Published, Penguin Books, The trouble with Half a Moon

I recently photographed for Penguin Books young readers division. They had a great story about a courageous girl who grows up in the projects fighting a rough upbringing and overcomes challenges in spite of what life has handed her. We used a brilliant location that fed our layout needs after a painful scout! A big shout out to Dima and Alla gavrysh who were not only gracious and trusting hosts but also a star creative couple to meet! Check out Dima's fantastic photo journalistic work here.

But perhaps the biggest of all shouts on this project go to Jeanine Henderson who has had repeated trust and faith in my work as a photographer since I started here in NYC. Jeanine was not only the Graphic Designer/ Art Director on this job but is also herself a star Illustrator! please take a look at her work here to see some refreshing eye candy. Miss Jeanine here's to many more assignments together!



Here is one of my personal favorites, an outtake from the shoot.

Randall Scott Gallery, Kris Graves Projects

This past weekend I had two openings in a row. First one was a big opening at the fair, Art Hampton's with Randall Scott Gallery, The second one was at Kris Graves Projects titled Sultry II. My good friends Greg Miller and Gabriela Herman were both in this show with me! A couple pieces of news, Greg Miller recently started a blog titled "Dark Cloth Diaries" - hooray for him! So be an early bird and subscribe to it! Also Gabriela Herman, my favorite photo pow wow lady in nyc got accepted to the Eddie Adams Workshop, hooray for her too! You can feel free to take a look at her fabulous blog here!

In addition to the above I must say, one of the most exhaustive interviews I've spent time on has been for Stellazine. Stella Kramer is not only an all around quality person but also one of the most informed people in the photo industry. So if you're smart, please meander around her blog, great insights on there!

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© Gabriela Herman

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Simon Biswas

"This series of work is an homage to the long standing tradition of the open road. The ability to drive in any direction, or no direction at all. To tap into an artery that connects everybody to each other. To wake up in Arkansas and fall asleep in Santa Fe."

Simon Biswas my country cousin, talented photograher and good friend is a featured photographer tonight at Dumbo's fancy Superfine!

Simon's show opens at 6 pm tonight amidst the NYPH festivities so please join me in celebrating his work if you can! You can find out more about his life and this crazy road trip by following his blog

Thursday, today April 29th, from 6-8pm, opening reception at

Superfine

126 Front Street, Brooklyn, Ny
(718) 243-9005
superfinebrooklyn@earthlink.net

Here is an additional teaser image that he shared with me for Ishaara!

The Shower Series, Self Portrait

The Shower series is on a mini sabatical until I return from India in six weeks. While I still will be posting from India I wanted to leave you with this one last image of the series, a self portrait. This project began with me and a fascination of this light, color, texture in my own space, it's what egged this series on. I thought it would be appropriate to place a pause in the series with a final image of myself. So, to be continued...

A few new showers from 2010

Urban organics

It never fails to impress me the way that brooklyn has that urban yet organic charm. A few images that I feel do that idea some justice

Simon Roberts - We English

Beautiful Work. The opening reception is tonight Sept 10th from 6 - 8 PM at Klompching Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Simon will be Book Signing and giving an Artist talk in the Gallery 9/11 if anyone wants to meet him in person! Very inspiring Mr. Roberts! For more details on the opening tonight click here For more of Simon's work, click here

Firescape views

You really feel gratitude when a Sunset you see from your firescape is as memorable as some of the most breathtaking skies you might have ever seen...

The Firescape

Mitch was climbing out of the fire scape and the stars in the sky lined up. All the necessary equipment to create this image was right by my side, but most of all what the shot would have been impossible without, is attitude and Mitch knew exactly how to deliver that.

Bravo Stephen Mallon!

