E train to everywhere



i am on the subway in new york city, cradling a bag in my lap and holding my suitcase tightly so it doesn't fall. my head leans against the window and the cool air outside passes through glass and my hair to my skin and makes me shiver. the sun has been setting early these days and by now it is completely dark. 

this morning i was in san francisco. the flight was long but flying over new york city at christmastime was the brightest thing i've ever seen. it was only an hour ago and when i close my eyes i can still see it, burning like an exploding city. 

i notice i am the only white person on the subway and it makes me feel small. down the aisle teenage girls are playing rap music from their phones loudly and dancing. before me an incredibly beautiful indian woman sleeps. i want my camera so badly but i know it is buried within my camera bag within my suitcase and if i get it she will most likely wake and i will most likely miss my stop. we go through a tunnel and i am seeing a girl glowing in the window.  she is all sleepy blue eyes and long unbrushed hair but i feel a kind of warmth towards her, towards this girl that i've hated and loved for so long. the tunnel ends and i disappear. 

suddenly something snaps in my mind. suddenly i realise this is my youth. this is the young me i will remember when i am old and longing. these are all memories i will tell my children and grandchildren and myself. i take a mental photograph like i often do and i close my eyes tightly while it develops. 



a few snapshots i've taken while getting lost in this city.

yesterday


an afternoon with shelby, img models.

diesel controversy

if you didn't see it on the cover of the new york post or plastered across every news website (and even televised news), the lingerie images i shot for diesel are causing quite a stir. we shot it at a brooklyn law school who were apparently told the images would be tasteful. as the photographer i shot to the brief and really had no idea the things i was shooting would later make people feel uncomfortable and be labelled as 'shocking' and 'disgusting' (though to be honest, i still don't really see the fuss). to cause controversy with my first campaign feels strangely good, intended or not. if i can make people feel anything with my images, it's better than them feeling nothing at all.

they are yet to catch on to the fact a 17 year old shot the images, i wonder what the reaction will be when they do. though i'm betting diesel are loving the publicity.


some of my favourite articles:





diesel - be stupid - the rest

tender hearted

after the love imaginary picnic received last year, i decided to piece together another little nothing film with footage i took of my friend in my hometown. it was a long time ago and it wasn't much, but it's a pretty way to spend a minute. 


although these nothing films are nice, i have to tell you i have a something film in the works. hold your breath until then, because i promise it will be worth it.



and in case you missed my first.

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