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Ron Swanson

2012-01-25T11:25:00.003-05:00

Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation) is an enthusiast (and semi professional) woodworker.

music on the go

2012-01-25T11:18:00.003-05:00

To illustrate an article in the New York Times Sunday magazine about new apps that enable people to play instruments on their i pad or i phone on the go, we gathered some 50 musicians one Sunday morning at Astor Place. The result was loud.

Dance Moms

2012-01-25T11:15:00.002-05:00

New poster for the reality show "Dance Moms" shot in Pittsburgh with BPG.

Sir James Dyson

2011-11-01T12:21:00.003-04:00

Sir James Dyson, the inventor of Dyson vacuums, photographed for Wired UK at the Dyson headquarters in Malmesbury, England. His company is announcing a new product: an electric space heater.

Green Bay Packers' Mark Murphy

2011-10-24T16:10:00.005-04:00

Mark Murphy, President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, doing the Lambeau Leap, celebrated by packers fans who are the shareholders of the team.

Q covers

2011-10-03T16:34:00.006-04:00

Cee Lo at 5th and Sunset Studio in LA, Dave Grohl at his recording studio in LA, Chili Peppers at Focus Studio in LA, Eddie Vedder at his recording studio in Seattle.

Raising Hope 2nd season

2011-10-03T16:32:00.003-04:00

Reggie Watts

2011-10-03T16:24:00.005-04:00

Reggie Watts was a pleasure to work with. Most of the styling came from unusual sources and I was prepared for a lot of rejection, but Reggie loved all of it. He took most of it home and I'm hoping for some of these outfits to resurface at future performances.

I said I'd kill you last .... I lied

2011-08-11T15:28:00.002-04:00

Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is supernatural.

Absinth in Vegas

2011-06-28T15:26:00.003-04:00

I shot the cast of Absinth at Caesar's Palace in Vegas.

Dolly on pink

2011-05-25T13:03:00.003-04:00

Dolly Parton has sold 174 million albums worldwide. She is releasing her 83rd album this year. I went to Nashville for the shoot, but Dolly was sick. We rescheduled in London. I surely did a lot of flying for this picture, but I got to meet Dolly.

Genius Conan

2011-05-24T18:30:00.003-04:00

This is Conan representing himself and all the other geniuses that ever lived:

Einstein, Moses, Socrates, Frida, Franklin, Roosevelt, Madonna, Jobs, O'Brien

Louis CK

2011-05-24T18:00:00.005-04:00

I shot Louis CK at Milk Studios in a set built manhole, then relocated the image to Cortland Alley. The rat is taxidermy, Louis CK did not want her near him, but eventually warmed up to her and ultimately started petting her.

William Shatner

2011-05-05T09:50:00.003-04:00

I shot the cover of a new book by William Shatner, "Shatner rules". Captain Kirk is 80, doesn't he look great?

Hard Times of RJ Berger

2011-05-05T09:47:00.005-04:00

Brian Will.I.Ams

2011-04-25T17:03:00.006-04:00

I shot Brian Williams for a story in New York Magazine about the comedic talents of a man with a very serious job.

Governor

2011-04-25T16:54:00.003-04:00

Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina for the New York Times Magazine. My first shoot with her was in a run-down-vacant-wood-paneled-strip-mall-office-turned-campaign-headquarters. This time we shot in her beautiful offices in the Capitol building in Columbia.

Tracy Morgan

2011-04-25T16:48:00.007-04:00

I shot Tracy Morgan last year, but just retouched these images.

True Blood's Stephen Moyer

2011-04-25T15:48:00.005-04:00

He does look like a vampire.

Seth Green

2011-04-25T15:30:00.006-04:00

Seth Green is a busy man. Most know him as an actor, but he is voice actor and television producer as well, writes comics, hosts wresting matches and much more. In my shoot I worked with mirrors to multiply him as a metaphor to his many roles and his interest in Sci-Fi and comics.

Foo Fighters

2011-03-30T17:54:00.002-04:00

This is the Q cover out today. I shot Grohl & Co at their studio in LA.

10 o'clock live

2011-03-30T17:28:00.002-04:00

Ten o'clock live is a new show on Channel 4 hosted by some of Britain's funniest comedians, David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr, Charlie Brooker and Lauren Laverne, who comment on the latest news in a format that is itself a spoof of how the news is presented on television.

