Archive for January, 2012

What is a Friend? How do we collect them and how do we lose them?

January 31st, 2012 by Andrzej What is a Friend? How do we collect them and how do we lose them?

I took these pictures of Jeff Newelt for a superb article by Alex Williams on the difficulties of losing old (and new) friends we have out grown that ran in the NY Times last Sunday. Ironically enough, Jeff and I realized in the middle of the shoot that we have a lot of friends in common. As [...]

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Happy New Year: It Is The Chinese Year Of The Dragon

January 23rd, 2012 by Andrzej Happy New Year: It Is The Chinese Year Of The Dragon

I live in Little Italy in NYC, which is essentially three blocks of Mulberry Street as the rest of the area has been completely taken over by Chinatown. And whilst the area normally remains open over Christmas and New Year, today everything around here is closed because it's the Chinese New Year (Of The Dragon). [...]

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Improv Everywhere and the NYC No Pants Subway Ride 2012

January 11th, 2012 by Andrzej Improv Everywhere and the NYC No Pants Subway Ride 2012

Improv Everywhere is a NYC based prank collective that was started by Charlie Todd in August 2001. The first No Pants Subway Ride was held in 2002 with seven participants. The number involved this year is still to be determined as 59 cities across 27 countries took part last Sunday in what is now a cultural phenomenon. [...]

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First Shoot for NY Times: Actor Timothy Olyphant goes from Deadwood to Justified

January 9th, 2012 by Andrzej First Shoot for NY Times: Actor Timothy Olyphant goes from Deadwood to Justified

I shot this picture of actor Timothy Olyphant at the Museum of Arts & Design a few weeks ago and it was published yesterday on the front page of the Arts & Leisure section in the New York Times. It was my first shoot for the Times and I was really happy with the results. I was [...]

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