Helanah and I recently collaborated on a portrait session in an ad hoc – errr, cough cough – garage studio during a visit to Syracuse, New York. Despite the space being cramped (and the ceiling being comically low), Helanah was a trooper and her patience and poise are reflections of her professionalism.
Tag: New York
Portrait session with D.J. Rose, Syracuse, New York. March, 2016.
I recently caught up with DJ Rose, an old friend and one of the owners of Syracuse’s Halo Tattoos (and one of the creative forces driving the Path of Resistance, a now legendary hardcore group), for a portrait sitting and a long overdue conversation about life, marriage, fatherhood, and a million other topics ranging from the trivial and outrageous to the serious and heartbreaking. Collaborating with DJ was a treat and I look forward to handing him a boxed set of prints the next time that I see him.
Strife, Syracuse, New York. 1997.
Run D.M.C., Syracuse, New York. 1997.
WFD, Chinese New Year, New York City, New York. 2010
WFD standing near the politicians’ float at Chinese New Year in NYC back in 2010.
Bleeding Through, live from Hellfest 2003, Syracuse, New York
A quick post for tonight – my old friend Brian from Bleeding Through, a great metal band from Orange County, California, live on stage at Hellfest 2003.
43% (sun) Burnt – The Dillinger Escape Plan live from Hellfest, Syracuse, New York, 2003.
As I posted earlier, 2003 was an interesting time – I was finished with school (for the first time), was fresh from a stint in London and had my whole future in front of me (much like I feel now, aside from the London part). Photographing hardcore and heavy metal was familiar and I took to it as soon as I returned from London. I hoped that tour management and the opportunities that came with it would help push my photography beyond the then-contemporary magazines “borrowing” my photographs for nothing more than a credit. In many ways, it did. More…
Hell(fest) to Pay – Converge live from Hellfest 2003, Syracuse New York
I recently posted some old photos from Terror’s set at Hellfest 2003. Like the Terror photos, these Converge photos were made on film and scanned by a cruddy mall photo shop a few days after the fest wrapped up. Uggggh. Film was incredibly expensive to learn on…and shooting live photography was a costly adventure regardless of how far along the curve the photographer was. Things have changed. I walked away from concert photography right when things were getting much easier and cheaper. I used to hate running home from a shoot, running to the darkroom (or the mall), processing, scanning…