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  • This was one of my definite high points in my recent career--the chance to be able to photograph the great Brian May of Queen. This was shot at the Book Soup bookstore in West Hollywood. Brian and I have conversed on occasion (usually via email), and I was very pleasantly surprised to find that he'd remembered who I was at this event. A good man and a rock legend.<br />
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(This was at a signing event for his "Diableries" book on classic stereo photography, BTW)
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  • Promotional shoot for hip-hop group Illemental. Shot at a VFW center in Long Beach, California.
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  • Back cover for Kool Keith's "The Return Of Dr. Octagon" album. One of the shots from this photo session is in the Portraits section of this web site.
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  • The front cover of "DANCEFLOOR THUNDERSTORM: Land Of The Free, Home Of The Rave". Cover photo shot by myself.
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  • Publicity shot for DJ Irene's album "Live In Ibiza". This wasn't actually shot in Ibiza--instead, we did this clandestinely in one of Hollywood's swankiest hotels. We actually almost got booted out of there twice because of the "party" they thought we were holding. If only they knew the truth!
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  • Mark lewis, in a 2013 black and white promo shoot.
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  • Wu Tang Clan, on the set of a music shoot for their song "Gravel Pit" in 1999.
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  • Cover for DJ Irene's "Global House DJ" album. We shot this from the top of one of the parking structures at the LAX airport, which is why you can see the Encounter restaurant in the background.
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  • Mark Lewis, in a 2013 black and white promo shoot.
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  • DJs Syrena, Diamond and Reid Speed, from a fashion photo shoot in Hollywood for KARMA magazine.
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  • Cover for DJ Irene album
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  • This is one of my favorite pieces.  It really captures the energy of the dance transforming one from within.  More than a few people have commented to me that they’ve seen religious connotations in this image, and although I’m pleased that they’re making such observations, it wasn’t what I originally intended when I made the photograph.  It truly was an example of what I used to call “letting the picture paint itself”.  In other words, I felt like I was merely the conduit for the image, which would create itself while the camera’s shutter was open.  At the time, I often felt that I had relatively little control over what would actually end up on the film—not surprising when you consider that the lights, the subjects, and even the camera were often all moving simultaneously—and to be truthful, I really didn’t want to have that control much of the time.  I liked the idea of being the messenger for the image, and not its creator…it sort of felt like I was plugged in to something larger, more ephemeral and yet more powerful, which was using me to manifest parts of itself.
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  • From a fashion catalog I did for the Korean division of hip-hop clothing line Karl Kani. We shot this in Hollywood, as you may have already surmised. This featured the Korean hip-hop duo Drunken Tiger.
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  • "Quadruple Happiness"...I think the title says it all.
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  • From a fashion catalog I did for the Korean division of hip-hop clothing line Karl Kani. We shot this at the construction site for the unfinished Walt Disney Concert Hall. This featured the Korean hip-hop duo Drunken Tiger.
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  • One of my early print ads for MTV, back in the days when MTV actually played music. The speech bubble is saying, "I liked the video better". The picture was shot at aCrystal Method show at the Hollywood Palladium.
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  • Reverend Tony Muhammad (C) of the Nation Of Islam. Shot at the Nation's No. 39 mosque in South Central Los Angeles..
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  • Publicity shot for DJ Irene's album "Live In Ibiza". This wasn't actually shot in Ibiza--instead, we did this clandestinely in one of Hollywood's swankiest hotels. We actually almost got booted out of there twice because of the "party" they thought we were holding. If only they knew the truth!
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  • "Meditation": Pure techno-bliss.  Aural nirvana.  Transcendence through sound.
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  • DJ Diamond, from a fashion photo shoot in Hollywood for KARMA magazine.
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  • DJ Reid Speed, in a rare fashion shoot for KARMA magazine.
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