A Chicago Cocktail Crawl

Bartender Charles Joly of the Aviary in Chicago

I love it when an assignment not only gives me an opportunity to do what I love – shoot environmental portraits – but it gives new insights about the city I call home.

When the New York Times magazine asked me to shoot a series of images showcasing Chicago bars and bartenders I was shown five great places to tie one on, all with a unique knot.

Marcus Matteo’s new single ‘I don’t wanna go to work today’

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I worked together with Marcus Matteo to come up with his evocative album artwork for his new single ‘I don’t wanna go to work today.’ Most of it was his idea…. but my contribution was tweaking the pose and adding the keys. All in all Im really happy with the final results.

Video: She’ll look around

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The more I explore new topics with my partner-in-crime Akin Girav the more I fall in love all over again with being a visual artist.

So far the response from our latest video has been great, mostly thanks to the great model we were able to work with, Linda W, represented by Ford Models.