Icarus Also Flew

Elan - the Polaroids

 
  
 

Naked Portrait

This is actually the very last frame from a recent shoot. While the best images from a shoot almost always come towards the end, I don't know that I've ever concluded at such a marked apex, but really what else was there to say?

MacKenzie - the Polaroids

The first five images are unusually formal for me, but I have to admit it's rather satisfying to flirt with a different tradition and walk away with some images I'm proud of.
A big thanks to Mackenzie for her fantastic work, braving the long hike, the cold, and the mysterious tall dark sand creatures. These images also wouldn't exist but for Jeff Youngren's generous assistance and fantastic local knowledge. (He can also hold more drying Polaroids in one hand than anyone else I know). 
 

Meagan

Over the years I've gotten to work with some very talented and beautiful models, however my shoots with Meagan reached a level of collaboration and synergy that a photographer can usually only hope for. Perhaps it was because she is a talented photographer in her own right, or perhaps because she lives with a candidness and sense of adventure rarely found in this society, or perhaps something else entirely. Who can really explain this alchemy anyway? At my best I can only present evidence that these elements: water, air, flesh, electrons, and the briefest light were momentarily transformed into something else. And that something else is what I submit for your consideration. 

Meagan (a preview)

I don't have words for this right now, and anyway, that's not really my job.

Variations

more Mythologies

I can't say a lot about this series yet, except that its one of the most elusive and challenging projects I've worked on. The photos come like apparitions, always pulling me in drastically different directions than I planned on going.

Also, I should say that I'm very grateful for this model's collaboration. She is unassuming and yet in every shoot we've done together she delivers a deep and honest presence. She ultimately makes these photos what they are, and much more than I what I originally imagined.

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at the Chelsea Hotel, NYC...

I don't have words at the moment for my stay at the legendary Hotel Chelsea earlier this year, so for now, just this image...