Jake came upstate with me. This is a picture of him in the front yard with his Mamiya.
Image James Ryang 2011
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This is something I wanted to do for awhile. Martha is amazing. The whole thing is bonkers. I’d never been in or seen a studio audience before, except for that time when I was shooting on a sound stage by the Family Feud in L.A. The set, the kitchen, the smells, the cheering women. We stuck out like sore thumbs. I’m even like, “what??!!! did that really happen?” It did. She gave us plant food and a gift certificate. Palazzo and I were the only guys there, except for this guy who stood up when asked where you were from and he yelled out, “Montreal.” I’d never seen so many Chimera softboxes in my whole life. Creamy lighting. That’s all I can say. Woah.
Joel hosted Thanksgiving this year at his loft in Williamsburg. The meal was epic, and the desserts put me down.
Restless People led off the night with their second show of the day for the True Panther showcase at Piano’s. Restless People killed it, followed by equally amazing sets by Janka Nabay, Glasser, Delorean, and Lemonade, respectively. I’m not really a fan of live performance photographs but if anything, it’s a good exercise. Josh Haner, a staff photographer for the New York Times, was also there at the show, and he does it much better. Check out his CMJ portfolios on the New York Times website. His photo of Delorean is below. Lastly, I’d like to thank Dean for curating one of the best shows of the week.
RESTLESS PEOPLE
Last night, the Art Directors Club hosted an opening party for the ADC Young Guns 7 Exhibition. My girlfriend Keren Richter was honored with this prestigious award along with 66 other artists, and I am proud. It was like watching the “design” Oscars. Also, to accompany the exhibition, ADC in a collaboration with Moleskine released a Young Guns 7 book. (images below) Shouts to Tim and Ami for coming out to the event and hanging with us at the Ace Hotel for the after-party. It was a rad evening.
To see Keren’s ADC Young Guns submission, click HERE
And the entirety of her work, can be viewed HERE
These are a selection of installation photographs that I shot for Josh Gurrie as the show was being installed in Openhouse Gallery last friday. I’d like to congratulate him on curating a beautiful show benefitting Movember and Prostate Cancer Research. Lots of people came out, showed their support, and bid on some phenomenal art. I even had some time to do a quick portrait of Josh before heading back to my studio.
Hope St. Brooklyn, NY 10.14.09 (SX-70 with Polaroid 600, magenta gel)
Cause for celebration. My day was seriously made yesterday when the news broke.
Polaroid is coming back.
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Image copyright James Ryang 2009
Bridle Hill Farm is about 3 hours upstate in Jeffersonville, NY. I went up there with Derek and Eva for a shoot awhile back but I never really looked at the photos from that roadtrip until today. The farm was equipped with a riding stable both indoors and out, a few barns, and a perfect white house on a hill. I just saw the film Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas and started thinking about the pastoral landscape as a subject again. These are some images of the property and the farm.
