and excited to announce that I've won the 2015 award for Best Event Photography by the International Special Events Society - ISES New York Metro chapter, for photography of the The Lowline Anti-Gala, for Neuman's Kitchen and produced by Empire Entertainment, Inc. It's a quite prestigious award in the events industry! Thank you International Special Events Society! Besides still photography of the event, I also shot and produced a time-lapse of the event for Neuman's Kitchen. You can see it below!
Lowline Anti-Gala, 10/08/14 at Chelsea Modern Skylight for Neuman's Kitchen Time-Lapse by Jason Gardner Thanks to: Neuman's Kitchen Empire Entertainment BML Blackbird Skylight Modern "Beat Connection" by LCD Soundsystem
The time-lapse I shot and edited for New-York Historical Society is now live on their site! I had the wonderful opportunity to document the installation of Picasso's "Le Tricorne" - a roughly 20 foot square curtain painted by Picasso for the backdrop of a ballet in 1919. I was honored to be a part of this artistic history, and it was fascinating to document the whole process of delivery, art handling, and installation, including a huge crane lifting the artwork over 35 feet to the second floor of the museum! This time-lapse includes at least seven different takes on the installation! Enjoy!
Want to know what the installation looked like from behind the scenes?
Take a look at some behind-the-scenes photos below!
The Final Piece Revealed!
I recently shot portraits for this newspaper advertising campaign which involved traveling all across the East to illustrate case studies of small businesses who had success advertising with Propel / Gatehouse Media. It was an awesome experience to get to travel around to different states and I thoroughly enjoyed connecting with these small business owners.
I love seeing how photography and illustration can come together to create an awesome ad! Thanks again for the opportunity Gatehouse!
Check out the final shots and see the journey from behind the scenes, to raw photo, to final add!
A nice piece in Boston Globe featuring my photo of musician Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz in advance of his show in July
http://www.bostonglobe.com/…/yNPLyoVnpv4GdPSP6VJ…/story.html
Parabéns Scott!
Here are more shots from this series! So fun to capture artists in their elements.
Images from my series A Flower in the Mouth were exhibited as part of the Cultural Exchange Pavillion - Casa do Brasil, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in the spring.
It's always been a dream of mine to be involved with Jazz Fest, and I wanted to share this experience with as many people as possible! I was at Jazz Fest both weekends, which was an incredible experience! Thank you to all who came by!
Also, I had the opportunity to speak at the panel "Portraits of Popular Culture in Brazil," on Saturday, May 3rd
This exhibition and opportunity was truly humbling and it was incredible to be surrounded by other like minded creatives. What a dream come true!
Here's some images from the official launch of my photo book in São Paulo, Brazil, about the Carnival rituals in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. Thanks to everyone who came out to support! I loved sharing my ideas with you.
Last year, I spoke about publishing and crowd-funding to publish your own book, of course speaking about A Flower in the Mouth.
Thank you B&H for inviting me to speak!
Check out the full video below!
The official US launch of my photo book "A Flower in the Mouth" at NYC's Lincoln Center was a truly magical experience. This was one of my biggest and extensive projects to date, and it was a dream come true to show you all! The exhibit was on view at the Rubenstein Atrium, at Lincoln Center.
Pernambuco, Brazil
Pernambuco, Brazil
Pernambuco, Brazil
Pernambuco, Brazil
Take a peek at the exhibition at Lincoln Center!
As for the exhibition, the music, food, and over-all experience was one to remember. I'm always impressed by traditional carnival attire. Take a look at the festivities below!
The Jewish Education Project is a non-profit organization which is trying to revolutionize the approach to the jewish education. Their mission statement reads:
"At The Jewish Education Project, we connect forward-thinking educators and volunteer leaders in order to spark new ideas and approaches to Jewish education. We provide tools, resources, and technology to spread those new ideas, which impact the education of more than 200,000 Jewish children, teens and families. We partner with educators and volunteer leaders who represent 800 New York educational institutions."
I enjoyed photographing their students, teachers, and volunteers for their informational brochure. See the images from the brochure below!