Beauties

2011-03-21T11:51:00.002-04:00

I went to a beauty pageant in Texas. It was a very interesting day, experiencing the efforts that go into the making of a beauty queen. I shot throughout the day. After the crowning I photographed the winners: The money shots are my money shots.

அசீஸ் அன்சாரி

2011-03-21T11:47:00.006-04:00

That's how you write Aziz Ansari.

Harry's Law

2011-03-21T11:34:00.003-04:00

This is the poster for a new show on NBC called "Harry's Law with Kathy Bates, shot on the Universal lot in Studio City.

Badgers

2011-03-21T11:33:00.002-04:00

This is a story for ESPN about how the Badgers overturned many of college football's core beliefs. It was shot in a cold hallway of their stadium in Madison. I take the prop styling credit.

Josh Radnor

2011-03-21T11:14:00.002-04:00

This is actor Josh Radnor of "How I met your mother" turned writer/director of a new film called "HappyThankYouMorePlease", shot at 5th and Sunset in LA.

Mad Love on CBS

2011-03-21T10:57:00.003-04:00

I did the ads and publicity for a new show called "Mad Love" on CBS with Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Tyler Labine and Judy Greer, shot at Smashbox in Culver City.

Marines

2011-01-13T21:44:00.005-05:00

I went to the California desert to meet the Mojave Vipers, a local chapter of the Young Marines. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school. The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members. The program focuses on character building, leadership, and promotes a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

After the "shoot" I had a little fun shooting myself, M4s, M16s, pistols, shotguns, you name it.

Gaga Barbie

2010-12-17T16:54:00.009-05:00

EW came up with the most brilliant idea of doing a year in pictures of Lady Gaga's finest moments and outfits. We re-created paparazzi pictures from her concert tour with the piano on fire, middle finger flipping at a mets game, her interview on Larry King Live, her sister's high school graduation, receiving an MTV award from Cher and scenes from her telephone video in a prison cell and in the prison exercise yard. Michele Romero pulled this shoot together, which involved some very unusual skills, Barbie styling, Barbie hair styling, miniature sets, Barbie make up and Sharpie tattooing.

Awesome Hoff

2010-11-29T16:42:00.002-05:00

I shot the ads for The Hasselhoffs, a new reality show about The Hoff and his two daughters on A&E.

Tallahassee

2010-11-29T16:30:00.004-05:00

When Q asked if I wanted to shoot The Dums I could pick any city on their US tour calendar. I picked Tallahassee, it has some amazing swamp locations surrounding it. I arranged for a couple of boats and picked up the lantern at an antiques shop on the way to the shoot. I stood knee deep in the swamp when I shot these angles, camera tethered into a laptop, we kind of checked for alligators before I went in.

The National

2010-11-29T16:27:00.003-05:00

Fuck You

2010-11-29T16:20:00.002-05:00

"Fuck you" star Cee Lo, formerly Gnarls Barkley. I went to his rehearsal space near Atlanta, which really had nothing to offer picturewise, so I shot on simple colorful backgrounds and let the bling do the work.

Romance

2010-11-29T15:51:00.004-05:00

I shot My Chemical Romance for Q magazine in London. Q suggested doing a Blade Runner theme, which of course is hugely set extensive and expensive. I google-mapped-street-viewed the surrounding of the studio we had booked to see how I can utilize existing structures. I used one of the entrances to the building and all I needed were a few neon signs, some pipes and wires, a smoke machine, add some water, and we were in Blade Runner city.

Betty

2010-11-29T15:45:00.003-05:00

I'm posting this slightly delayed: Betty White for Parade's 2010 Halloween cover.

Raising Hope On Fox

2010-10-04T16:06:00.001-04:00

When the Fox creatives approached me with the initial pdf of shot ideas, there were over 10 great concepts on the table, all of them too good to be edited or eliminated. We decided to be ambitions and aim for doing them all in the one shoot day we had (plus a build and a pre-light day of course). And we did do them all!

Big Bang Theory

2010-10-04T15:56:00.004-04:00

These pictures are from a marathon gallery shoot I did in the spring. We had six simultaneous sets and rotated between them.

