One of the images from my Boston Home magazine story has been selected for this year’s American Photography 28 annual. The website just launched and the book will be released in November. It’s my first inclusion and I’m honored to be among a great company of photographers.

:: A Photo Editor blog mentions the award.

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As I’ve mentioned previously, one of my favorite architects is Eero Saarinen who designed the building in this photograph: the TWA Terminal at JFK airport. The design of the building is supposed to resemble a bird with its wings spread in flight.

Back when you could do an impromptu photo shoot at an airport terminal, I took my good friend Evana and put her in an actual TWA flight attendant’s uniform from the 1970′s and off we went, with her pretending to be a stewardess from another era. My favorite part of this image is how the setting sunlight brushes the building, highlighting the swoops and curves that Saarinen was famously known for. The terminal has since closed its doors (in October 2001) and is a New York City landmark.

New images for Chloe + Isabel‘s spring/summer catalog. I shot both the model look book and the still life images with a colorful garden party theme. (Bonus: I had fresh flowers for days after the shoot.)

:: See more images here. / Behind the scenes

For Boston Home magazine’s winter issue, I was called upon to photograph a stunning mid-century modern home and its home owners in a cozy suburb of Boston. Our story was inspired by the classic James Bond movie, From Russia with Love and was set to include elements of fashion, still life and architecture. The challenge was creating a storyline that wasn’t too heavy-handed but had just enough details to suggest something secretive was happening inside the home. Our ‘spies’, Scarlett and Adrian did what any official undercover agents would do: they donned wigs, typed missives on a vintage typewriter and sipped cocktails by a roaring fireplace. See all of the images here.

:: Boston Home’s editor Rachel Slade’s behind the scenes

Art Director: Liz Noftle | Editor: Rachel Slade | Fashion Stylist: Callista Wilson | Props Stylist: Kara Butterfield | Hair & Makeup: Michelle McGrath

“Great love affairs start with Champagne…” ― Honoré de Balzac

“I don’t think I’ve ever drunk Champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before.” ― George Peppard as Paul Varjak in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Happy New Year!

Gena Rowlands’s character’s descent into madness in John Cassavetes movie, A Woman Under the Influence provided the inspiration for this fashion story. Shot for City magazine, a 70s era house in Long Island provided the perfect backdrop for a woman at home going slowly batty while engaged in odd activities. The vintage orange hair dryer was discovered at a yard sale and I had the model pretend to use it outside. I love the warm colors and the mishmash of psychedelic swirls and the monochromatic dress. The silhouettes on the dress were so beautiful and reminded me of Kara Walker‘s intense artwork.

Inspired by A Woman Under the Influence, watch the trailer here.

Happy holidays! Sparkly jewels shot for Chloe + Isabel‘s winter/holiday catalog. I worked with the very talented prop stylist Gözde Eker who made such beautiful props for the shoot. See the full catalog here.

I was very excited to photograph Lucky magazine’s Fall Bag Guide which appears in their new October issue and online. For the story, I imagined a perfect Sunday afternoon: doing the crossword puzzle, going to the bookstore, catching an afternoon matinee. We shot at numerous locations in Brooklyn – my favorite being inside one of the theaters at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema.

view the images in my portfolio

I recently shot a bevy of road trip essentials (sunglasses, iPods and lots of sunblock) for Smash magazine‘s summer issue. The perfect things for a tennis buff on the perfect backdrop: a gorgeous 1954 Packard convertible.

Norwegian-based Heart magazine was started by mariell øyre in the spring of 2010 (after dropping out of photography school!) She describes Heart as “a magazine about art and love and things that make you weak in the knees or warm behind your ribs. It’s about parties on wednesdays and getting your heart broken, about flowers and pumpkins, sunday brunches and being sad enough for your heart to break into a thousand pieces.”

Issue #3‘s theme is Paris, inspired by spending two months discovering the city on her own. It is filled with beautiful photography and design and I am eagerly awaiting my copy in the mail.

Mariell also had some kind words for me on her corresponding blog. {English translation is at the bottom.}