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.

AARP Bulletin Zongo and Me

This is the directors cut of Zongo and Me, that I just completed for the AARP Bulletin. The concept was to adapt portions of the print article and shoot it as a one man play. The inspiration came from John Lithgow performing Newt GIngrich’s press release on the Colbert Report and the classic reading of Green Eggs and Ham by Jessie Jackson on Saturday Night Live. Without the right actor the project would have been sunk from the beginning, so it was pure luck to find Allen Enlow. Allen’s ability to fine tune the voices was amazing and made my job much easier. A typical exchange was, “I need a little less Nicholson and more Cruise!” 

A higher quality link can be found on my site: http://joshuakessler.com/clients/AARP/AARP_Zongo.mp4

Charleston

Normally before visiting a new city I like to learn about it prior to arriving. A few weeks ago I visited Charleston, South Carolina and purposely tried to prepare as little as possible and learn through my camera.Today is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, so it seemed like a perfect day to post my visual findings.