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Tearsheet for Outside Magazine, a story on bike thieves. Shot in Portland, OR in late 2011. View large.
I’ve known Amy Silverman, now the photo editor at Outside Magazine for a long time now. She and I were always emailing back and forth about front of book stuff for years, like since 2007 or so, when Amy Feitelberg was the photo editor and Amy Silverman was associate photo editor.
Amy S. was always stoked, always nice, always wrote me to see if I had the front of book odds and ends… often I didn’t but sometimes I did, and I always was pumped that she reached out to me, especially for cycling and snowboarding related work, time after time. So thanks for that!
Fast forward to mid-late 2011, when Miss Feitelberg took off to work at LA magazine, and Miss Silverman moved up to the photo editor position at Outside. I very soon got an inquiry from her about a totally awesome sounding assignment: could I go up to my former home in Portland, OR and shoot a concept photo essay on the act of bicycle thievery? I said hell yeah, hell yeah, fuckin’ right, all right (it’s a Drake lyric ok).
Took an airplane ride to PDX, called up some ominous looking friends, got a bike, got some soft metal chains to cut through, big yellow bolt cutters and a hacksaw, and spent two days basically cruising around Portland doing fake theft setups, still lives, and some kinda conceptual work. We got the cops called on us numerous times, but I just opened the lock with my key and explained what we were doing. Soon, apparently, all the cops knew what we were up to in the downtown area and we were no longer hassled.
Big thanks to my friends Dan Cronin (brown corduroys… he’ll kick your ass), Neil DaCosta (black pants… he’ll break your nose), and Daniel Wakefield Pasley (not pictured… he’ll drink your coffee when you’re not looking) for being hoodlums for me for the day.
This shoot was kinda tricky, a little bit. Situationally… getting the right mix of people, bystanders, location, and sketchy mood. But I’m pumped on how it turned out. I was at first going for a stark on-camera flash b/w speedgraphic Weegee feel but that quickly gave way to some more Philip-Lorca diCorcia tendencies, and that what what I ran with. Big, weird environments and some tension and characters sprinkled in the mix. I’ll post some more outtakes later today, but I’m stoked on the opener!
Also, one more thing… I’ve been working at getting Outside as a client for roughly 4 years now. Things don’t happen overnight. You’re planting a garden (the seeds are the clients duhhh), some sprout rather quickly, some take alot of time. Just keep on watering and tending to the plants.
Thanks to Amy Silverman and everyone at Outside! Holler, girl! 2012, birthday cake, champagne, and snow days!
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