Because one time, I turned into a dog and they helped me.

Mac Cloud as B.A. Baracus

Tom Goetz as Nick Fury

I had the pleasure of photographing the NY Comic Con for the umpteenth time for the Village Voice. It becomes more challenging every year since the amount of photographers seems like it triples. I try to do it differently every year but it seems like people are starting to catch on and are bringing octobanks now! OCTOBANKS!? REALLY?! Next year im just gonna photograph everyones feet and call it, the feet of comic con.

Special thanks to G.Robinette for saving my ass.

Also, i hope you watched the walking dead yesteday because it was epic. Someone please make a gif of rick grimes throwing that rock at the 2nd walker.

Turf and turf.

Been a pretty interesting couple of weeks. Below is a smattering of some things I’ve worked on including but not limited to style shoots, a wedding (sort of), and a recent visit to a friend of mine who happens to be a Real Life Superhero. Also, I met Bill Cunningham and then proceeded to photograph him in his own trademark style.

Elan.

Jennifer.

Mariette.

Alex Welsh.

Anytime you photograph a wedding with another shooter it is inevitable that they’ll find their way into your frames.

Bill Cunningham reloading film at Governors Island.

Outtake. A superhero who happens to have a roommate that is a Magician in their Brooklyn home.

Also, feel free to add me on instagram. paulnonymous.

 

 

wakarimasen.

Every time I go to Williamsburg I usually spend a good amount of time at Junk, the thrift shop with a gang of old negatives and photographs in an epic bottomless pit that is a wooden bin. I only take the negatives, since I like to mess with the tones myself and there is something cool about scanning these because you cant really tell what the hell is going on in some of them. These ones involve a girl who either a) is a negative space genius or b) didnt have a tripod, but had a floor.

Also, recently dusted off the hasselblad and who do i photograph?

moxie.

blue carolina.

Took a bus this last weekend down to Charlotte, North Carolina. Officially the furthest south I’ve ever been in the good ol’ USA. It should be required that one leaves New York City at least once a month. To actually be able to hear myself think without the constant horn honking, screaming, and construction was amazing. Also nice to be able to see things with a fresh eye, these arent the most exciting photos ever, but its still real to me damn it!

Hey, Karl! Good to see you!

I was asked by a good friend, Evan Abramson, to photograph his wedding a few weeks ago. Generally, I don’t really take the lead as a wedding photographer, its not really my thing, but in this case he had asked me specifically because I’m not a wedding photographer and he wanted the look to be kind of humorous. How could I pass up a chance at unlimited creative freedom and also a free dinner at peter luger? PETER LUGER. YOU HAD ME AT MEAT TORNADO.

meat tornado.

Ten times out of nine, if im blind, fine.

Somehow, I’ve been getting pretty lucky with getting work and assignments that are out of the realm of the  photography that I generally get assigned. I’m always up for a challenge and below are some of the frames I’ve been able to make that dont involve naked mermaids, cosplay, or infamous folks in their apartments.

Call to John now.

 

Remember when the world was supposed to start ending last month? The Boston Phoenix asked me to hang out with the end of the world team here in New York. Despite me not believing in god at all, the judgement day bus and its followers were really cool with me.

 

still telegraphing that wheel kick?

earlybird is the only filter that doesnt turn my photos into oversatured super high pass filter crap.

also, thats right motherfucker.

Hey kid! I’m a computer.

 

I shot the Mermaid Parade for the Village Voice this weekend for I think the 3rd time. Each year I bring less and less gear because I’m pretty sure the crowd attendance boosts by at the very least, one million people. I shit you not, the first time i did this i brought a beauty dish and a pack. This year it was just Nate, Myself, a reflector, a 50mm, and a dream.

http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/coney-island-mermaid-parade-2011-33581681/

they picked me last to play, i picked them first to die.

goal. champions league soccer shot for Nike.

i am extra sleepy today.