It’s no secret. We LOVE promos. We especially love really great promos we can tack to our walls for future inspiration. So you can imagine our disappointment when we got Bransch’s promo in the mail. It’s HUGE! The photos are great and we are digging the cover by Thomas Hannich , but we just don’t have any room!
Check out Bransch and their awesome blog!
- The Art Buyers
If there’s anything better than illustration, it’s when illustration meets music. Does anyone else miss flipping through music packaging? Check out Hugo and Marie’s showcase of their artists’ album artwork, including one of our favorites, Micah Lidberg, who did the Gang Colours album above.
Beck and Sea Power & Change album art by Mario Hugo
The collective has become a big thing. It seems like there is a new photography collective popping up monthly. It’s a cool concept and seems to really work for photo-journalists. They can bounce ideas off of each other and make client connections.
Most collectives seem to be born from friendships or deep admiration for another’s work. We haven’t worked with a collective over here yet, but they are certainly on our radar. The one thing that concerns us is that it is always nice to have the agent as a middle man (or woman.) It takes the pressure off of the creative relationship when we don’t have to discuss money with the person who is also going to be manning the camera.
Anyway…this was in our in-box this morning. It’s a prop stylist collective. What do you think? How do you think this works? Are you in support or are you rolling your eyes. Talk to us.
We shoot out in LA a lot…like A LOT! We have made several hotels our second homes, but the list is short. Most of these hotel rooms are larger than our apartments so we don’t really mind. There is one that we especially love. They have done everything from making us gluten free pasta dishes to upgrading entire teams to beautiful suites for extra long stays. This amazing hotel is the Oceana.
We first discovered it about 7 years ago. It was the location for one of our shoots. We were staying down the street in a much less pleasant place and when we first walked into one of the rooms we were sold. It’s our go-to in Santa Monica. The location is perfect, the rooms spacious and the staff becomes family. We have even stayed there through their massive renovation.
One of us was shooting well into December one year and ordered room service for yet another night. We were watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and sitting on floor. It was a sad sight. The bellman who delivered the dinner came and sat on the floor and shared some truffle fries…it wasn’t so sad after that. They really are amazing there.
Soooo…the image above is a box that arrived from our friends at the Oceana this morning. What a fun thing to have arrive on a Monday morning—a box of pink treats from one of our favorite hotels saying that they can’t wait to see us! Can’t ask for more than that!
We can’t wait to see you either, Oceana! If you haven’t ever been…check it out. They are just the best place to rest your weary bones after a long shoot day and so production friendly that it is a little ridiculous.
This is fun…Be sure to follow their blog too!
Two photographers share the same rolls of film to create remarkable double exposures.
We met with the fine folk over at Emissary Artists and well, we love them. Chris Grimes was an Art Buyer at Crispin for years and then went over to the other side less than a year ago. He has been bringing on new talent and we like where he is going with it. He has a great sense of what’s happening in the photographer world and the books look good. He also seems like he could be our new friend.
Chris also knows how to throw a portfolio review. Aside from the tasty food, wine and beer, he brought along photographer, Emiliano Granado, who was super easy to talk to and funny. We think he’d be a blast to shoot with.
We had a great turn-out and I think we even wiped them out of promos. They had some great stuff and we are looking forward to what Chris is going to do next over there!
A great article and interview on Magnum Photographer, Jim Goldberg.
Check out this great article on Adhesive. We’re sure that most of you know who they are and have been to at least one of their mixers and maybe we have met some of you face to face at there…they “stick creative people together.”
One of their co-founders, Wini Alcorn, is an Art Buyer (Art Producer) and a darn good one at that. We also heart Shabnam from Kate Ryan, Inc. It’s pretty impressive that they have been running adhesive all while having successful careers. Our hats off to the four of you.
This Thursday they are having their 5th birthday. That’s pretty amazing. We’ve really been trying to get out there to attend more industry gatherings lately. It’s a great way to meet people and to not make business so business-y! Maybe we will see you there.
Be sure to check out Adhesive’s website too!
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I need a photographer who has deep human resources…
I need a photographer who can ask good questions…
I need a photographer who can simplify complexity …
I need a photographer whose producer can, at any given time quantify (in terms of time and money) what the inevitable changes and additions mean…
A photographer who is always thinking of the most efficient way to solve any problem and is able to articulate it from that perspective…
But perhaps most importantly, I need a photographer who can hold the idea that we brought to them – the one the creatives have spent the last few months and weekends developing, presenting, refining, presenting, selling, testing, presenting, resuscitating, presenting, refining and reselling… A photographer who can hold it like a torch, amidst all the chaos and needs, in their unique style; the reason we came to them.
—Liz Miller-Gershfeld, VP, Sr. Art Producer at Energy BBDO talks about the “new normal” at an agency meeting; VIA aphotoeditor
This is perfect.
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Well, we finally met him…
Last night we were at a party hosted by the fantastic production company, Proof Films. They are so amazing and we love working with them. They produce a lot with Jason Nocito and we have been hearing about him for years and last night we met the man behind the on-camera-flash. We are sure that you all know his work. He shoots everything from Puma to Levis to Coke.
Jason was super cool and nice and declared, “Work with me! I’m fun!” His posse nodded and smiled. Jason looks like the pictures that he takes. He has that classy hipster thing about him. Our Art Directors love his images. They are usually mesmerized by his book. We recently had one Creative Director say, ” I never look at books this for this long.”
He’s a cool dude. Check him out if you don’t already know him.
Street photography…kind of a thread of our day on here.
We loved watching this interview of Joel Meyerwitz. We especially loved how he differentiates a fashion photographer and a real photographer…hee, hee.
Who are your favorite street photographers?
We had the pleasure of having Gus Powell unfurl and shake our hands in a personal meeting recently. We initially loved his work when Goldteeth & Co. came in to share some new portfolios with us. They also shared some crazy flavored macarons from Dana’s Bakery, peanut butter & jelly!?!? But that’s a post for another day.
We immediately associated Gus’s work with Jeff Mermelstein’s work. We are huge fans of Mermelstein over here and were honored when he allowed us to hang his twirl/run show in our rotating lobby gallery. When we mentioned this to Gus he agreed and then detailed some of the differences in their work. He spoke of the space that he uses and how he sees. It was so obvious once the conversation was going and Gus was kind and eloquent as he explained his process.
Look out for Gus’s work in Fast Company and The New Yorker. We think that he’s one to watch. What do you think?
Just a little shout out to David Harriman. If you don’t know his work…know it…now! The man is amazing and loved for his gorgeous imagery as much as for his lovely and sweet personality. We are lucky to have him close by in NYC these days.
