THE DAILY CHESSUM

Pharrell Williams and Chris Meledandri for Fast Company.

Tory Burch and Darren Walker

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Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA. On my Holga...love that camera!

Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA. On my brand new Holga!

Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA

RIP Rick Hall, founder of FAME Studios and one of the creators of the Muscle Shoals sound.

A choice gold disc on the wall in Rick Hall’s office at the FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Rick Hall sadly passed away on January 2nd 2018.

Sad to see the passing of another music pioneer: The great Rick Hall who has passed away aged 85. While on assignment for J.Crew in 2011 photographing Billy Reid in Florence, Alabama we took a trip to nearby Muscle Shoals and talked our way into Rick’s office for a chat and impromptu photo session.

Love staying at The Ace.

So sad to hear of the recent passing of one of my jazz heroes George Avakian. If you haven’t heard of him check out his biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Avakian He pioneered the LP, sleeve notes, multi tracking and overdubbing...and he produced Miles Ahead and my favorite Gil Evans album “New Bottle Old Wine”. I photographed him in 2010 for New York Magazine and was so excited a couple of weeks later when his name popped up on my caller ID at the office. Unfortunately he was calling to tell me how much he hated the photograph.

Katja Blickfeld and Ben Sinclair...HBO...High Maintenance...enjoying a tasty sandwich at Brooklyn North Farms while we were shooting a cover for Time Out New York.

An outtake from my shoot with Katja Blichfield and Ben Sinclair...stars of the HBO show “Sign Maintenance”.

Another shot from my shoot with Katja Blichfield and Ben Sinclair...watch High Maintenance on HBO. It’s funny!

An outtake of Katja Blichfield and Ben Sinclair, whose show High Maintenance is back for a second season on HBO. Photographed by me on location in Brooklyn.