Eagle Street Rooftop Farm - Benefit Dinner at Paulie Gee's

The Eagle Street Rooftop Farm provided the ingredients for a lovely benefit dinner for Growing Chefs in collaboration with Paulie Gee's, Goat Town, and Evan, Oliver and Hadley of hOmE.  I was there for The Scout and you can read the full story here.

Chef Jessica Wilson from Goat Town

Annie Novak and Paulie Gee

House Industries at home

Andy Cruz of House Industries at home with tiki collection, March 2011

These are a few outtakes from The Scout's feature on House Industries.   We all went down to Delaware to visit the home of founding partner, Andy Cruz.  It turned out that this was the first time Andy's home had been featured!  For the full scope of all the mid-century gems check out the article picture gallery for sure.

We then headed over to House Industries studio, where Rich Roat (another founder) joined us to show us the archives...and the big H...

Rich Roat and Andy Cruz of House Industries at their studio, March 2011

The Brothers Haslegrave

Oliver and Evan Haslegrave, Brooklyn, March 2011

A few weeks ago I visited the home of brothers Oliver and Evan Haslegrave of hOmE for The Scout magazine.  Check out the full article and rest of the images here.  The brothers were kind and down to earth, and left me with the impression of being very hard working and capable fellas.  They are makers, which I respect.  Extra points in my book because they wore quite nice blazers and button down shirts.  Charming.

Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. - Studio Visit

On a recent assignment for The Scout magazine I visited Josh Vogel and Kelly Zaneto of Blackcreek Mercantile and Trading Co. in their studio in Kingston, NY.  I got to do what I like best - shoot a mixture of portraits and reportage, letting moments happen naturally.

The sculptural, sensual wood pieces he creates from raw found wood are just stunning in person.  Definitely check them out in person if you get the chance.


Josh is the real deal - a fine artist without pretensions just making his work, using his hands everyday.  There is no separation between craft and art in my book.










A mushroom grew unexpectedly out of the crack in a large sculpture that sits in the corner of the studio!

Christopher Bastin of Gant Rugger

Christopher Bastin, Creative Director of Gant Rugger, NYC, April 28, 2010

I went down to the well crafted new store on Bleecker St with Tom and Dennis from The Scout. Check out more photos and the story here.

Studio Visit: Roman and Williams

I was thrilled to visit the studio/offices of Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors for The Scout magazine. I shot portraits and stills in conjunction with a short film that The Scout was producing. The film has just been posted - the second in a series of three about craftsmanship. The film is gorgeous, so please take a look!

I was quite (pleasantly) inspired by the designers behind Roman and Williams - Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch. They were at the same time elegant and down to earth. Their beautiful studio was filled with artifacts and textures and delightful things. I stayed on for the whole interview because I truly wanted to hear what they had to say. I felt a kinship with their sensibilities.

Techy:

I had to work around the filming, which was tricky, but I got to make use of the HMI lighting that the film crew was using (yay!) For the portraits I actually used mostly available daylight and some fill flash bounced, as I had about 15min to make all portraits while the crew was setting up.

Studio Visit: Billykirk

Here are more selects from the recent studio visit to Billykirk leathermakers for The Scout magazine's series on craftsmanship.

Chris and Kirk Bray are Billykirk.

These are the boots that the brothers wore as children! Unbelievably cute.

Their studio was filled with so many lusciously worn textures of wood and iron and steel.

I think they had fun, too. Thanks guys!