Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Deitch Holiday Party

Just before Halloween I met an exuberant bunch of young artists who were re-enacting the parade scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" at the Village Halloween Parade. They were so much fun to photograph. They asked me to shoot their next crazy performance art project for them, a crazy, free for all, join in if you like, free dance to "Freebird" at the Deitch Holiday Party at Santos. So much color, so much fun. Who doesn't love a costume party?

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Or a puppet show?
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Or Amanda Lepore?
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Bumping into Justice... or Quick Justice

In December I stopped by the Wired Pop Up store on 18th St and 5th to check out Mapei, a newly signed artist to Downtown Records. I was shooting for Prefix. Walking in I saw two guys who looked like they were trying to look like the guys from Justice, and then I realized, "No, those actually ARE the guys from Justice." I asked Gaspard and Xavier to pose for a quick photo, and this is what I got.
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And here's the woman of the hour, Mapei.