Happy Weekend! and Pictures from the Cape…

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For my birthday in May, Chandler drove us up to Cape Cod for the weekend. We didn't do much but walk, and drive around, and shoot pictures, and eat, and shoot some more. Oh, but we did spend some time with my Aunt, my niece, nephew, sis and bro-in-law too : )

These were all shot with a toy camera (the Holga), with medium format film.

Image of the Month: Debjani & Sandeep

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I made this collage for my Image of the Month for June. 

This Spring, I photographed Debjani & Sandeep's Manhattan wedding in the Lower East Side at Angel Orensanz. Yes, in the same location where Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick were married : )

I loved everything about this wedding, from the bride's custom made dress, to the food, to the live band, to the recurring theme of red. I will be showing more of this wedding soon, and I will include a list of vendors…

Published in ELLE Japan

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I was excited to find an issue of ELLE Japan (Mariage) in my mailbox when I returned from the Hamptons last night. It was fun to see a full page feature of Beth & Josh’s wedding, which I shot at the Museum of the City of New York this Spring with the Wedding Library. James Abel designed the bouquets and Canard Catering did the delicious food.

Thanks to Eri Kurobe for the interview, for writing the piece, and for hand delivering my images to the magazine in Japan!

Here are some of my favorite images from the wedding:

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Debjani & Sandeep – Prints on my Table

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Here are the film prints (proofs) on my table, from Debjani & Sandeep’s stunning wedding at Angel Orensanz. This spectacular event was almost entirely planned by the couple! All of the vendors were hand selected by them.

Debjani’s beautiful cream colored (second) dress was custom designed from pieces of sari in India.

More of their Lower East Side wedding to come!

(Day-of coordination by Sonal J. Shah Events)

Image of the Month: Rhubarb Polaroid

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I've been a bit obsessed lately with scanning old polaroids and making new ones. Especially since a lot of the Polaroid films for my professional cameras have recently been discontinued.

This rhubarb photo was made on Fuji instant film for the cookbook I am working on with Silvia Lehrer. The rhubarb was picked for us by a farmer in Amagansett, NY.

Cookbook Prints on my Table

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Here are some film prints (proofs) I just got back from the lab for the Hamptons cookbook. Now I’m back in Water Mill at Silvia Lehrer’s to resume shooting. So much fun. More recipes and photos to come!

From the {Hamptons} Market to the Table

I’ve been working on location lately in the Hamptons for food writer and recipe developer Silvia Lehrer’s next cookbook, Savoring the Hamptons. I was in Silvia’s home in Water Mill, NY for 4 days last week, shooting her recipes and visiting local farms where I shot farmers and artisans with their bees, chickens, cows, goats, calves, vegetables and fish!! There are 8 shoots altogether spanning 4 seasons, and 8 months. Such an incredibly exciting project!

We are currently into the Spring and Summer sections of the book. So much shooting, but we’re nearing the end!

Here are some of the dishes and ingredient shots from the last shoot. My last week’s film is still being developed at the lab… More to come!

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Food and Art {Polaroids}

Happy Friday! I hope you have some nice plans for the weekend.

I'm in the process of revamping my food website — it's been way too long! The weddings took over for a while and now I'm craving a little Food and Art (www.FoodandArt.com) re-design!

I am currently shooting for a cookbook, to be published in the Spring of 2011, so I will have a lot of new work to display. I've also been drawn to some of my older, unshown work and in particular my old Polaroids. I hope to include a few of those on my redesigned site… 

Here are a few favorites which I scanned yesterday:

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Above is my Aunt Julie rolling out some dough for a Pot Pie recipe from her book The Way We Cook, published by Houghton Mifflin, in 2004.

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Image of the Month: Chestnut Hill Cherry Blossoms

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a recent trip to Pennsylvania with Chandler, I bought a few rolls of
120 film and loaded them in my Holga. As we walked through Chestnut
Hill, around The Morris Arboretum, along the Wissahickon Creek and
through Philly I snapped away…


This one image of a cherry blossom tree stands out from the rest for
me. I love how the tree is backlit, with the contrasting color of the
green grass and the stone architecture behind it.

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