The Dairy Issue of Edible Manhattan is available now, for which I had the pleasure of shooting a feature on New York City’s own dairy queen, Anne Saxelby. I spent an afternoon with Anne at her Saxelby Cheesemongers stand in the Essex Street Market, and another at her cheese cave in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Have …
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SUDS IN THE CITY
Edible Manhattan‘s Alcohol Issue is bar hopping around the city now, in which you’ll find a write-up about the Chelsea Brewing Company accompanied by a few of my photographs of their products and a casual portrait of head brewmaster Mark Szmaida. You can find the latest issue of Edible Manhattan at your favorite bookseller, magazine stand, …
SIGNS OF LIFE #11
Fresh fish.
FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES
Edible Brooklyn‘s winter issue just hit newsstands, and it includes a holiday traditions write-up about the Feast of the Seven Fishes that features a few of my photographs. The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian tradition in which seven different seafood dishes are consumed on Christmas Eve, meant to celebrate the wait for …
HOW TO CUT OUT A PAPER DOLL
Fashion designer and friend Elaine Pedlar opened a papercraft boutique in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, in case you didn’t know) earlier this summer, which she smartly dubbed Dumbelle. With the know-how from a successful career in clothing and product design for some of the world’s biggest brands, Elaine has now turned her …
ANOTHER EDIBLE
The Summer Issue of Edible Hudson Valley is currently available online and in store, and features a feature on master farmer and Hudson Valley icon, Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, NY. The story, written by Nancy Matsumoto, includes a refresh on the photos that I took of Rick and his produce …
FARMVILLE
Edible Manhattan‘s Eat Drink Local Issue is now available on newsstands, at bookstores, and at a Whole Foods near you, and it features a story that I’ve been photographing for the better part of a year. Farmer Rick Bishop has been a staple at the Union Square Greenmarket for longer than he’d probably want you …
THE 100TH POST
Today we mark a milestone here at SGB Pho(blog)raphy- this is our 100th post! And that which is cause for celebration also proves to be cause for reflection… 99 posts in 22 months. Some thoughtful, some witty, some irreverent, and all a means to this end- to prevent our idle hands from becoming the devil’s …
THREE CHEFS AND A FARMER
I had the unique opportunity to spend some time with three world class chefs, and the world class farmer they go to for their greens, at the Union Square Greenmarket on a sunny Saturday morning earlier this month. Wylie Dufresne- chef and owner of WD-50 on the Lower East Side, contestant on Iron Chef America …
SIGNS OF LIFE #10
Sign of a struggling economy.
FREE LUNCH AT THE TENEMENT MUSEUM
Edible Manhattan hosted a unique gastro-historical event at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum last Tuesday evening, and I was there to document the festivities (and to sample some great food!). Red Wattle ham and pickled red cabbage from Almond, housemade sausage and sour kraut from Cafe Katja, soft pretzels from Prime Meats, Berleburg cheese …
SIGNS OF LIFE #9
#9-1-1
TOKYO JUXTAPOSED FOR JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF
One year ago, I self-published a photo magazine chronicling some of my travels through Tokyo and had a small exhibit at Supercore in Brooklyn. One year later, much of northeastern Japan has been ravaged by one of the largest earthquakes on record, and by the ensuing tsunami. I’d like to donate all proceeds from any …
WINE ON TAP AT THE BRESLIN
The January/February issue of Edible Manhattan contains a quick write-up about the keg wine being tapped at the Ace Hotel‘s companion bar and eatery, The Breslin. The proof is in the photograph of mine which accompanies the article. Head on over to The Breslin at 29th and Broadway to see, and have a sip, for …
SIGNS OF LIFE #8
Welcome. San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
SIGNS OF LIFE #7
Houses in the window.
AN EVENING OF FOLK AND TACOS
Come for the tacos, stay…for the tacos.
SIGNS OF LIFE #6
Vacancy.
JAKE HILL VS. THE BIG APPLE
Jake Hill will be playing The Living Room on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Thursday, May 27th in support of his new album, In The Mountain’s Shadow, which will be available for purchase at the show and is now available as a digital download at Amazon. You can read a nice write-up on the album …
SIGNS OF LIFE #5
More than one, actually.
SIGNS OF LIFE #4
Yes please.
SIGNS OF LIFE #3
You’re welcome.
SIGNS OF LIFE #2
Midtown yoga.
