Paul Bruno asked me to shoot the artist Barnaby Whitfield for his third issue of Dirty Magazine. Since Barnaby is a bit of a style icon around town, we thought it would be fun to give his shoot a fashion treatment rather than shooting straightforward portraits. Stylist and friend, Shandi Alexander helped make that idea a reality.
My friend, the artist Karen Azoulay, asked me to document her latest conceptual dinner party titled, Carnation Thunder. The event was held at Soho20 Gallery in Chelsea. Here’s how Karen describes the project:
“CARNATION THUNDER is a fizzy meditation on fireworks and a smoldering sampler of effervescent sensations. This conceptual dinner party will delight you with a parade of dishes, each an interpretation of how the shimmering explosions in the sky might taste.”
A series of fast and violent tornados ripped through Brooklyn and Queens in mid-septemeber. Thousands of trees were uprooted and torn apart across the city. I took these pictures in Park Slope and Fort Greene the day after.
I was asked to shoot painter Marc Dennis for his profile in Dirty Magazine. Marc is inspired by and does much of his sketching at The American Museum Of Natural History in New York City. I shot him sketching in the back rooms of the etomology department, and then did portraits in the Hall Of [...]
![From the story \"Dark Waters\" photographed by David Kimelman for <i>Dirty Magazine</i> in New York City in 2010. Styling by Shandi Alexander. Hair & Makeup by Mark Anthony Edio.](http://davidkimelman.com/blog/images/2011/04/dark_waters_spreads1-555x400.jpg "\\"Dark Water\\" opening spread")
“Dark Waters” is the fashion story I did for Issue No.2 of Dirty Magazine.
Styling: Shandi Alexander
Makeup and Hair: Mark Edio
My boyfriend and I were vacationing in St. Martin’s when Hurricane Earl, a category 3 storm, hit the island. It was rather terrifying at first, but once we realized that the roof wasn’t going to blow off, we were able to appreciate the amazing power of the storm. Fortunately, the island didn’t sustain very [...]
I was asked by East Village Boys to photograph Justin Bond’s very intimate, very beautiful, very powerful performance at Matthu Placek’s most recent salon. The event took place on a balmy August night on Matthu’s rooftop garden in the east village.
I shot the incredible painter and t-shirt artist, Scooter LaForge, for his interview in the recently launched Dirty Magazine.
Read the interview here. And click through to check out the short behind the scenes video that Dirty produced.
A fashion story on men’s suites I photographed for East Village Boys.
I recently spent a few days exploring the magical Santa Elena Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. Despite having a broken toe, I absolutely had to drag some lights into the forest to take these pictures of the remarkable flora. Just look at the place.
I set up a temporary portrait studio at the BLVCK AMERICA’S ‘BLVCK IS THE NEW BLACK’ Chinatown loft party last week. Party goers had a variety of outfit enhancers to choose from to make their precious moments shine. Special thanks to Luisa Opalesky for her mad styling assistance.
I was recently asked by event promoter Nelly R to photograph this fashion event at the Chelsea night club, Cain, in New York City. How could I resist? Look at the looks. Look at the girls. Look at the faces in the audience.
If you got it . . .
Pictures from the East Village Boys fall party.
I shot Jeffrey Self and Cole Escola in a series of vignettes to go along with their interview on East Village Boys. Read the very amusing interview here. See Jeffrey + Cole’s hysterical TV show, Jeffery & Cole Casserole, here.
Holly Otterbein from Philadelphia City Paper interviewed me about my show, Natural Order, in her last chance column this past Friday. You can read the interview here.
Paul Jablow wrote a nice article about my show, Natural Order, in the June 26 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. You can read the article online, here.
Shared memories. Childhood obsessions.
An exhibition of my photographs titled, Natural Order, will be on display from June, 5 - August 26 at Hudson Beach Glass Philadelphia, a gallery in Old City, Philadelphia.
The photographs in the exhibition are about the complex, tenuous, and often contradictory relationships people have with the natural world. They express our fear of elemental chaos, alienation from nature, and our attempts to protect ourselves and put ourselves above the natural order. However, these images also reveal our fascination with natural beauty and wildness, and our reverence for the immutable forces of our planet.
My Grandparents live in West Palm Beach, Florida and I visit them there usually two or three times a year. I find it a fascinating place to take pictures. The area is very unusual. It’s a waspy jet-set destination, a Jewish retirement mecca, and an urban wasteland depending on what block you’re on.