In April 2022 I was commissioned by the brand Everlane to photograph Oakland designer/entrepreneur/influencer Sherri McMullen at home in her beautiful apartment near Lake Emeritt. Sherri chose select pieces from the designer, and we had a nice relaxed afternoon.
CECILIA BONSTROM-PARIS
In February 2022 I shot Cecilia Bonstrom and her beautiful Paris apartment. Cecilia is the creative director and designer of the French brand Zadig and Voltaire. The project was published on Garance Dore’s website, WeAreDore.com, along with an interview.
IVY GETTY-C MAGAZINE
In September 2021 I was commissioned by C magazine to photograph Ivy Getty, great granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, in her childhood home of Pacific Heights in San Francisco, California. Creative Direction by James Timmins. Styled by Lauren Goodman.
JACQUES TENENHAUS-PARIS
I’m starting to work on a new book for Jacques Tenenhaus, a Paris sculptor. The images below are from Day 1, in the atelier in Montmartre. Jacques and Benjamin were creating a cement mold for a new sculpture. So I photographed this process, as well as other things. The space is very cool, the natural light soft.
WAN TING-SAN FRANCISCO
Wan Ting Zhao is one of the star ballerinas for the San Francisco Ballet. She’s also a model. She’s cool and graceful and hip. I photographed her in stunning Presidio Park. WT started dancing at age 6 in An Shan, China. By age 11, she’d begun professional training at the Beijing dance academy, known for its challenging Russian influenced techniques .
I met Munch and Kumar in Oakland, California, while they were out training near Lake Merritt. The two young men are amateur boxers (Kumar started training at age 3 and Munch at age 6), and with the help of their fathers, that also act as their coaches, they are advancing in the amateur ranks, traveling countrywide to different events in order to progress in the sport, with the hope of turning pro one day.
TINO ROSSI GARDEN-PARIS
The Tino Rossi garden in Paris sits alongside the Seine, and isn’t very visible from the street. It hosts a wonderful outdoor collection of sculptures by various artists.
Artist: Antoine Poncet (1975)
Artist: Marta Pan. (1969)
THOIRY, FRANCE
THE KID
RASHIDA , BRYAN AND DAUGHTER-OAKLAND
Bryan is an old friend of mine, we caught up after a decade, in Oakland, California. I met his wife and their daughter, and we took some photos.
NEUTRA HOUSE- LOS ANGELES
In May 2020, I photographed the timeless VDL house in Silver Lake, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, with the help of its new director, Noam Saragosti. .
The original house was built in 1932 by famed American architect Richard Neutra (it burned down in 1963 and was rebuilt, with some improvements). The structure was Neutra’s family home and studio for about three decades.
The materials used are simply concrete, steel and glass. Though the house is impressive and very cool, it actually wasn’t expensive to build, the resources used were designed with less affluent clients in mind.
