Over the past 2 years I have been asked to redirect portfolios and books for a bunch of amazing photographers. As a Creative Director who has seen hundreds of books come across my desk at the companies I used to work for both in Advertising and in the music industry, I know what I like to see, then, being on the flip side as someone who also shows my photo-illustration and design books around, I have been able to help the direction and flow of these great photographers and find the “story” or “thread” that runs through the work. I want the books to tell stories through common elements, whether they be a color or subject matter or even shape. Its amazing how the stories emerge and create a great flow. The image here shows a few of the books I have done. I love the process and it gives me a chance to go through some pretty amazing photos in the process. These people inspire me and I thank them all for the chance to work with them. I urge you to check them out by viewing their websites. They are…

Patrick Fraser

Sarah Small

Laurie Frankel

Jock McDonald

Stuart Hamilton

and Michael Turek

Thanks guys!

Worked with Rykodisc to create this package for Allison Moorer’s new album Crows. We wanted to give the package a dark yet opulent quality so we found this great old turn of the century house in Staten Island (of all places).

I hired Angela Kohler to take the photos of Allison, she did an amazing job in a short amount of time. While she shot Allison, I buzzed around taking my own photos for the rest of the packaging, the walls with painted murals of scenes in Switzerland, the amazing floors and peeling paint. I gathered all of this up with my collection of caligraphy and old postcards to create this package, I then worked in the crow imagery which fit nicely into the pieces to make it beautiful and dark yet rich and colorful, very much like the music.

Creative Direction | Design | photo-illustration

It was another busy week in the studio, We finished up the new CD for Ryko artist Allison Moorer, launched the site for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) Both projects very different but both very rewarding.

I am gearing up for a few busy weeks heading into the holidays. Balancing between websites and branding for Advertising and marketing companies to iphone applications and music packaging, its good to be busy.