While many of us spend the winter months bemoaning the cold weather and counting down the days until spring, Minnesotans are playing pond hockey.
Huddling up on small, neighborhood ponds where the ice is continually undulating under foot to play hockey, northern communities know how to keep the winter doldrums at bay. And capturing the sport, a derivative of traditional hockey played at a smaller scale, had been on photographer Shaun Fenn’s project wish list for some time.
Read MoreMany hands make light work, and in the case of a recent rare collaboration between MCA photographers Annabelle Breakey and Randal Ford, it also makes for a lot of creativity and fun.
Read MoreRJ Muna is not only known for his gravity-defying shots of contemporary ballet dancers in flight—he’s loved for them. Last week, the Graphis Photography Awards announced Muna as the recipient of a windfall: eight awards in Platinum, Gold, and Silver, and his image for Alonzo King LINES Ballet adorning the 2023 Graphis Photography book cover.
Read MoreThe holidays are full of scents that spur emotion and nostalgia. A fresh-cut Christmas tree, a simmering pot of mulled wine, the sharp snap of a peppermint stick—there’s nothing like the power of scent to awaken your merry memories and set the stage for new ones. This year, deodorant and body care brand Native took favorite yuletide fragrances and, checking them twice, made their lists for Naughty and Nice.
Read MoreWhat’s more fun than a pair of Crocs? How about a pair of Crocs bedazzled with limited-edition Jibbitz and worn by the legendary Jonathan Van Ness? Getting warmer. A pair of Crocs worn by Jonathan Van Ness and an utterly adorable litter of puppies? In the words of the lovable Queer Eye star himself: Yass!
Read MoreA beautiful story always begins with wreckage. That is why we burned our maps, and toppled all our lighthouses and cathedrals to certainty; and became nothing but Phoenix ash and feathers, with only broken hearts for our broken Earth alive and beating.
Read MoreToday on the blog, we are sharing a personal project shot by Margaret Lampert. Read below to hear the inspiration for this series, in Margaret’s words.
Read MoreThe eyewear brand Foster Grant has been around for over a century, outfitting Americans with high-quality reading glasses, sunglasses, and now blue light glasses. Originally a women’s hair accessory company, Foster Grant began using celluloid technology in 1919 to manufacture imitation ivory and tortoiseshell products—first in hair combs and clips, and then, after procuring the first injection molding machine to be imported from Europe, in eyewear frames.
Read More“Big brand, big photo studio, big images. It’s sweet to be invited to that party—that’s for sure,” says Annabelle Breakey, reflecting on her recent work for McDonald’s. Last November, Breakey traveled to Chicago, home of the Golden Arches, to shoot Crispy Chicken Sandwich and McPlant (McDonald’s proprietary plant-based patty) campaigns—her third job for the legendary international brand, and her first trip to McDonald’s HQ.
Read More“For me, the beach is home,” says photographer Shaun Fenn, reflecting on the natural ease of a recent photo shoot on Laguna Beach for the Santa Monica-based textile brand Shoo for Good. “I’m very comfortable on the beach, as was our client. We did our homework upfront, which allowed everyone to be relaxed on set in alignment with the product.”
Read MoreOne of the greatest achievements in the world of professional dance is the ability to make physical and mental rigor look effortless. Dancers combine untold hours of training, rehearsing, and personal tenacity to embody what we often simply call grace—as though their abilities were god-given rather than worked for tirelessly.
Read MoreCongratulations to Christopher Wilson for winning a stunning 12 Gold and Silver awards in the Graphis 2022 Photography Annual. Today, we are showcasing just one of those award winning series, shot for Walter Magazine and titled Fallen Light. When I asked Christopher about this shoot, here is what he had to say.
Read MoreThere may be no better way of breaking down cultural and linguistic barriers than by putting a musical instrument in someone’s hands. Photographer Shaun Fenn surely found this to be true in his recent portrait series of mariachi musicians and dancers, which he shot over the course of a week traveling through Todos Santos, La Paz, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This was a personal project for Fenn, and one that ended up being an emotional antidote to a year of COVID-related strain. “You can’t sit and listen to mariachi and not be happy,” Fenn shares.
Read MorePhotographer Michael Prince photographed Moderna chairman Noubar Afeyan—one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial science leaders of our time—at his offices at Flagship Pioneering in Boston. The photograph was used as one of five covers that Forbes commissioned for the 40th Annual Forbes 400 edition, and is Prince’s fifth cover for Forbes this year. Congratulations to Afeyan and Prince alike for receiving their due recognition.
Read MoreSeldom do many of us stop to think about how the images on food packaging come to be there. As consumers, we take for granted that dozens of bags of chips line a grocery store shelf, as if divined without the involvement of dozens of hands and minds. Having recently gone through an extensive visual-systems rebrand with Lay’s, photographer Annabelle Breakey knows this isn’t so—she knows exactly how the chips fall.
Read MoreRandal Ford’s love of portraiture began when he was a photojournalism student at Texas A&M. “I just fell in love,” he says. “I fell in love with creating a picture versus taking a picture. And I fell in love with working with the person on the other side of the camera to capture their likeness.” It was during these initial forays into the field that Ford saw Richard Avedon’s In the American West exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, and in Avedon, Ford recognized how a distinct aesthetic edge could bring narrative and image even closer together.
Read MoreFinally sharing some images and BTS from a recent project of Mathew Turley’s, shooting agriculture for one of BASF’s new products. Thanks to Annie Henley and VMLY&R for the assignment!
Read MoreFewer things are more telling of a city’s culture than its food, and, like most things in Texas, the flavors in Dallas are big, and getting bigger. In 2019 the city was named Bon Appetit’s Best Restaurant City of the Year, and photographer Randal Ford was brought in to capture those wielding the knives and spices—Dallas’s “finest in chef-driven cuisine”—and the culinary creations they’re cooking up.
Read MoreAnnabelle Breakey isn’t shy about her love of photographing fast food. Her foray into the field of French fries and Frappuccinos began in 2000 (with first clients being Burger King and Starbucks) after the dot-com bubble burst and her previous high-tech and product catalog work was stymied. “When the implosion happened, I was like, that’s it, I'm only going to shoot beautiful things and work with interesting stylists,” she remembers. “That’s when I started shooting food and editorial, and now I’m in the lane of super fun, colorful, conceptual food.”
Read More“We were trying to capture the essence of the place,” explains photographer Matthew Turley of his recent work shooting stills for Maine Tourism. Essence may be a singular noun, but what Turley’s photos of the northeastern-most tip of the country reveal is that the quintessential nature of a place is found in its multitudes. A wild mix of elements at the edge of the continent—of landscapes, foods, trades, cultures, ecologies, and lives lived—is what makes Maine inimitable.
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