A lesser Drew Carey

2010-10-04T13:20:00.007-04:00

Drew Carey lost 100 lb and it is hard to recognize him. In my pictures I was using metaphors for his dramatic weight loss, my favorite being the two walls he squeezed inbetween. We made a small "behind the scenes" video with a Flip camera:

http://www.parade.com/health/2010/09/26-drew-carey-video-extras.html

pet circus

2010-09-24T14:16:00.007-04:00

I came across this show in Vegas and asked if they were interested in doing a shoot. Gregori, the creator of the show who trains the animals and performs, comes from a family of circus performers in Russia. He adopts cats and dogs from shelters. He has two adjacent houses, one for his family and one for his animals. Every day they get loaded up on a van and make the trip to the strip for the show.

Harry Pot...., I mean Dan

2010-07-22T15:05:00.005-04:00

It was hard to call him Dan and not Harry when shooting Dan for a new musical production of "How to succeed in business without really trying". But I did not slip. Dan plays Finch in the 1960 musical that opens on Broadway in February.

The Glades

2010-07-22T14:47:00.005-04:00

I shot the ads for a new show on A&E called The Glades, a detective show that plays in Florida. I shot on the beach in Miami and on a huge swamp set we built in studio. For the beach I requested for it to be cleaned. It was raked with a tractor overnight which did not look right. I needed everybody on set to help me mess it up again. The video was done with a silent film app on an i phone and shows everybody at work ridding the sand from raking streaks.

Newsweek

2010-07-08T19:05:00.004-04:00

I got a call on Tuesday to shoot Nikki Haley in Columbia, South Carolina on Wednesday to be published on the cover of Newsweek on Friday,

Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne

2010-05-24T18:09:00.006-04:00

I shot the Flaming Lips twice before when "Yoshimi battles the pink robots" came out. They became one of my favorite bands. I went back to Oklahoma to shoot the very very cool Wayne Coyne for a Q article. The blood is a standard prop in his shows. I brought flaming contact lenses to the shoot and he agreed to wear them. The big plastic bubble is part of most live shows, Wayne gets in it and crowd-surfs. As a fan I own one, too.

winners

2010-05-24T18:06:00.003-04:00

As part of a campaign for the Game Show Network I shot People doing "victory dances". Here are some of my image choices.

plane spotters

2010-05-24T17:54:00.005-04:00

These guys are plane spotters that spend many hours under Heathrow's runway approaches every week and watch/photograph planes landing and taking off. They take notes. They get exited when a new A380 from Singapore or Sydney lands, or when a Olympic flight from Athens is 7 hours delayed, instead of the usual 3 hours. I know a thing or two about 737s, 747s, 757s, 767s, and 777s, as well as A318s, A319s, A320s, A321s, A330s and A340s, so I cannot totally distance myself from these guys and I had a good time chatting with them.

Mike Myers

2010-05-18T14:48:00.005-04:00

There is always this one big question when going into an editorial shoot: Is the person you're shooting going to go for what you have planned to do? When I presented my ideas to Mike Myers he said: "I don't like these ideas, ...............I love them!" Phew.

Jersey Couture

2010-05-18T14:45:00.002-04:00

I have not watched the show yet, but this family is funny, I very much enjoyed shooting them.

Miami Medical for CBS

2010-05-18T14:04:00.003-04:00

I shot the ads and gallery for a new show on CBS called Miami Medical, shooting around the set of the show on the Warner lots in Burbank.

MTV's The Hills

2010-04-29T00:13:00.005-04:00

I shot MTV's The Hills gallery and ad shoot over two days. On the first day we shot on location at The Thompson hotel in Beverly Hills, the day was eventful, to say the least. The second day was in studio and was to match the on-air promo shoot. There are some 152 pictures uploaded on MTV.com, here's the main group shot and the poster.

Date Night

2010-04-08T02:52:00.007-04:00

Tina Fey and Steve Carrell are on the run in their new comedy "Date Night". I squeezed many ideas into a two hour shoot.

Oklahoma

2010-04-08T02:46:00.002-04:00

I go to Oklahoma often, Oklahoma Thunder, Flaming Lips, Oklahoma Thunder, Flaming Lips. This is Russell Westbrooke for ESPN in an empty parking lot between megachurches.

Will Forte

2010-04-08T02:31:00.003-04:00

Will Forte plays some very silly characters on SNL. I wanted to show him with some of the tools of his trade. And there really is a McGruber movie coming out.

