Silver Jews by Sonnenzimmer

We have a Silver Jews Poster that we keep on a shelf in our kitchen. I love the poster. There are several books stacked on one another and a man-building walking around, standing in the light of a low sun. This poster makes every aspect of our life better. Cooking is that much more enjoyable when I look up and admire the poster. Getting out of bed in the morning, we can look through a few doorways and see the poster off in the distance. Art is wonderful in this way—an ever present resource of happiness.

Sonnenzimmer is the Chicago-based screen print studio of Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher. They design and print all of their own wonderful work in-house. They will have a table setup at the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago this weekend (9/12). I’m eager to have a look at their new work.

+ www.sonnenzimmer.com

Mr. Thomas Owens

A real guitar hero, Mr. Tom Owens of Chicago, Illinois.

Plenty of projects to listen to…

+ Tom Owens via MySpace
+ Distractions via MySpace
+ Ganges via MySpace
+ Pet Lions via MySpace

Cass McCombs through a Leica at the Halfway House

Cass McCombs was the first guy I shot with the Leica for a prominent publication. It is very comfortable to shoot with the Leica, both for me and the subject. Shooting with the Leica, the whole situation becomes nonchalant without the quality suffering. Something about the unobtrusive size of the camera and its legendary ability to be discreet. I think the subject appreciates seeing more of my face as I look at them, rather than me hiding behind the Hasselblad or a large DSLR body.

All of these attributes of the Leica have been discussed at length for many years. No news to Leica owners. I was a bit shocked to realize how true the Leica legends in fact were/are. This is one of the photos of Cass McCombs that didn’t get picked up by SPEX magazine.

+ www.dominorecordco.com
+ Cass McCombs via MySpace

Pet Lions out for a cup of joe

The pet lion guys enjoying a cup of coffee and some conversation. It’s by accident that the two women in the photo are both giving the boys the “eye”.

Pet Lions… giving women chills one day at a time.

You’ll note the man off in the distance to the right, no doubt reading about the recession. Those were hard times.

Derrick May for Intersection Magazine

Sent some photos of producer Derrick May over to Intersection Magazine today. We shot in a few locations around Detroit, but the magazine selected this shot of May inside the shop he uses to rebuild his limited edition Audi from the inside out.

I feel as though I took a step forward today in my understanding of color correction. Can’t wait to make some more photographs, autumn is my favorite season to shoot.

+ www.derrickmay.com
+ www.intersectionmagazine.com

Traxx — Jakbeat Nation

Made some photos of electronic music producer TRAXX last week for XLR8R magazine. This guy loves what he does with his whole entire gigantic heart!

+ www.jak-nation.com