This blog has been a little quiet lately, but I’ve been busy with a few photo shoots, reorganizing my studio, and meeting with people about the Lower East Side project. It’s too early to say anything specific, but there is reason to be hopeful that there will be a major exhibition of the LES pictures in the foreseeable future

The New Museum in Inspiring Space

One of the people I met with recently is Ethan Swann of the New Museum, which is located around the corner from my apartment/studio. Ethan is heading up an initiative of the museum called the Bowery Artists Tribute, which is an educational and community outreach program having to do with the rich cultural heritage of the Bowery and surrounding neighborhood. There is a website with a map and bios of many of the artists, past and present, who have lived or worked in the area.

Pages from Inspiring Space

A few weeks ago I attended a panel discussion at the museum, sponsored by the Bowery Artists Tribute, featuring several artists talking about how they ended up on the Bowery, and how the surroundings may have influenced their work. Ethan has a great job, part of which consists of patiently listening to people like me rambling on about life and art on the Bowery. And I think it is admirable of the museum to open itself up to the local community.

Bowery images, Inspiring Space

Back in the summer I made photographs for a Dutch publication called Inspiring Space, which is basically a promotional vehicle for a large real estate firm in the Netherlands. I worked with a journalist and put together a series of pictures about new park, cultural, and environmental projects currently underway in New York. The magazine can be read online–although the article is in Dutch–and 10 of my photographs are presented. Part of the article discusses the New Museum as a catalyst for change on the Bowery, and two of my Bowery/Houston Street photos are included.