La Roux

2010-04-08T02:27:00.002-04:00

This is British pop sensation La Roux. The posters on the "construction fence"depict her all time favorite albums.

Julian Casablancas

2010-03-12T13:59:00.002-05:00

This portrait of Julian Casablancas (former Strokes frontman) was shot for the "having a drink with..." section of Q Magazine. Russ, the photo editor, asked me to shoot him in a bar or pub. The problem: Julian is sober these days. I opted for empty and tipped over glasses.

Intel

2010-03-12T13:45:00.005-05:00

I shot these ads for Intel with Venables Bell & Partners, AD Ana Maria Osorio, CD Paul Foulkes, AB Debbie Mobley, produced by Michael McClellan for Rasmussen Print. We spent two days of shooting architectural plates on location, and two days shooting people in studio.

Rufus

2010-03-12T13:42:00.004-05:00

Rufus Wainwright for Q. We shot at the Steinway showroom on 57th. The mood was very somber, his mom had passed away the week before, he played the piano through most of the shoot.

happy seniors

2010-03-12T13:36:00.005-05:00

paparazzi magnet

2010-01-26T20:59:00.007-05:00

I shot John Mayer for Q. The plan was to shoot around his neighborhood, Nolita. We were chased around by paparazzi, no spot was save for even 10 minutes.

Yes, I shoot B/W

2010-01-11T15:54:00.007-05:00

TIME asked me to shoot a black and white portfolio for the "year in pictures" issue of the best in film, TV, music and literature: Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Glee, Mary Karr. We anticipated a lot of travel, but all chosen artists happened to be in New York that week. The story was shot over 3 days and went to press the fourth day.

Nascar-Verizon

2010-01-11T15:42:00.003-05:00

I went to Nascar capital Charlotte for Verizon Wireless to shoot the Penske team that drives for Verizon. I shot at the team's stable, the two drivers Justin Allgaier and Will Powers (which is a pretty cool name), around the cars are some of the main crew members.

I did a Playboy cover!

2009-12-11T14:13:00.004-05:00

I got to do a Playboy cover! Chelsea Handler poses for the Christmas issue of Playboy, out now.

I shot the cover on white with fake snow on the ground. We did yet another take on the old Coppertone ad (because every photographer has to do that at least once in his lifetime).

For the inside shots we (or rather Rudge) build an office set to stage an office party. The office workers are Chelsea's staff writers, plus two special guests that Hugh sent. On day 2 we shot on location to watch Chelsea and Chuey prepare their Christmas dinner.

Kansas Jayhawks

2009-12-11T14:02:00.004-05:00

I shot the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team (in Kansas) for a ESPN cover. Our vehicle of choice was a U Haul and we hit a Home Depot to built the set. It must have been the 150th Home Depot I've been to.

Tracy Morgan

2009-10-16T18:53:00.005-04:00

This shot was laid out to be a double spread with headline and article on the left page. My stylist Rahel had this outfit put together on a hanger, but we knew our chances were slim. When Tracy walked into the studio he picked it out immediately, it was his favorite.
Tracy claims he has a black belt in Karate
the bling is not his, he borrowed it (from me, I bought it on Canal Street)

Naked Athletes

2009-10-16T18:16:00.013-04:00

Over the course of the summer I shot athletes from various disciplines to be featured in ESPN sensational body issue, out now. So much problem solving: naked, but no bits and pieces, no cracks, nothing suggestive, nothing homo erotic (and then I had to shoot a bullrider). Many thanks to Catriona, I had lots of fun. I traveled to LA twice, to Washington DC, to Las Vegas, to Calgary, to Edmonton and to South Carolina. Here we go:

LPGA golfers Sandra Gal, Christina Kim and Anna Grezebien taking a break in the bunker. These girls were GREAT!
Carting in Calgary
Metal Mulisha members in the California desert at the Metal Mulisha compound. Blue pants was too shy. Also, the shot is real, no tricks.
DC United and their trophies
Free kick against DC United
Edmonton Oilers slightly oily
Skier Kristi Leskinen on Mt Baldy near LA
Poker players Scotty Nguyen, Jennifer Harman, can't remember and Daniel Negreanu in Vegas
Bullrider Shane Proctor

fakes

2009-10-06T10:40:00.006-04:00

I've been shooting celebrity impersonaters around the country this summer for a personal project. Most of these people make a living as lookalikes and often not only look the part but often sing, dance or speak like their originals. The George Bush guy does a very funny speech.

