Chasing LightWelcome. This is where I share my work and also the work of others, those that inspire me, the weird, the great, the unusual.
It is a goddamn marvel this life. Take a look.
Saint Petersburg | Vi, Lying Chaise XIII
Richard Avedon | Ezra Pound
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
-Ezra Pound
Saint Petersburg | Vi, Room XII
Gordon Parks | Long Haired Furs
Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.
-Gordon Parks
Tokyo | Shibuya Crossing
One of the most photographed intersections in the world, I went there a few times, trying to capture something that was different.
Helmut Newton | Fuck you money
Helmut Newton said that looking back, he admitted that he had sold his soul “like a whore.”
Tokyo | Ueno
I don’t know why, but I cannot stop shooting crosswalks.
William Carlos Williams | This Is Just To Say
Two interesting portraits of Williams to contrast, only three years apart, both for Life Magazine.
Saint Petersburg | Vi, Chaise VIII
Sebastião Salgado | Churchgate Station
I only work only in 35mm format. I have a small bag so I can carry all my films with me for one or two months. That means I am completely independent and free.
-Sebastião Salgado
Saint Petersburg | Vi, Chaise XI
Irving Penn | Lisa Fonssagrives
“It is always the dress; it is never, never the girl. I’m just a good clothes hanger.”
— Lisa Fonssagrives
Morocco | Timahdte
Traveling the M13 road through the Middle Atlas, there are few signs of life in the high desert except for shepherds and their flocks. These two Berbers lived nearby and invited Farid and myself to tea.
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Capa & Chim
Morocco | Farid
This is Farid.
I met him at the entrance to the main gate to the medina in Fez, both of us sitting down at a cafe for a morning cup and smoke. I had realized quickly that my original plan of spending my entire trip in Fez was mistaken as I had shot hardcore for two and a half days and felt that I had already had my fill. After all, you can only shoot a pic of a donkey in an alley so many times.
Ellen von Unwerth | Audrey Tautou
I’m into capturing the moment. Sometimes, I’ll rip the camera out of my assistant’s hands and he’ll be shouting, “But there’s no film in the camera!” and I think, “Never mind! Let’s go.
Morocco | Mehfiz
Stumbled across, and almost into, a group of young men in Mehfiz, somewhat near Khamlia in the Sahara. These guys were at an open crevasse, mining for coal and quartz by hand. They did have some heavy machinery near by but almost all of their work was performed manually. Parts of the opening in the ground led to a pitch black emptiness.
André Kertész | The Place de la Concorde , Paris, 1928
Look at the atmosphere, the reflection. Why did I do it this way? Instinct. I have no other explanation. The subject offered itself to me and I took advantage.
Brooklyn | Joaanna, Red Hook
For portrait and model sessions, I normally shoot Leica first, then I will bring out the Hasselbad to switch things up.
I am super fast with the Leica and with the aspect ratio, it lends itself more to environmental portraits, including more of the background, more of the setting and environment. The Leica is like an extension of me.
Bruce Davidson | East 100th Street
My true love is silver gelatin. My history in photography, which spans over fifty years, it is all basically silver gelatin. In my imagination there’s nothing more beautiful than a beautifully printed 11×14 print on good paper.