Category Archives: Interviews

There’s no place like gnome: Craig Cutler for “Shipping Wars”

Have you seen the A&E reality series Shipping Wars? The show, which debuted on January 10, follows “six independent shippers who have discovered that fortunes can be made transporting items that traditional carriers won’t touch.” (More here.) To promote the series, the network commissioned Craig Cutler to shoot key art—in which a giant gnome features [...]

New personal work: Arcadia, Florida, by John Offenbach

John Offenbach, who is based in London, has just sent me some new personal work that he shot in Arcadia, a small town (its population is well under 10,000, according Wikipedia) in southwest Florida. “Arcadia is one of those small towns that exist on a map, that you always seem to come across en route [...]

The New York Times profiles Kwaku Alston

. The New York Times Lens blog yesterday featured an interview with Kwaku Alston that looks at the award-winning editorial and advertising photographer’s quest to rekindle his personal passion for photography—specifically, by shooting images on his own in his Venice, California, neighborhood. “The Venice community is a remarkable mix of people and cultures,” Kwaku explained [...]

Sports Illustrated: “The Education of Walter Iooss Jr.”

. In its recent Sportsman/Sportswoman issue, Sports Illustrated published a huge feature—something like 12 pages—that explores “The Education of Walter Iooss Jr.” The piece is chock full of candid recollections and observations from the famed SI photog. Below are some highlights. You can read the story in its entirety here. . I won’t do negative [...]

American Photo features Erik Madigan Heck’s “Wild Style”

American Photo recently profiled Erik Madigan Heck, and the article is now available at the magazine’s website with the headline, “Wild Style: Analog methods and a visionary eye help Erik Madigan Heck carve out a unique niche in the fashion industry.” Here’s an excerpt form the piece, which was written by Michael Kaplan: . . [...]

Rangefinder mag features “Michael Muller: Hollywood Blvd”

. Rangefinder magazine has just posted a long feature on Michael Muller that looks at how he got his start in the business and what life is like for this successful entertainment and advertising photographer. (You can hear an interview with Michael in Rangefinder‘s latest podcast.) Here’s how the article, written by Jennifer Chen, begins: [...]

Video: Interview with Art Streiber (updated)

During a break from a recent shoot for Town & Country magazine at Industria Superstudio in New York City, Art Streiber sat down for an interview with Tamara Lackey of the Web series reDefine. He talks about how important it is for an editorial photographer to understand the magazine business, why you shooting for yourself [...]

We’re stoked that Steven Lippman’s “Icons of Aloha” campaign officially debuts today

A while back, I showed a you a sneak preview of Steven Lippman‘s awesome “Icons of Aloha” campaign for California-based fashion brand Reef. With the ads making their official debut today, I wrote to the Reef team Steven worked with for some background on the project. Below is a quick Q&A with PJ Connell, Reef’s [...]

Jan Steinhilber’s birds

For the past two and a half years, Jan Steinhilber has been working on a personal project comprising portraits of birds—an ongoing series that was recently honored by the AOP. To me, the bird photos seemed like a departure from his commercial work, which is primarily automotive, conceptual still lifes, and crisp interiors and landscapes. [...]

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders announces four new documentaries

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders—whose “Latino List” portraits are now on view at the Brooklyn Museum and whose accompanying documentary premiered on HBO this week—has announced that he’s working on two new films. Generation 8 looks at the “post–Proposition 8 world of gay rights,” and About Face explores “beauty through the eyes of supermodels from the 1950s to [...]

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