Less words, more visuals…

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It's been a minute since I've posted anything--been busy with my doc, newspaper work, a birthday, etc. Here's some work from the past few weeks: The Frick Reference Library: St. James Church: On the street: Murray Hill: The oldest Armenian church in the Country, St. Varten Cathedral: On the street II: The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore: The Morgan Library: The Polish Consulate: Asia de Cuba: New York Stock Exchange: Wakefield, the neighborhood →

This month is gonna be crazy. Besides entering the final weeks of shooting for my documentary, I have two music videos and short film on my slate,  as well as spontaneous freelance assignments from the papers. And its my birthday on the 14th! From the past few weeks: One from the doc: Leon's daughter Diamond puts her father's hat back on his →

One from the project:

So the NYT sent me to Tribeca last week with a reporter to try to hunt down the Coyote that was roaming around downtown Manhattan. Thankfully, after about an hour of searching and gathering quotes, we spotted a policy helicopter hovering about 10 blocks north of us. Some NYPD officers near us confirmed our suspicion that it was tracking the →

Last week Yoni and myself took our students down to Hayden 5 Media's Chelsea studio to show them what a professional media production house looks like. Many of them rarely get the opportunity to leave their neighborhood, let alone play with studio flashes and a cyc. Everyone had a great time and the folks at MS 45 were kind enough →

A few shots taken with my iPhone in the past couple of weeks: Fashion Shooter/my photoshop Sensei Yoni's cat Anthony piggin' out. Reflection in East Harlem.Yoni Mid-shoot. View from 21st + 2nd ave during the second major snowstorm this year. Rain, 3am. NYT Building Lobby. Amtrak, en route home from upstate. Finally, here's a funky one taken while shooting for my doc the other day. Comfort Inn →

Just wanted to pass along a few photos shot around NYC, usually taken between assignments/meetings/meet-ups with friends. Honestly every time I'm out and about in the city without a camera I feel naked (not that often but it happens). I mean, it's New York City c'mon there are picture possibilities everywhere! Also I've started a side project of sorts, on centenarians →

About a month ago I got a call from The New York Times Magazine to shoot Doug Lemov, the director of  True North Public Schools, a series of charter schools in upstate NY. The shoot sounded fairly straightforward--they wanted a bunch of options that all show Doug observing some of the classrooms at one of his schools. Most interesting was the →