Sam at 24

My brother turned 24 last week, which is hard for me to believe. I took the opportunity to do some 4x5 portraits of him in the backyard of our parents house in Connecticut. I have photographed him so much in the past, but now less because, you know, he is 24, and off becoming the amazing person he is and will be. I have no shame in my love of history, both personal and cultural. Photography enhances the marking of time past, shows you how far we have come, and how different or the same we are. I love being able to remember. Especially when the pictures show me this handsome young man...

but in my minds eye I see this...

Rose

Les bicyclettes

I have noticed they come in pairs

Emme Bakes

This past weekend I did a still-life project with an old friend from RISD, Erin Madorsky. She has two new business ventures and we did pictures for both. This is for her baked goods company, Emme Bakes.

Drunk and preggers

I just remembered this self portrait session from the fall of 2005 in Los Angeles. Good ol' LA. I still have that dress. I think I bought it at a vintage place and didn't realize for a couple months that it was a maternity dress.

I see you

A view from above at Lincoln Center plaza this morning.

meet me backstage baby

I am very happy to be shooting backstage again this season for Full Frontal Fashion! I love the madness. Check it out daily.....here is day two, which covers Nahm, Misha Nonoo, Rebecca Taylor & Cynthia Rowley.

Get excited

Oh it is almost Fall. I can feel it in the air, the few sharp turns of a breeze, the leaves caught in my scarf, the boots taken to the cobbler and hot toddies on the horizon. Ok, today was still pretty hot, and I was carrying an umbrella around Lincoln Center for the first day of ye ol' Fashion Week for no reason. I have been super busy lately with the picture taking, which is wonderful. Here are some of my favorites from a lookbook yesterday for Annabelle. She knocks it out of the park every time.

Working Life: Melissa, August 3, 2011, New York City

Melissa Lopez-Leach runs the show over at Annabelle's new store in the Lower East Side on Ludlow Street.

You walk through this