lots of nudity

2009-10-06T10:35:00.002-04:00

I've been shooting lots of naked people with rather amazing bodies all summer. I can't talk about it and can't show you anything yet for another 2 weeks, but please check back in, I should have it posted in about 2 weeks.

new work: Jay Leno has a new job

2009-09-22T13:37:00.001-04:00

Jay Leno has a new job, which proves that there are still jobs to be found in this recession. In these pictures I wanted Jay to celebrate, roll up his sleeves and go to work. The offices here are actually the ones his new show moved into on the NBC lot.

2009-09-22T13:28:00.000-04:00

Ashton Kutcher has a huge following and deals with his stardom in a very lighthearted and unpretentious way. A week before this shoot I got to chat with Ashton on the phone a couple of times to discuss ideas. I was impressed with his involvement and creativity. In the above shot he has already signed hundreds of autographs and lost track of where he places them.

2009-09-22T13:24:00.000-04:00

Ashton is known for his Nikon ads. I could not help but pick up on that.

2009-09-22T13:08:00.000-04:00

Ashton signing autographs deliriously. I shot the pictures on the table when Ashton first showed up for our photo shoot in Atlanta. I edited these shots during an outfit change. One assistant spent the next couple of hours printing as many pictures as possible while I continued to work on other set-ups. I then shot the above picture at the end of the day.

2009-09-22T13:04:00.000-04:00

Ashton Kutcher is the most "followed" person on twitter

new work: hot bands

2009-07-14T14:55:00.000-04:00

Vampire Weekend, Phoenix and Grizzly Bear shot for the Hot Bands issue of Q. Each picture had to feature fire. It is tricky to get permits around New York for this kind of production, so I decided to imagine the flames while shooting the bands, then later had fun with it at my farm upstate where I could freely burn anything I wanted without getting arrested. Gasoline, rubber cement and lighter in one hand, camera in the other, I shot all the flames I needed for making these shots work.

2009-07-14T14:35:00.000-04:00

The real housewives of New Jersey Danielle and Caroline took housewife drama to a new level. Shot on location in New Jersey at Caroline's family business, a wedding location.

2009-07-14T14:31:00.000-04:00

I've been going to lowrider car shows around LA and shoot portraits of some insanely perfect cars and their owners.

new work: not afraid of reds

2009-07-14T14:21:00.000-04:00

I've been shooting redheads as a personal project

new work: Dead Weather

2009-07-14T14:14:00.000-04:00

Jack White has a new band and a new home: Dead Weather shot in Nashville for Q magazine

new work: ESPN covers

2009-07-14T13:50:00.000-04:00

On their last issue ESPN did a double cover, the front cover with a hand holding up tickets and the question: Who is the No 1 franchise in American sports? The hand in German (mine), but the two fingers are Mexican (Rene's). The sky and tickets are all genuinely American
when you peeled the first cover with the hand and tickets you get to the 2nd cover, and the winner is...the Angels. In this group portrait are the owner of the team Arte Moreno, 4 top players, the manager, administrators, vendors, groundskeepers, parking attendants, etc. We were shooting on the grass at the stadium in Anaheim and got permission from Arte himself.

new work: Wired cover

2009-07-14T13:39:00.000-04:00

I shot Google CEO Eric Schmidt in London for the UK edition of Wired Magazine. Apparently he was hanging with Prince Charles before he came to the shoot.

new work: Pitchmen, Glee, Hugh Laurie

2009-07-14T13:21:00.000-04:00

Hugh Laurie shot for Parade in the studio in LA. The pictures ties to explain why Hugh is so cool.

I shot the ads for a new show on Fox called Glee at a high school in Long Beach

Pitchmen for free credit report, oxy clean, the swivel sweeper and shamvow as exhibits at a museum of natural history, shot in Miami on a set build by myself, Rene and Jamie. Shamvow Vince Offer got arrested the night after the shoot for hiring a hooker for $1000 and beating her face in. The story was put on ice. Three weeks later the king of infomercials Billy Mays bumps his head on a plane and dies the same day in his sleep. The story was killed.