Sash Suicide for The Jungle

Sorry for my absence the past couple of days. I managed to get sick, and haven't really gotten much done at all aside from the sleeping, eating, and dayquil/nyquil ingestion.

I did manage to get one shoot completely edited this week though! I spent an afternoon with Sash Suicide shooting up in Malibu my most recent trip. We shot some retro outdoors work, and I mostly experimented with what I can do with the Sigma 85mm F1.4. Its nice to work with somebody so calm in front of the camera that you are allowed to try something new, allowed to mess up. Its not that often that I get this opportunity as so many of my shoots feel high pressure. Mostly its something I put on myself, but even then its still there. The need to perform to my own standards.

This month I'm also spending most of my time getting ready for a gallery show that opens February 7th in Asbury Park, NJ at the Parlor Gallery, so I have mostly been printing, matting, and framing work. Normally I'm part of an annual show focusing on eroticism that they do, but this year I'm going solo. This means instead of the 3-6 pieces I normally do I have to finish 50+. I probably don't have to do that many, but I'd like to. I've always wanted to show a bunch of my bodies of work together because to me its one thing.

When I think of photography its true that every image tells a story, and every series tells a story, but I think that when I put every series together I will be telling my story. There are moments for eroticism, moments for reflection alone, moments and adventures shared with models or with Franco. They stand on their own just fine, but I am very excited to see them all stand together for the first time.

This idea is the exact opposite of what I think it takes to be very successful as an artist. I've believed for a long time that the best thing to do is choose one thing, and do it very well. Most of my favorite photographers have done exactly that: Jan Saudek, Joel Peter-Witkin, and Helmet Newton, but I'm terrible at taking my own advice.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5gcowg9z02ren8z/AAChzxmEtpwffdxSp3Pk9YIja?dl=0