Rachel Kramer Bussel - CulturePOP preview

My photocomix profile series CulturePOP returns on October 3rd, with a profile on Dean Haspiel, followed by a new installment every other Monday. Yesterday I photographed future CulturePOP subject, Rachel Kramer Bussel. Rachel is a writer of erotica, pop culture and cupcakes, and also runs the In The Flesh Reading Series.

My profile on Rachel won't run until December, but for now check out these portraits from our session. I think the actual piece will raise some eyes.

Sophie Auster for L'Uomo Vogue

I recently did a shoot with musician/actress Sophie Auster for the October of L'Uomo Vogue. I originally met Sophie, daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt, when I photographed her for my book, The Brooklynites, a few years back. I though she was a great subject, so I was happy to be able to photograph her again.

The photos seen here are outtakes. I'll show the selected image after publication of the magazine.

Dean Hapiel's Emmy win!

I am proud to announce that my friend and the subject of GRAPHIC NYC's upcoming book, Dean Haspiel: The Early Years, Dean Haspiel, has won an Emmy award for his contribution to the opening title sequence of the Jonathan Ames HBO series Bored To Death.

Congrats, Dino!

The photo above, was taken by me just last week for the CulturePOP photocomic I did on Dean, which will be the debut of Season-2 on October 4th.

View the Emmy Award winning opening below.

Jonathan Groff

I took these photos of actor Jonathan Groff a while ago, but realized I never showed them here.
Jonathan is best know for his roles in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening and in the TV show Glee.

These photos were originally taken for Time Out NY magazine to promote his appearance in the show Hair.

CuturePOP Season-2 preview

CulturePOP, my photocomix webseries of profiles is returning soon with a new season of characters. The first one shot was Baron Ambrosia, the host of the TV show, Bronx Flavor.
The Baron was a fascinating subject and helped to inspire me to experiment further with page/panel design and narrative solutions.
I just finished laying out his profile, even though I'm excited to share it, I'll keep, it under wraps until this fall. Meanwhile, see a preview above.

Graphic NYC site updates

Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett: 4 Color Portrait



Jim Shooter's Secret Origin, in his Own Words - Part One



Jim Shooter's Secret Origin, In His Own Words - Part Two

Cappie Pondexter for Sports Illustrated

A couple of months back I did my first shoot for Sports Illustrated. The subject, WNBA NY Liberty Player Cappie Pondexter had just arrived in NYC, so the concept was to show her at different spots around town. It was the first blisteringly hot day, in what turned out to be a summer of blisteringly hot days, but Cappie gave her all for the shoot.

A sampling of images, some published in the mag, and some not-