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Creatives Project - Neal Pollack

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031-worked-small I was in Austin, Texas recently for the Texas Photo Round-Up (which was great by the way and if you have an opportunity to attend next year, definitely go.  And eat breakfast tacos at Jo's - I miss them already).  Anyway, when I was making plans to attend, I definitely wanted to find some time to photograph Neal Pollack for my Creatives Project - I was happy he was back in Austin from Los Angeles!  He graciously agreed to be photographed and was a great sport – good thing he practices yoga as I asked him to squat in this camouflaged bin for trash cans filled with some weird Texas bugs!  Why Neal Pollack you ask?  Before we had our daughter, his book Alternadad was brought to my attention somehow - -and for whatever reason, it totally calmed me down to the future experience of being  a father.  And allowed me to anticipate the day I would walk into my daughter's room to find the walls and crib covered with her finger-painted poo.  Now, he's experimenting with a new model of publishing,  putting out a bunch of books independently (his Downward Facing Death and Jewball) and electronically representing what could possibly be what the future of book publishing looks like.  But I am no writer, enjoy the image!  And, many thanks to Neal for agreeing to the shoot!  I'll write more about Austin soon -- and another Creatives portrait shoot in Austin! You can like me on Facebook here or follow me on Twitter here for updates.

Creatives Series - Jherek Bischoff

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068-working-small I first saw Jherek Bischoff when he was one of the opening performers for Amanda Palmer (I should add I was not aware he was also a member of her band and played an important part in the development of her record).  This song totally captured me when he was up there playing it on his ukulele – it was amazing!  After the show, I went to download some of his music-- and the album version of 'Eyes' actually has David Byrne singing on the track.  But the real standout is this amazing song, 'Young and Lovely.' – it really is a lovely track to swoon over.  Jherek composed the record entirely on his ukulele and then fleshed it out over the period of a few years – taking his laptop to other instrumentalists' apartments to record them and then weaving all the pieces together.  It really is a pretty irresistible record.

Thanks to Jen and Connor for arm modeling their arms for me and to Pam Mandel, who loaned me some of the ukuleles and also plays with the Seattle ukulele band the Castaways.

Creatives Series - Lou Maxon

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Lou Maxon gave me my first break in Seattle back in the late 90s, hiring me for numerous Seattle Magazine articles and covers (I think I ultimately shot seven covers for them). He is long gone from Seattle Magazine, moving on to lots of other things – including currently being immersed in creating his and his family’s dream house, designed by Tom Kundig.  A film is in the works on the creation of the house and you can also keep up to date with it on a series of articles on Dwell magazine’s web site. And, along with juggling all these things, he is the founder and principal of M, a brand storytelling agency. Great guy to work with and I am grateful for his support in the beginning of my career and honored to have him part of the Creatives series!