It was very cool to see the precision and craft behind the making of necessary and rare supplies for artists in this assignment for Bloomberg Business. Takach Press manufactures etching and lithography presses, as well as printmaking supplies such as aluminum litho plates, in their factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
My series on New York City's black bikers, Ezy Ryders, will be projected for one week in downtown LA as part of the Lucie Foundation's Month of Photography Los Angeles. Find the four-story LCD screen at the corner of Francisco Street and Olympic Boulevard:
April 8-14, 2019
Top of each hour
Marriot Courtyard Hotel exterior
901 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
The work of Hyung Kim, James Lattanzio, Joel Redman, & Wray Sinclair will also be shown.
As a huge believer in making art accessible for all, I'm grateful to be able to share Ezy Ryders in this free, public venue.
"Part Harley-Davidson, Part 'Spaceship,'" which I photographed for the Wall Street Journal in the Fall of 2018, was included in their roundup of the year's best. Thanks photo editor Leah and reporter A.J.!
Words and photos from the time I ran away to the circus, in English magazine Huck. Read here
Online and in print in The Wall Street Journal’s My Ride column, read about the talented Meatloaf, whom I met through my Ezy Ryders project. He customized this motorcycle himself from a Harley-Davidson Street Rod and the Tiffany blue spaceship purrs like a cat... Read here
Earlier this year, the Magenta Foundation listed me as one of their 100 international emerging photographers, featuring my project Ezy Ryders. I'm happy to share a thoughtful blog post they just published.
The men and women bikers I've gotten to know the last few years, I highly respect and consider friends. It's hard when I'm forced to speak on the intricacies of MC culture—I've done my research, asked endless questions, and absorbed as much as I can. But still, I'm not living that life and that's why when I publish Ezy Ryders in book form, interviews with bikers of all backgrounds will speak on the traditions and realities of the MC world. I appreciate that Chloe Coleman of the Washington Post took the time to ask a lot of questions herself, and acknowledge some of the complications and contradictions within the biker set.
This project was something completely different than what I usually do. I got to take a deep dive into some historical research—which wasn't easy, given that human zoos are something most don't want to advertise anymore—and spent a surreal day trying to photograph the feeling of being in this bizarre park. In case we forget that Western countries (US included) were displaying people in zoos just 100 years ago, here is our reminder.
Roads & Kingdoms, which is partly sponsored by Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” is a site I visit often—it has unusual travel articles that you won’t see elsewhere. It was really cool to be able to publish this photo essay on R&K along with my text. Read on Roads & Kingdoms / Read the unedited version
I was also happy that Courrier International acquired the story to be published in French.
This year Magenta opened up their Flash Forward competition outside of the US and Canada, so that this year's list reflects their top 100 emerging photographers worldwide! Happy to be included along with some friends and colleagues I admire.
Honored to be included in this exhibition with photographers I've admired for a long time. Runs March 24-April 21, 2018.
Join us tonight for the opening:
March 24, 2018
7-9 PM
Mills Pond Gallery
660 New York 25A
St. James, NY 11780
Exhibiting Photographers:
Ted Barron, Fatemeh Behboudi, Alfredo Bini, Sylvain Cherkaoui, James Whitlow Delano, Cate Dingley, Kevin C. Downs, Jérôme Gence, Sid Kaplan, Boryan Katsarova, Andrew Lichtenstein, Ken Light, Catalina Martin-Chico, Beth Nakamura, Robert Nickelsberg, Frédéric Noy, Peggy Peattie, Lois Raimondo, J. B. Russell, Q. Sakamaki, Ekaterina Solovieva, Maggie Steber, Joana Toro, Melanie Wenger
This was a blast. I got to photograph my grandfather, Kurt Stocker: the man who taught me how to drive on dirt roads in the mountains of Colorado when I was 12, taught me how to shoot a gun and change the oil in a car, and made me fall in love with the Southwest and New Mexico green chilies. Featured in “My Ride” with his amazing 1954 truck: read here.