Sebastião Salgado, Frans Lanting, and I all ended up last night in Birmingham UK. It was a cold and rainy night so we elected to have dinner together in our hotel restaurant with no other customers. Empty. Not the place to be. Perfect! The food wasn’t so bad and we all had a chance …
“She’s making movies on location. She don’t know what it means. But the music makes her want to be the story. And the story was whatever was the song”… Mark Knophler
McCartney sings via jukebox light “Love Me Do” as Olivia feels it. El Batey bar in Old San Juan is a dream bar for photographers day or night. The jukebox, the light, the whole laid back scene a favorite of mine. I always love shooting OSJ yet on Sunday I flip culturally. Off to the …
My workshop class is rocking here in Old San Juan. I’m shooting too. Two of my muses for BeachGames in the last 2 years came together here. Olivia and Liaryz had not met prior. Yet they both fell into the spirit of the story.
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. 3-13-17. I took a break from my students for a couple of hours and just played tourist around El Moro at days end. No agenda. The warm evening breeze a sweet reward.
Havana. 3-5-17. My new Cuban friend, ballerina Yanet Abreu, has traveled the world as part of a ballet troupe. Talented Cuban artists, athletes, and scientists have always been given special travel privilege. Here in Havana now Yanet has worked as my photo assistant since I met her at the renowned National School of Ballet. Why …
Havana. 3-5-17. Yesterday was too “cold” to go to the beach. I was disappointed for my BeachGames essay, because Sunday is always THE day for me to shoot. Families and friends gathered, relaxed, nobody stressed. Yet the bad weather became my friend in the late afternoon. A cold front had moved in creating giant waves …
Havana. 3-4-17. Wandering the streets of Havana at night always looks like a movie set. Mysterious, moody, yet full of life. Kathryn Boyd Brolin shoots a corner shop with a Leica Q. My story to photograph was her shooting and engaging with Cubans. She’s a non stop voracious shooter. I’m sure you will see her …
Havana. 3-5-17. Kathryn @kathrynbrolin generally doesn’t smoke. Yet she and her husband actor @joshbrolin do enjoy an occasional cigar at home. So here in Cuba, Kathryn and I shared a few small Cohibas. Pretty much goes with the territory. Kathryn was helping me by being a character for my upcoming BeachGames zine and I was …
Havana. 3-4-17. For a few days I’ve been shooting Kathryn Boyd Brolin and Yanet Abreu for my BeachGames work. They bonded immediately and made working with them such a pleasure. This was Kathryn’s first trip to Cuba. Not her last. She’s an L.A.pro model/actress and enthusiastic photographer. Yanet is a pro Cuban classical ballet dancer …
