Monthly Archives: September 2010

Matthew Rolston: “I always say when it comes to fill light… don’t leave home without it.” (Updated)

Matthew phoned me with a funny story about his appearance as a guest judge on last night’s episode of America’s Next Top Model. It’s funnier if he tells it in his own words… . “It was a very Matthew thing—when I arrived for the shoot of the judging panel, I brought my briefcase into the [...]

New work: Art Streiber shoots triple “Modern Family” covers for Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly pulled out all the stops for its October 1 cover story on Modern Family, publishing three different covers starring cast members of the Emmy-winning ABC series.  The magazine commissioned our own Art Streiber to shoot the trio of covers—plus three inside covers—and, of course, the feature: “‘Modern Family’: The cast and producers on [...]

Liz Von Hoene: 23 brand-new Neiman Marcus photos

I’m super excited that the October issue of Vogue is out, because that means I can talk about Liz Von Hoene. Specifically, the 22-page campaign she shot for Neiman Marcus that is on view in the fashion bible. To see the the images that the Neiman Marcus team selected for the spread, you’ll have to [...]

Doug Menuez: The need for speed (and other thoughts on having fun)

No one ever laid on their deathbed saying they wished they’d worked more, or found out they have only six months to live and decided they were going to make as many Powerpoint presentations as they could while they still had time, right? Of course not. We may work to live, but we live to [...]

Nadav Kander’s Bicycle Diaries: “Woo, woo, woo!” (video)

I’ve got heaps of new photos and text dispatches from Nadav that I’ll be posting here this week, but first let’s go back to the day Nadav saw his bike, which he named Lorrella, for the first time. This video was taken at Dario Pegoretti’s workshop in the small rural town of Caldonazzo, North Italy, [...]

Matthew Rolston: Photographer, director, “ANTM” guest judge, and… creative director?

Matthew Rolston, the modern master of classic glamor, has added a new title to his resume: creative director. Matthew teamed up with Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of the luxury hospitality, real estate development, and lifestyle company sbe (the luxe Philppe Starck–designed SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills is among his recent projects), to conceptualize The [...]

Personal work: Matthias Clamer and the pet circus

. “I came across this show in Vegas,” Matthias writes at his blog, “and asked if they were interested in doing a shoot. Gregori, the creator of the show who trains the animals and performs, comes from a family of circus performers in Russia. He adopts cats and dogs from shelters. He has two adjacent [...]

Nadav Kander’s Bicycle Diaries: Meet the Bike

Nadav has just embarked on an epic bike ride to raise money for the pediatric department of congenital heart disease and the Lymphoma Service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and for the Evelina Children’s Hospital, both in London. On Tuesday, he began the journey, which will take him from the top of Italy, northeast of [...]

The Sexiest Magazine Cover of the Year is…

…Walter Iooss’ portrait of Brooklyn Decker for the 2010 Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Says who? Says those who voted at Amazon.com for the nominees designated by ASME. The people have spoken. Congratulations, Walter! . . More about SI and Walter’s winning cover: “2010 was a return to the iconic, attention-grabbing SI Swimsuit covers of [...]

Doug Menuez on photographing kids (hint: Forget about being the boss)

Before he signed with Stockland Martel in 2008, Doug had spent two decades as an award-winning documentary photographer, a period marked by countless days of world travel—and kids, lots of kids, who were his unofficial welcoming party everywhere he went. “I could always count on getting swarmed by curious children as I arrived in some [...]

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