Category: photography
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Michael Bisio and Joe McPhee
Back in June, I snapped a few photos of jazz musicians Michael Bisio and Joe McPhee at the book release party for Mike Faloon’s The Other Night at Quinn’s. One of those photos now accompanies Faloon’s article “One Punk’s Guide to Free Jazz” in Razorcake.
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Mikey Erg Portraits in Razorcake
Last August I took some portraits of Mikey Erg to accompany Mike Faloon’s interview in Razorcake #98. We shot these in the East Village, at the corner of 7th St. and 2nd Ave.
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Submerging
Submerging is a zine co-edited by me and Brian Cogan (The Encyclopedia of Punk), Mike Faloon (Zisk and Go Metric), and Brendan Kiernan. Issue #2 features photography from Joanne Barham and essays by Brian Cogan, Brendan Kiernan, Matt Lang, and Jill LaBrack. It’s available for purchase online from Quimby’s, Razorcake and Atomic Books and in […]
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Where Business and Art Intersect
When I first saw the amazing sketchbook illustrations of Stacy Tarver on her Instagram feed last year, I knew she would make a great video subject for Columbia Business School. Stacy enthusiastically agreed to work with the School’s videographer Alex Smith and me on a timelaspe project that would sum up her two-year business school […]
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Meadmore’s Curl Conservation
Last year, I made a video about Clement Meadmore’s Curl (1968), a minimalist masterpiece installed on the Columbia University campus. Since that time, the University has undertaken an ambitious conservation project that was completed in late 2015. The University produced a new video about the conservation efforts and kindly included some of my video footage (in particular, some Curl in […]
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“Some Girls” by Janet McNally
UPDATE: Janet McNally talks about the Some Girls cover photo with SPINE. “Since the book deals with fairy tales, the idea was to have a Little Red Riding Hood figure standing at the edge of the forest,” she said. “Thankfully Jodi had a red coat. The two of them went up to Inwood Hill Park […]
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Are These Nicotine-Like Insecticides Killing Bees?
Many scientists believe that a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids are a significant factor in the widespread death of bees. Read the story at Modern Farmer.
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Swarming the Rooftops
The recent lifting of New York’s urban beekeeping ban wrought hundreds of honey-making hobbyists. But even the movement’s most fervent supporters wonder if it has grown too far too fast. Read the story at Narratively.
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Their Songs Never Cease
Their Songs Never Cease featured on Treehugger and the New York Botanical Garden’s blog. New York Botanical Garden, a photo by bee721 on Flickr. View the photo essay or an audio slideshow.
BRETT ESSLER 