A few days ago I partnered up with my friend in lenses Ari Joseph and headed out to Richmond Hill, the neighborhood with the highest Sikh population in New York. The adventures unfolded from there. More pics and video we shot now appear on the blog Untapped New York, but these are from my personal stash.
After a number of scout sessions, we finally got a shoot in the can; the music video for Thaddeus Clark’s “Downtown Connect.”
Gambler to Dux: How do you feel, do you feel strong?
Frank Dux: I feel good.
It was an adventure.
Me and the Demon Doctor have been going back and forth on this thing for years, decades it seems. Every time we link up, someone has to bust out the fly shades. At breakfast today, it was his turn. I’ll be back though.
It was a Sunday evening, a little over a year ago. Thaddeus Clark is on the phone.
Thadd: Let’s do a video.
Me: Cool. When.
Thadd: Wednesday.
Me: Word!
That’s how it came together. We had been talking/planning. But it was one of those maybe, maybe not kind of things. Never the right window. Until the window opened. And we jumped through.
We never got to use the shot above, but it’s one of my favorite still frames from the shoot. And below that is another little something with Thaddeus Clark from a month before the shoot. Props to Teddy Boy for always coming through with the proper threads. The Side Hustle album is a free download. And you can’t beat that with a bat!
For the past few seasons I’ve shot video for Gary Graham’s fashion week presentations under the tutelage of Alex Antitch for Ace Collective. Antitch is Graham’s regular photographer and the creative director of his most recent shows. This time around the shoot was at Graham’s recently christened Tribeca space. There was the usual frenetic energy belowdecks and the calm focus of execution above.
During the first fifteen minutes of the show photographers jostle for position in front of the attendees. “Hey man, you’re in my shot.” It’s a scrum. After they decamp, there’s room for everyone to look.
I posted on Bradford Young’s big Sundance win over at Desedo. And a hearty congrats here! Process interview? Got that. And a couple pics from the archive.
