CAMBA - Day 10

Again, catching up, I had another day shooting for my pro-bono project for the Brooklyn based non-for-profit, CAMBA.
The project brought me back to Borough Hall to once again photograph Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. I'd never been in Marty's office before, so I was thrilled to find that it's like an explosion of Brooklyn memorabilia, as you can see in the photo below.
I also photographed CAMBA's Chief Investment Officer, Rang Ngo, on the roof of their Flatbush headquarter.

CAMBA - Day 9

Juggling projects had me back on CAMBA yesterday, with a marathon of four interesting shoots, this time of CAMBA employees.


Ernestine Washington went from living in a homeless shelter many years ago to working at The Atlantic House Men's Shelter in East New York


Luz Rivera came to CAMBA unable to speak English with two babies to raise in the US, and now her and both of her grown children successfully work there.


Susanna Golster was a refugee from Russia and didn't speak English and now works on CAMBA's payroll team. In her spare time, she works on Latch Hook pieces.


Angeles Delgado works as a program director for the HIV program, and loves to dance in her spare time.

CAMBA - Days 7 & 8

I've been back to Flatbush on two different occasions recently, to photograph some more interesting subjects for my CAMBA project.
First we have restaurateur Jim Mamary, photographed in front of his Ditmas Park eatery, Pomme de Terre.
Next, we have Richard Ram, of Ram's Roti, photographed in his shop on Church Ave.
Finally, artist Eder Muniz in his living room.
It is my hope that when all of these pictures are collected the viewer will gte a real sense of the people of Flatbush, Brooklyn.

CAMBA - Day 6

Back in Flatbush this morning, I photographed realtor Mary Kay Gallager, Geneva Musgrave, head of Anti-Stigma HIV/AIDS performance awareness group, and Reverend Dan Ram, of the Dutch Reform Church.

CAMBA - Day 5

I trudged out early on a rainy morning today to midtown, where I had the pleasure of photographing former NYC Mayor, Ed Koch. When Koch was mayor, he helped to make it possible for CAMBA (the agency I;m doing this project for) to exist.
With only a few moments to get the shot, I quickly set up my lighting and made the portrait below.

CAMBA - Day 4

Continuing my project on Flatbush, Brooklyn, I photographed Shirley Walker in her home hair salon, and Ed Powell of the Umma group.

CAMBA - Day 3

I headed back to Flatbush the other day, to shoot Karate instructors Dameion & William Cross, and Youth Council president Marlii-I Marin.

CAMBA - Day 2

Friday, I did the second shoot for a new project, which I recently hinted at. Now that's it's been finalized, I can talk about it. Several months ago I was contacted by an organization called CAMBA, a non-profit Brooklyn based agency that provides services that connect people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life. They had seen my book, The Brooklyites, and thought I might want to work on something with them. They were right, and the first thing that came to mind was to produce a photo book which they would be able to use to promote their organization. The concept is to photograph some of the interesting people who are involved with CAMBA, as well as residents of Flatbush, the section of Brooklyn where CAMBA started. I will be teaming up with my Brooklynites co-author, Anthony Lasala, who will be writing the text, and designer, John DaPonte, who will be handling the design and packaging.

The first shoot was with singer/songwriter Maya Azucena, which I posted a couple of weeks back. The photo below, is of Graig Grant aka "muMs," who you may remember from his role of Poet on the HBO prison drama OZ.

Maya Azucena

I did a shoot last week with one of my favorite subjects, singer/songwriter Maya Azucena. This was the first shoot for a new project I'm starting. More info soon.