Last year we did a series of videos for NewYork.com, New York Moments, that we are extremely proud of. They didn't get seen as widely as we might have liked so watch them, blog them, share them, and make them go viral. The first one we made- on Jorge Colombo- the most amazing artist. This piece on my good friend Ruddy Roye...
Today is my birthday, our birthday. My brother and I are 45. For the past six months I have been living in my childhood home with my wife and kids. It no longer feels surreal, and in fact, it is starting to feel like home. There are countless reasons that we came here. My childhood friends have children the same...
Last month I got the first copies of my photo book. It would not exist without kickstarter, and for that I am very grateful. It all began when I put some 20 year old mall pictures on-line. They went viral so I quickly threw together a kickstarter to make a book. I kept it simple, just using a music video...
We recently moved from Brooklyn, where I have been frantically photographing people for the last year, to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I have less opportunities to photograph people. We moved to take a breather from the energy and intensity of the big city, and to focus on finishing some films. However, even though we have moved to a secluded...
[caption id="attachment_24281" align="aligncenter" width="1432"] a shot out of the window of 224 Ave B- the building I moved into that was heavily featured in Ken Schles' "Invisible City"[/caption] One of the major rules of filmaking is “show, don’t tell”. We are visual people by nature and when we hear facts they stick on one level, but they don’t affect us as...
Battle for Brooklyn airs on TV in Australia next week and should be hitting the US airwaves this fall. It's been over a year since the film was first run on screen and as such it’s a good time to write an update about where things stand with the Atlantic Yards project and the film. After launching it at Hot...