Detroit

I got to spend two weeks in Detroit this summer finishing up the Ford Motors  job and it was a gift. There are a lot of negative things said about the Motor City, but I can only offer positive thoughts. The people I met, the improv I watched, the food I ate, the art I saw, the glorious car culture I bathed in all left me completely inspired. Detroit is like a delicious chili dog from the city's famous landmark, Lafayette Coney Island—it is the sum of the parts that make  it a glorious, wonderful mess. 

Ford, Spain and two great weeks.

Every day that I get to make images is a great day and I always feel like the luckiest person in the world. Being hired by Team Detroit to direct a series of one minute portraits of 10 engineers for Ford Motors was the exception to the rule, lucky does not even begin to describe it, it was just plain perfect. Sure, Barcelona is one of the great cities of the world, Calatrava a genius among architects, the food excellent, the local beer delicious, the mountain scenery of Solsona stunning and the work itself a pleasure. Beyond that, being in Spain and talking about cars all day was a dream come true. I could go on but the best part of the trip was working with my my crack team, Ken Robinson and Cole Slutzky. Ken, Cole and I will forever have a bond that could only be formed living and working in a Volkswagen van for fourteen days together. Make an appointment to have drinks with the three of us and we will tell you inside jokes for hours. 

Dancing In Florence

Words are hard to use to describe Italy, it is just so. It is the things you see, taste, hear and smell. This is just one of those moments in Florence.

Lior Sercarz

Meeting Lior is something one never forgets—how many spice blenders do you know? Lior is an artist, scientist, historian, story teller and collector, but his passion in what he does is what you notice most when sharing a conversation over strong coffee.

www.laboiteny.com

Stephanie Von Watzdorf

Stephanie is the mastermind behind the new fashion line Figue. The genius of her clothing is that she truly exemplifies all of the qualities of her brand—she's worldly, colorful and so much fun.

Los Angeles

I always have a great time in Los Angeles, great friends, Philippe’s French dipped sandwiches and perfect skies. Besides where else can the window of your hotel room remind you to party? 

Richard Serra

Often to recharge I'll head off for a drive north of the city. One of my favorite routes takes me past the DEA Beacon. There is something so special about wandering through a canyon of steel built by Richard Serra. 

surface interest

Surface interest is a new blog I started to showcase my abstract work. I've always joked that I became a photographer because I can't draw! Well, this is my attempt at painting without paint. I liken this to going to the visual gym.

www.surfaceinterest.tumblr.com

WIne for Thanksgiving

Lately I’ve been collaborating with the wonderfully talented food stylist Mariana Velasquez. Mariana wanted to do a shoot related to wine, so I had the idea to shoot the wine not the vessel and it got wonderfully trippy. It is my imagined conversation between Bill Viola and Mark Rothko. Once again my good friend and great musician Erik Carlson of AreaC provided a perfect soundscape. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

1 MInute Bio: Carl

I just completed the first in a series of one minute biographies.The concept is to start with a great still image, have it come to life and then tell a story in under a minute. The Hemingway could not write a story in less than six words, and then being Hemingway he did it with aplomb:

"For sale: baby shoes, never used"
One minute in video is the equivalent of six words in print.