LUNCH QUEST! GRAVESEND GASTRONOMY: BRENNAN & CARR
A recent commercial interiors shoot for Superpages led me to the ghoulishly-named neighborhood of Gravesend in Brooklyn. Much to my masochistic dismay, Gravesend is home to more Chinese restaurants and Kosher markets than haunted houses and fog-shrouded cemeteries. A ten-minute walk east from the Q train on Avenue U will lead you to a well …
CLOSED OPENING: A TOKYO JUXTAPOSED + LOUD OBJECTS ÷ DJ NORI VS. THE SUSHI LOOP @ SUPERCORE RECAP
Tokyo Juxtaposed- my series of photographs pairing cultural and aesthetic imagery from modern-day Japan, went on display last Thursday at Supercore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A small opening event marked the occasion. Old friends came out to show their support, new friends were made, and a good time was had by all in attendance. The evening …
SIGNS OF LIFE #1
Long Island City, Tuesday Morning.
TOKYO WEEK! FRIDAY
So we’ve made it to the bleary-eyed Friday conclusion of Tokyo Week! here on Pho(Blog)graphy Island, and the survivors are fed up with pressing the button every 108 minutes. (If you don’t know, you’ll have to start with Season One. Trust me.) Thanks to everyone who attended the opening last evening, and an extra special …
TOKYO WEEK! THURSDAY + TONIGHT @ SUPERCORE
After countless restless nights and days of breathless anticipation, the moment has finally come. Tokyo Juxtaposed + Loud Objects, 7pm, Supercore, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, TONIGHT. Hope to see you there, although, the weather should prove an adequate and believable excuse if you are unable to attend. Heck, I don’t even know if I’m gonna go, still …
TOKYO WEEK! WEDNESDAY
Hump day diptych: Progress.
TOKYO WEEK! TUESDAY
Diptych of the day: Asakusa Attractions.
TOKYO WEEK! MONDAY
In recognition of The Tokyo Juxtaposed Photography Exhibit Opening Party Gala Celebration Event and Potluck Dinner Sleepover emceed by Mr. Kunal Gupta coming up later this week at Supercore, I’ve declared this week to be: Tokyo Week! here on Pho(Blog)graphy Island. (The natives are doing sake bombs as we speak.) Each business day of the work …
TOKYO JUXTAPOSED @ SUPERCORE
Next month I’ll be showing a select number of photographs from my Tokyo Juxtaposed series at Supercore in Brooklyn. The opening event is set for Thursday, February 11th at 7pm and the show will run through the middle of March. There will be drinks (of the caffeinated and the alcoholic variety), there will be live …
47 EASY STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL EUBIQ NY™ FALL 2010 LOOKBOOK PHOTO SHOOT
(Presented Jackanory style.) Rise and shine. Make coffee. Take a shower. Coffee’s done. Gear check. Breakfast #1. Check for updates here. And here. Travel light. Out the door, down the hall. Buenos dias. Bushwick foyer. The neighborhood. A one-eyed beetle. She’s seen better days. The station. The turnstile. The train. Mind the gap. Morning commute. …
AIRBED & BREAKFAST GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
For the past year, I’ve been shooting residential interiors for Airbed & Breakfast, a web-based service and marketplace ‘allowing anyone from private residents to commercial properties to rent out their extra space.’ Although still a relatively new service, as of this writing Airbed & Breakfast already boasts listings in 108 countries and 2,174 cities, has …
REALITY CHECK: DECEMBER 26TH
Merry belated.
PITTSBURGH: CITY OF CHAMPIONS, CITY OF SANDWICHES
I was in Pittsburgh last week I was in the City of Champions last week, working on a shoot with good friend and outstanding photographer Matthew Furman. It was a quick flight out of LaGuardia, only spending about 45 minutes in the air. We would only have twenty-four hours in the Steel City, and most …
REBEL INK AT THE FREAK BAR
Below is a shot from an impromptu, ‘in-house’ portrait session that I did earlier this summer for Rebel Ink magazine’s launch party at the Coney Island Freak Bar. It was a humid summer night filled with friends, beer, tatts, more tatts, and, um, some guy hammering nails into his nose and a girl breathing fire …
LIVE/WORK LOFT/STUDIO.
Long time, no post! Just moved in to a new loft space in Brooklyn- high ceilings, huge windows, hard wood floors. And with the moving comes the packing and unpacking, the cleaning, the organizing, the reshuffling of routines…and unfortunately, the unintentional neglecting of the blog. So what better way is there to get the blog …