Stephen Mallon, Friend, Photographer and President of ASMP-New York has had a smashing 2009 so far! This post is to commemorate his action packed last few months. In January Steve "exclusively" photographed the rescue operation of Flight 1549 that had to emergency land into the Hudson river. The assignment was right up his alley. Click here to find out why http://stephenmallon.com

The images were kept under lock and key by agencies for insurance purposes for several weeks and now that the curfew is lifted the pictures are making more than a dent on people's mind. The story got picked up by WIRED, Communication Arts Annual 2009 & Steve just got interviewed by CBS. I sit on the board of ASMP NY with Stephen and he deserves all the success in the world. This post Steve, is for you! Click on image for the WIRED story. Here is the link to the CBS interview. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5012471n

Shower Series- Nana

My shower series continues strong. Nana, who I have had the fortune of photographing last year, paid me a generous visit a few weekends ago. The images hopefully speak for themselves. Nana, in addition to allowing me to photograph her, also had a few words of reflection about this project. Thanks Nana for the time, words and good energy.

"Thankfully, I grew up in a home where the naked body was seen for what it is -- something everybody has under their clothes. Though nudity is often misrepresented through the lens of sexual objectification, ironically, we are most often naked when we're doing very asexual things like changing our clothes, using the toilet, or showering. This truth is what drew me to participate in Manjari Sharma's Shower Series. At once cleansing and cathartic, a shower is a daily reminder of the metaphorical truth that oftentimes we have to strip ourselves of all the layers we accumulate in this life to get clean." - Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Thomas Holton

Thomas Holton is a photographer who was chosen as the Top 10 Photo Assistant's by American Photo in 2006. When I was brand spanking new in the city Thomas was a very positive spirit to meet and shared great insights about the city and our crazy photo industry. I recently was pleasantly surprised to learn that Thomas has taken a few trips to India and is doing a very interesting project about a train station in the holy city of Varanasi. There was no doubt in my mind that the images would be a blog post as soon as I set sight on them. Thomas is also currently teaching photography at ICP. Eye candy hunters, please do visit his website in order to learn more about him.

Nana

I photographed Nana, a fabulous writer and friend who currently works for Bluefly. I wanted to share that she is showing off the images I shot on her personal website. Check them out! And to visit her website click here nanaekua.com

Alexander Ring

A couple new images I shot from the shower series

New Work and thoughts

My favorite room in the apartment has been presenting endless fascination for my mind and eyes. As I continue to play with the possibilities in this extremely intimate space, I am realizing the potential it has is terrific. For my subjects and myself the space has become everything from naughty to sacred and from a spiritual confessional to a secret beauty parlour. It holds the mystery we all feel when we shower in other peoples bathrooms and the undeniable relief and relaxation that warm water brings no matter where you go. It's where you bear your scars with no fear and sing to yourself only to hear a reverb of your own voice, muffled through water, as your face gets distorted ... when a gentle stream runs over the soft curves of your face. 

Sikhs in America

A good friend and photographer Fiona Aboud has a brilliant and completed book project called Sikhs in America. I'm proud of her and her work. The subject matter is close to my heart, one of my closest friends growing up was a Sikh and to see light shed on the Sikh tradition and culture juxtaposed with the American lifestyle is great. Feast your eyes. Click on image to get to Fionas Blog!

Katelyn

The portrait series from my last entry continues. While I am staying with the consistent look and treatment that Tyler was given. I am now exploring more within the same light, realm and background. I am introducing the element of water and how the subject interacts with it. These are a few images shot with one of my favorite faces, the very charming Miss Katelyn Blockinger. 

Tyler

I'm working on a series of portraits, this is the first of many to follow.

A shout for the new work

I just got a shout from Glasshouse Assignment! A mini interview and 6 pictures from my new water series. They gave me two posts on the two respective links below.

http://stone-thrower.com/ 

http://stone-thrower.com/2009/02/02/sneak-peek-photography-of-manjari-sharma/

From my kitchen window

I have been in my apartment for two months now and at a particular time in the evening I can see the light do this from the kitchen window in my apartment. The light stays like this for a short period of time but with a little patience and some luck from the photo gods I got a little seagull to pay my picture a visit.