Wall Street Journal Carol Bove Article

One of a my recent photographs of Carol Bove's sculpture "Celeste", part of her High Line Art Show "Caterpillar" was recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal's Arts & Entertainment section--my first photo in the Journal.  See more images.

Connecticut Cottages and Gardens

Connecticut Cottages and Gardens just published their July/August 2013 issue, which includes photographs I shot of the Joeb Moore-designed Lake House on the cover and numerous pages inside (plus more online).  It was a pleasure working with the folks at CTC&G on the spread!  The Lake House continues to win awards, this time a CTC&G Innovation in Design (IDA) Award.

Friends of the High Line Spring Magazine

A few of my construction photographs appear in Friends of the High Line's Spring 2013 Magazine.  The top photo is from the High Line at the Railyards, the bottom is from High Line HQ.

High Line Art Billboard - Ryan McGinley's "Blue Falling"

I just shot Ryan McGinley's "Blue Falling", the lastest installment of the High Line Art Billboard for High Line Art.  The work will on view through the end of April.  Go check it out!

ENR Best Construction Photos - Runner-up

I just found out that not only did I have a winning image in ENR Magazine's Best Construction Photography of 2012, I also had a runner-up!  This vertigo-inducing shot from the High Line's HQ building picked up the honor.

The Brooklyn

Looking for something fun to do next week?  Yes!  Well come on over to 17 Frost Gallery at 17 Frost Street, Brooklyn on Friday April 5, 7-10PM for the opening reception of "The Brooklyn", a BK street photography show including some legends and greats of the game...and me!  See you there!

High Line at the Rail Yards in Print

One of my construction shots of the High Line at the Rail Yards was just used in Crain's New York article about the work going on at the park.  Check it out online here.

High Line Time Machine

The High Line at the Railyards, 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, 1933 and 2013.

Read all about it over at the High Line Blog.

Lake Residence Wins

Lake Residence, a project I shot last summer for Joeb + Partners Architects, won a 2012 Connecticut AIA Merit Award.  Congrats to Joeb!

An ENR Best Construction Photo of 2012 and the Search for the "Lord"

Great news--one of my construction portraits was selected by ENR magazine as a best construction photo of 2012!  I'm quite honored to be included, of course, and you should check out the magazine if you have it around or go have a look at the online gallery of all the photographs.  

When I found out that the photo was being considered for the honor, the editors of ENR contacted me to get some background information on the photograph.  Truth be told, I didn't know too much. Construction workers are notoriously shy subjects as most of the folks they see with cameras are there to simply capture progress or, more annoyingly, small safety infractions and the like that can get the worker in trouble with the contractor or the union.  Cameras are seldom benign objects in their minds and so they turn their backs not wanting to be photographed--and most definitely don't want their name attached.  To compound matters, most of the time I shoot on construction sites, I'm flying around trying to capture as much as possible during a limited amount of time (at WTC, I usually have about an hour or two to cover the entire site, high to low, east to west, north to south), so I don't dwell in any one place for too long.  The day I shot this, I spent maybe 2 minutes after I spotted this fellow, the lighting and the scene getting him into place and shooting a few frames with a Hasselblad and a few more with a Polaroid.  Then it was back to business for him and on to the next thing for me.  He was remarkably open about being photographed, and his personality shone through like the sun.  In hindsight, I really should have stayed longer and asked him for his details.  Regret sucks.

ENR told me I needed to find out his name in order for them to run the photo.  How do you find people after you photograph them?  Who was this mystery man?  Luckily, contractors keep decent records, so it was easy for me to find out what subcontractor he was working for and his union local but getting the name was taking a too long.  I contacted the union to see if they could ID him, but I had no idea how long that might take or if I would get the information in time.  I was running short on time and ENR wanted to know if I could come up with the goods, so I took matters into my own hands.  I jumped on social media, in this case Instagram.  I seached images tagged with the union.  I quickly found a few that were from the World Trade Center.  I then posted my photo, and asked the users who had uploaded WTC images with the union tag if they knew this guy.  I got an "Oh Lord!" response almost immediately.  I thought the user meant his response in the sense, "Oh Lord, that guy?  He's a character!", because quite frankly in the minute or two I spent with him, I knew that he had to be. His response was actually the first name of the mystery man!  I got the full name and a few days later the union backed it up.  Meet Lord Monroe.

Lord Monroe