This week I'm in São Paulo, Brazil to shoot a story commissioned by one of my Swedish clients, Fokus Magazine. The story is on the economic and cultural shift that the country is currently experiencing, and images will cover the life in posh neighborhoods and in extremely chaotic areas in the city centre. This is my 3rd time here and now I'm starting to get more and more familiar with this massive and surprising city. I first came to SP in 2011 to shoot the images for my book Suburbia gone Wild.
MINI Cooper in The Cayman Islands for Winkreative
Another highlight from 2013 that I almost left out. This was a really great assignment (except for the severe sunburn I got). In March I was commissioned by Winkreative to shoot a MINI Cooper owner and her car in the tiny but very wealthy Island of Grand Cayman. This is the result.
Dal LaMagna for Fortune Magazine
"It took a lot of failures to get to success. I think anyone can be a millionaire if you set your mind to it. It takes focus, perseverance, and collaboration. You get more from collaborating with people than competing with them. If you're only in business to make money, you'll lead a very hollow life."
In January 2014, Fortune Magazine published the story I was commissioned to photograph on Mr. LaMagna. Former owner of Tweezerman, Dal LaMagna is now IceStone's president, CEO, and COO. IceStone is a company that makes countertops out of recycled glass and cement, in an astonishingly beautiful factory located at Brooklyn.
"I've gone from being a guy who wanted to turn the company around and sell it to being the guy who wants to turn IceStone into a green building-products company and build it, like I did with Tweezerman."
Read the full story here.
Hotelier Andrew Tarlow for SAMSUNG x MONOCLE
Monocle's July/August 2013 (issue #65) comes with the branded content I shot for the SAMSUNG x MONOCLE series. In this story, we show how Hotelier Andrew Tarlow relies on his Samsung Galaxy S4 to run his Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. Watch the story here.
'Suburbia Gone Wild' Featured on The Atlantic
"What is it about upper middle-class American suburbs that makes them aspirational or exportable to the places you visited?
This copy+paste behavior is a result of America's cultural dominance over the past five decades, exported through soap operas, movies, and magazines. I also think that the "lifestyle" fills a cultural gap as many of these countries didn't have an upper middle class until recently and haven't established a strong identity for this growing class yet."
In July 2013, Mr. Mark Byrnes, associate editor at The Atlantic Cities, interviewed me about Suburbia Gone Wild. Check the full piece here.
