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D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
April 18, 2025
These quick on-the-street portraits are some of my favorite ‘guerrilla‘ shoots to do. Typicaly talent reps ask to shoot in a hotel room at a junket but for this one they didn’t have space so they asked to do it on the street next to the hotel which I was more than happy to oblige.
After a quick scout, D’Pharaoh, his PR rep and stylist met me acrosss the street and we hit a few locations. It’s a lot of fun to be a little crew on the sidewalk taking pictures while everybody else is going about their day. Not a bad way to spend a morning.
Emmy Myers
April 3, 2025
Emma Myers photographed for Variety Next - a new editorial franchise highlighting rising actors and actresses.
Emma was promoting the new Minecraft movie and the PR and studio were offering us these little Minecraft blocks.
I would typically turn down branded props from the movie they are promoting. However, we shot this outside on the terrace at Quixote West Hollywood so to juice the set a little bit I said “why not” and stacked them up to make a little environment - though I might have chipped a few of them as they were made of foam...
Turned out pretty super I think.
Amber Midthunder
March 13, 2025
I had the pleasure of photographing Amber Midthunder for WWD. It was the type of shoot I love where I can meet the talent, PR and hair/MUA at a location and just shoot In the open air. On this one It did start sprinkling briefly near the end but we persevered.
She is in two movies opening this month, Novacaine and Opus. I’ve had the opportunity to photograph her once before for Variety.
Awards Season Extra Editions
Feb 7, 2025
I once again had the opportunity to photograph Variety’s Awards Season Extra Editions for the 2024 Awards Season featuring covers with June Squib, Guy Pearce, Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck among others.
Sophie Thatcher
Jan 31, 2025
Sophie Thatcher photographed for Variety Magazine at one of my favorite little parks in the city.
Easterseals
Jan 27, 2025
I was asked by Easterseals and Variety Content Studio to capture portraits of creatives with disabilities and their allies for a series of roundtable conversations on the importance of inclusion and accelerating change in Hollywood.
Sundance Portrait Studio
Jan 26, 2025
I headed back to Park City, UT to photograph the Variety Sundance Portrait studio. I built this little three-sided box in my garage and had it trucked to Park City. I had a blast moving around the set to get different lighting that best suited each subject.