While I was in New York, Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, had a party along with Jaden from the Steamy Kitchen (I love that name) and Elise from Simply Recipies. It was an intimate affair. Fancy and fun and on the roof of a hotel. Food bloggers mostly. It went a little something like this.
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Justin Hackworth photographs happy people and beautiful events and he wants to photograph you.
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I wanted to get this couple’s email address and say, hey I just took a really great picture of you two, so let me get your email address and I’ll send it to you. But in my head I imagined they’d think I was a stalker or a weirdo of some sort, or someone trying to sell them pest control.
So I guess they’ll never see it. Too bad. What couple wouldn’t want a picture like that?
Photographed from the Top of the Rock, and overlooking the Empire State Building.
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Maybe you don’t recognize Platon’s name, but it’d be hard to miss his photographs, as they have appeared in Time, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Premiere, Wired and others.
I’ve recently posted some details about my time in New York, but the most fabulous part of my whole week in New York was getting to hear Platon speak about his work and life. (Read what PDN had to say about it).
Platon showed his work and talked about what it took to make the pictures of Larry King, David Beckham, Heath Ledger, Martin Scorsese, Rupert Murdoch, Christopher Walken, Sheryl Crow, Benicio Del Toro, Pam Anderson, Neil Young, Donald Trump, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dr. Dre, Jim Lehrer, Willie Nelson, Jude Law, Elliot Spitzer, Michael Moore, Blondie, Kirk Douglas, James Carville, Spike Lee, Bono, Yoko Ono, Al Gore, Susan Sarandon, Matt Damon, Sylvester Stalone, Mos Def, Edward Norton, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and many, many more.
He said he always asks the subject, “What’s your mantra?” It was great to hear him talk about the wisdom these people left with him after he took their picture. In the end, Platon said his mantra is, “Always master the art of living, and then you’ll be free.”
Also, “I’m a believer that everything takes ten years longer than you think it will. Be relentless. There isn’t a secret to success. You have to have talent, but you have to also be relentless. Agression won’t get it. But how much you love it does”.
Pictured above – Samples of Platon’s work.
Pictured below – Platon at PhotoPlus Expo
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We rode the train to Long Island. Had dinner with Kristi and her neighbor Lou. Jordan and Janna were there too.
I don’t know how this happened but we slept until 11am so by the time we got up, Jordan and Janna had to head back to Virginia. See you brother. We’re going to the beach.
We took some pictures as the sun went down. It was chilly, but mostly you didn’t notice because it felt like paradise being with family and friends.
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I’ll be out of town for a week and won’t have my computer with me. But I’ll have my phone and will check my messages in the evening if you would still like to get a hold of me.
xoxoxo
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To any photographers that may read my blog, I’m wondering if you are going to Photo Expo this year. If so, let me know and let’s meet up.
What is Photo Expo? Here it is from their website:
PDN PhotoPlus continues to be on the cutting edge of what’s happening in photography and imaging. Since 1983 we’ve put on the leading show in the industry – attracting all the exhibitors you want to see, and the industry names you want to network with!
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