Visit Murphy’s Murder Cabin
29 Palms. Went there a man came out a Marine. More photos and the introduction to the novel in the case studies.
Legends of the Motorcycle
Ian Barry and Amarylis Knight of Falcon Motorcycles invited me to the Legends of the Motorcycle show in Half Moon Bay a few months ago. I have so many amazing shots from the event it has taken me a while to whittle it down. I was there specifically to shoot the Bullet Falcon that Ian built for actor Jason Lee. More on that bike soon. This event is not a Harley Hells Angeles motorcycle rally. It was an elite display of the nicest motorcycles in the world. This one was one of my favorites. I could make a coffee table book from that days shoot alone. I shot with a pentax from the 60’s which is becoming my primary camera. I love it, and it seemed to fit in with these historic machines.
Way Northern California
On my drive to the office this morning, watching the fuel gage head towards E, I noticed every other lawn in beautiful Hancock Park was turning a desert shade of brown. The others were lush, green, manicured and sucking water from lakes like these every night. Everyone in LA should be forced to look at where our water comes from. I hear radio spots telling us to take shorter showers and water only three times a week, but where is the message that this mythical water actually comes from somewhere. Somewhere very far away and intangible. Lets make the black lung campaign for water. Show these lakes bleeding out. Show defunct marinas a quarter mile away from water. Show the steep banks as an obvious meter for our use. Now, I am fully aware that most of these lakes are in fact reservoirs and not entirely natural at all. They are designed to fail. However this does not take away from the gut reaction that the shit is drying up so you lawn doesn’t have to.
Low vs Diamond, Self Titled Debut Album out Today!
I started thinking about graphic design when I was thumbing through my fathers record collection as a kid. I would try to copy the insanity found on the Moody Blues and Country Joe and the Fish covers. Then I started sketching all the logos from the WWF (that’s World Wrestling Federation). I have full notebooks of Ultimate Warrior logos. Somehow this is the result, a cool logo that landed on an album cover. The beautiful photo that accompanies the band brand is by Autumn de Wilde. The record is out today! Go buy it at an actual store and hold it in your hands, it’s a great nostalgic feeling!
Body Rock-N
These are some quick comps I came up with to help a friend who was on the New Balance account. As a long time runner, and reader of running magazines, I became really sick of the standardized ads. I wanted to highlight the little things in running and all the variety of the sport. I also wanted to play off the “N” in New Balance and kinda make up headlines that would “run” into each other in every edition. We also went out and shot this for tv, which I have yet to edit! Getting on that…
Doug Waylo
NYC based DJ and Producer Doug Waylo needed some images to go along with his amazing electronic music. I went back to my archives and pulled photographs of landscapes I took on road trips. Chances are I was listening to his tracks or something very similar. Ever since my first cross country expedition with Boards of Canada in Capital Reef, I have had to listen to electronic music in beautiful places. It’s now just the law. This project and partnership will continue into an interactive journey of sight and sound, with music inspired by these travels and the travels fueled by beats.
Expo Line
From Downtown Los Angeles to Culver City. The Expo Line will utilize the existing tracks from the forgotten era of the Red Cars. Crews have been excavating the metal and wood bones like messy archaeologists with heavy machinery. Along Jefferson they have been pouring and setting the concrete forms that I can only guess will become support for bridges or commuter passageways. For now they rest stacked, in order, ready to be combined like the forces of Voltron in this ambitious and already over budget monster. More photos in the case studies and on flickr.
Vapors Magazine
I have been working on these cover layouts for a while. Vapors is a great magazine and this issue features Renaissance Men in the modern age. People who have crafted successful careers out of their hobbies like skating and snowboarding. The first cover features Diamond Supply Co. out of Los Angeles. The second, Huf, a series of stores and products out of San Fransisco. I really tried to find new ways to look at their logos while giving the viewer an idea of their street wear style. Huf loves track bikes, Diamond grew out of a successful skate line. Building these tactile layouts was a really nice transformation from the straight photography and design I have been stuck in. This double issue drops at Magic in Las Vegas this week, cop an issue and check out the guts where I have more photos.
Restroom
Restroom signs for a Las Vegas boutique hotel. The bathroom visitor has to decide which common icon they relate to (it doesn’t really matter as the bathrooms are co-ed anyway).
