When fresh flowers, or any fresh fruit or vegetables for that matter, are placed into a clear plastic container or bag, they continue to breathe. They exhale carbon dioxide, creating condensation, vapor and water, becoming the artist’s thumb, smearing and distorting the under painting. This isn’t the first time I’ve photographed edible flowers in boxes; [...]
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Shooting from the Hip #21
Shooting from the Hip #14 & Greenmarket in the Studio #2
As I continue to shoot the Union Square Farmer’s (Green?) Market, I see a pattern. My studio work of Union Square produce over the past three years has clean crisp lines and, with a tip of the hat to Avedon, is shot unadorned with simple lighting. On the other hand, the “as is, where is,” [...]
Shooting from the Hip #14 & Greenmarket in the Studio #2
As I continue to shoot the Union Square Farmer’s (Green?) Market, I see a pattern. My studio work of Union Square produce over the past three years has clean crisp lines and, with a tip of the hat to Avedon, is shot unadorned with simple lighting. On the other hand, the “as is, where is,” [...]
Shooting from the Hip #9
Union Square Market – 3:59PM July 31, 2009 It must have been the ozone in the air from today’s storms. I had better than usual vegetable activity at the Union Square market today. Zucchini flowers were lining up like dancers and baby purple eggplants were laid out like an old master’s painting. And this, a [...]


