My good friend and, until recently, neighbor Derek Erdman has a big art show this Saturday: Without Wax: 14 Years of Derek Erdman in Chicago (RSVP to derek@nationalheadquarters.org), presented by National Headquarters. Sadly (for us Chicagoans), Erdman moves to Seattle next month.
I’ve been having a good time shooting portraits for Luxe magazine’s “Style Makers” section–I shot one a couple weeks ago, and the portrait above appeared in the Spring 2010 edition. These assignments are a treat for me; the section runs black and white photos, which I love to shoot, and the subjects have been fascinating people in interesting spaces. The Renaissance man pictured is architect, painter, sculptor, writer, critic, and poet Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine.
Available light shot of Velouria Adore, from a test shoot last week.
Very sad news: Chicago jazz legend Fred Anderson has died. I had the honor to photograph Anderson several times; above is a shot taken at the new Velvet Lounge, and below is the album cover for Duets 2001 which I shot at the original location (both pictures shot for the Thrill Jockey label). Fred was beloved by countless fans and fellow musicians–Chicago won’t be the same without him.
Update: Check out Peter Margasak’s obit at the Reader.
Say “please.”
This is zine artist Edie Fake, shot in the basement of Quimby’s bookstore for Best of Chicago 2010 in this week’s Reader. Be sure to check out his work.
Insightful and wisecracking Tuk, another lovely Taoseño I shot last week for Black and Gold, a film in progress by Diane Izzo and Marco Zas. Pt. 1 is here.
Restaurant Magazine has dubbed Chicago’s Alinea best place to eat in the United States. If the wait is too long or your wallet’s on the slender side, head over to Halsted St. and for a modest fee a Greek dude will set fire to a delicious slab of cheese for you. Hey New York and L.A.–now who’s the second city? I shot this portrait for the Village Voice. Here’s another one.
I met my good friend Daniel Carlson in a high school photography class–we bonded over a mutual snobbery for Ilford film over Kodak. He was just in town so we took press shots to promote his stellar new record Aviary Jackson. It’s available now for download, and in June you can get the CD, which features gorgeous artwork (including a 20 page booklet) by Karl Jensen.
I shot the lovely and talented Samba Mapangala and Nathaniel Braddock of the fabulous Occidental Brothers Dance Band International for the cover of this week’s Chicago Reader. In addition I shot Mission of Burma and Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda for the Photo Pit page in the same issue.
I’m happy to be participating in the Chicago Alderman Project, an art show which involves fifty artists depicting the fifty aldermen of the Chicago City Council. I shot Scott Waguespack for this project–he represents my ward, the 32nd–at my studio, where we were joined by a writer and photographer from the Chicago News Cooperative who covered the shoot for a story that was recently published in the New York Times (I can hardly believe that my longtime dream of having my ass depicted in a world class periodical has now been fulfilled). There’s an opening reception for the show this Friday, from 7-11PM at Johalla Projects Gallery, at 1561 N. Milwaukee Ave.
I had a chance to get a sneak peek at the show, and there’s some great work by artists including Derek Erdman, Casey Stockdon, Jennifer Greenburg, Andrea Jablonski, and Melissa Ann Pinney.
Here’s an outtake from my photo session with Waguespack.
The Blacks are celebrating the release of their new album tonight Schubas. I shot this picture for Magnet in 2000.
Gothicfest 2005, shot for Spin. I posted a few other pictures from that shoot a while back.
Here’s a picture of the sensational masked rock ensemble The Goblins, not to be confused with Italian prog-rockers Goblin, the California metal band Goblin Cock, or the Serbian punk outfit Goblini. Somebody needs to start a Wikipedia page on these guys.
The Goblins photographed for their album, Missing Fits. Photo: Jim Newberry.
Awful news from Memphis.
Memphis musician Jimmy Jay Lindsey Jr., better known as Jay Reatard, was found dead in his Midtown home this morning, according to family and friends. He was 29.
Memphis police have opened a death investigation, spokesman Jennifer Robinson said. Lindsey was found around 3:30 a.m. at his home, Robinson said.
“Yeah, it’s true,” said Alicja Trout, a friend and former bandmate. “I don’t know much about it yet, because I haven’t been able to get in touch with the police.”
– Jody Callahan, Commercial Appeal
Yesterday’s Village Voice profiles aberrant musician Weasel Walter, who just moved from Oakland, California to Brooklyn (where he’s got three gigs this month). I took this photo for the Reader in 2002, back when he was a Chicagoan. I wish more people I photographed wore antennae…
Tomorrow night Rob Mazurek will be at the Hideout performing with Matt Lux, Joshua Abrams, Jason Adasiewicz, and John Herndon (with John Corbett DJ’ing between sets). Should be quite a show. Peter Margasak previews the concert in the Reader. I shot this picture of Mazurek in 2006 for Thrill Jockey.
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