PUBLIC SCHOOL

Elizabeth Street

Casey just wrapped up a shoot for the new Elizabeth Street Cafe on South First. Check out the new photographs after the jump and the review over at Culture Map. The building and food are both incredible.

The Daily – Tucker Max

Last week I was asked to photograph bad boy of literature, Tucker Max. After nearly a decade of writing about his mid-20′s exploits, his final book in the Frat-ire genre is coming out tomorrow. The Daily published a feature yesterday on their iPad only newspaper app, but you can catch the article online, as well as a couple other portraits that I shot of him here.

Alexander & Sons

Alexander & Sons is the personal photographic work of Casey Dunn. The name comes from a mercantile owned and operated by his great great grandparents in the late 1800′s. Casey has borrowed their title to simply carry the torch and pass on the family business by sharing the stories of what is important to him. My personal favorite body of work is Dunn’s “Hoop Dreams.”  I have seen this project unfold slowly over the past few years and I am so glad it is finally gathered in one place for everyone to enjoy.

I spent hundreds of hours out there over the next ten years avoiding family functions and shooting hoops on that rim. I usually spent less time working on my game and more time daydreaming. Shooting hoops has always been my escape. As I started to travel a bit more, I started to notice more and more back yard goals that had fallen into disrepair the same way my childhood rim had. I loved the idea that some other kid had spent countless hours dreaming while shooting baskets the same way I did.

Dunn has successfully captured and collected basketball goals from around the country. This is a simple idea with a complex and intricate message. Each weathered goal tells a new and different story to the viewer. The goals are not just seasoned structures, they are tales of dreams, hard work, and eventually abandonment. I have collected a few of my favorite of Casey’s photos after the jump.

José Castrellón – Priti Baiks

In Panama where people’s finances are limited, these men spent what little they have to decorate their bicycles as a representation of their personality. José Castrellón travelled around trying to find several of them and produced this series he calls “Priti Baiks“. See more after the jump.

Self Pop Tart

Mirror self-portraits are sort of weird, but are way weirder when you swap out the phone for a pop-tart. The Self Pop Tart Tumblr is a testament to that.