My last B-Sides post was about the impact Larry Clark, specifically Kids and Tulsa had on my work, and today I am back to talk about another photographer that had a massive effect on my work, but this time much later in life. Most of the photographers who had a profound impact on my work I discovered in my teens — people like Clark, Bruce Davidson, Diane Arbus and maybe more than anyone, Glen Friedman who made me want to pick up a camera in the first place to photograph the local DC punk bands I was going to see every weekend. The early 2000’s Vice aesthetic got me shooting film again in my 20s and had a big impact …
Earlier this year photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark had a photography show of his early 90’s documentation of the skate scene that led to his seminal film Kids. I was actually in NYC at the time for my now fiance’s knee surgery, but I wasn’t able to make it over to the show because I was taking care of her. Not only was there a show, but Leo Fitzpatrick put together a zine with photographs from that time period and interview with Clark and Tobin Yelland. I am a photobook/zine collector, a Larry Clark collector, and Kids had and outsized impact on my life so I needed that zine. I sent my friend Ronen down to the gallery for me, …
I thought I would die in my NYC apartment. I had lived there for nearly twenty years, I outlasted more than a half dozen roommates and the rent was so affordable eventually I was living in a big two bedroom in Williamsburg by myself. When my girlfriend Shannon moved in in 2022 we sort of had this dream of one day owning a home, but obviously we weren’t going to be able to do that in NYC. When my new landlords raised the rent by $800 in one year and $400 the next, I realized it was time to make a change. In March of 2024 we moved to Wilmington, NC. We kept my office in NYC because I was …
This weekend I am going back to LA for the first time in way too long. I have a few photos in the Superchief Contagious Culture show on Saturday night (7-11pm at Superchief Gallery). The show is curated by LA photography legend Estevan Oriol and I was so psyched my photos made the cut. Not only do I love Superchief (been doing stuff with them for pretty much as long as they have existed) but it means a ton that Estevan dug my stuff. Anyway, when I sent in my photos I mentioned that I wish I could be there for the opening and it made me think, maybe I can be there? I looked up flights and I had …
Last night the Washington Capitals were eliminated from the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and it seems like the perfect time to finish this article I began working on when Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky to become the greatest goal scorer in NHL history. To understand the importance of Alexander Ovechkin, all you need to do is look back at how I became a Washington Capitals in the first place. Growing up in suburban DC in the 80s the first live sporting events I ever attended were Georgetown Hoyas basketball games. My dad was an alum and raised me on players like Dikembe Mutumbo, Alonso Mourning and eventually Allen Iverson. But outside of the Hoyas, my dad would take my brother and …
