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Schoolly D - Photographed for Philadelphia Magazine at “The Gold Club” and Milkboy Studios in Philly. Schoolly D is widely recognized as being the originator of “gangster rap”.
Chamonix, France. By Moi -A 16x20 print; signed, mounted, matted and framed for silent auction at the “2012 Community-Word Project” taking place April 2nd, 2012 in Midtown NYC!! Swing by and swipe it up! 16x20!!!
Ang Lee - Photographed Feb 17th 2012 in NYC.
Sasha - a frame from early 2010.
My Brother Evan Mann Brigantine, NJ January 25th, 2012.
New Portrait work for Fortune Magazine - Recently I’ve been lucky to complete a series of assignments for Fortune which I’ve been very happy with. Typically, when I’m photographing people from the business world I’m working with individuals who really don’t enjoy having their picture taken. It’s been a fun practice for me trying to get them loosened up and coax something unusual out of them, other than the typical power poses they’re essentially trained to lock into.
If a person is unknown to me I’ll often try to pick an archetype for them and then try to build on that. For example the woman pictured, Frances Hasselbein, reminded me of an aging starlet. I kept draping her coat over her shoulders and encouraging her to feel glamorous…I think it came natural for her. At one point I had her wearing her own large-framed, darkened sunglasses! It’s like playing dress up, only your dolls are highly influential people. Ta daaaaa!!!
Keith Olbermann re-edit - With Mr. Olbermann making headlines all week, I decided to flip through my session with him and see if I could find something else to take away.
This particular frame came from the final three mins on set with him, once the ice had been cracked (and perhaps thawed out a bit). He became very engaged in a discussion with my friend Luke, whom I’d invited to the shoot hoping he could conjure something out of him. What I got was this and a whole series of very expressive faces from Mr. Olbermann, photographed in quick succession.
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Keith Olbermann photographed June 3rd, 2011 by Moi, for The Hollywood Reporter.
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Atticus Ross - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca. By Moi.
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Trent Reznor - Photographed December 8th, 2011 Los Angeles, Ca. By Moi for The Hollywood Reporter.
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A recent portrait of the ‘reigning king of R&B’, taken by moi.
