Confession
I have a confession to make. No one, not me or Stephan has shot with the Streetstudio in New York since 2001. I haven't touched the streetstudio.com website in over five years. I tell you this because I got a call today from a nice guy in Chicago giving me props for that work and I had to tell him what the deal was.
Simply put, permits are a pain and the perfect natural light I'm so fond of shooting with these days is a tad hard to come by in the canyons of New York City. While the parks would be fine places to shoot, that doubly complicates the permit process and substantially diminishes foot traffic. The Streetstudio has moved on anyway. After shooting almost 20,000 people in New York, it's time to see what other places have to offer. That's what I'm doing. I have my fingers crossed that I'll be taking it to New Orleans in early February.
Take pictures, be honest.
Simply put, permits are a pain and the perfect natural light I'm so fond of shooting with these days is a tad hard to come by in the canyons of New York City. While the parks would be fine places to shoot, that doubly complicates the permit process and substantially diminishes foot traffic. The Streetstudio has moved on anyway. After shooting almost 20,000 people in New York, it's time to see what other places have to offer. That's what I'm doing. I have my fingers crossed that I'll be taking it to New Orleans in early February.
Take pictures, be honest.
6 comments:
Is that really why the Streetstudio has moved on anyway?
Can we be sure you're being totally honest?
Yeah, I know. It's not my business, anyway....
that's funny. the new york project came to an end for lots of reasons not the least of which was financial. the reason i'm not shooting again now is becasue of permits and light. as for stephan, i haven't heard from him since 2001 either. i know he's around the city but i'm not sure where. no doubt he's making pictures. he's damn talented.
is it totally honest to post anonymously?
You're lucky I like you so much....
:)
I believe you about the finances.
And I know that he's damn talented.
I just thought that perhaps with two very talented people working together at the same art, that creative differences may have struck. Or business ones...
whatever.
And I'm sure that he probably isn't speaking to a lot of people right now, and all for completely mysterious reasons. So, no need to feel bad about that either.
Either way, I'm sorry I touched a nerve. I didn't mean to be nosy.
Doesn't matter that you two aren't working together now. The work speaks for itself.
And no, to answer your question, it isn't entirely honest to post anonymously. But I don't think anyone gives a rat's butt who I am anyway.
I do appreciate the response.
You didn't touch a nerve at all. And there were no creative differences. Stephan was and probably would still be a huge inspiration to me. He simply choses a life different than mine. While we were in sync it was grand. We carry on. I fully expect to see him again if I can muster some enthusiasm for the New York project from a publisher.
Thank you for sharing.
ah permits, the bane of my existence second only to the model release form.
I grew up in Venezuela and my family is from Colombia. I'm glad you took the time while you were there to photograph in your streetstudio format. They are beautiful people (even the surgically altered. heh).
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