Friends!

I got a call from my friend Gaby Tana last week inviting me to a screening of “Coriolanus” which Gaby co-produced along with Ralph Fiennes who directed and starred in the film. We didn’t make the screening but we were able to watch the Q & A afterwards with Ralph and a film professor from Columbia University, Annette Insdorf. We met Ralph at the theatre and were escorted to the green room (yes, it is actually green) before the Q & A started. The audience loved the film!  Afterwards, Gaby, Ralph, and myself went to a late dinner at The Waverly Inn. Ralph is lovely; intellegent, sensitive and enjoys his life. A fun evening.

My last class for the fall session at ICP was this past Monday. Dean Rodgers, head of Next Models new talent board, spoke along with Theo Wenner, a young photographer who just shot the cover of Style.com’s new print magazine  and twenty five pages of Lindsey Wixson, a dream assignment and the results are wonderful. I liked his work it looked fresh and spontaneous, he mostly uses film and 35mm.  His message to the students, “keep it personal”, you life is unique. He was terrific! Dean educated the students all about dealing with modeling agencies what they expect form new photographers, how to deal with new models, the kind of girls they are looking for now, how to make them feel comfortable on set, etc. It is always good to see how receptive Dean is to new talent, be it models or photographers; someone worth listening to! Since the last time I saw him I noticed he has been working out and he looks great!

This session was a particularly good one. All of the guest speakers were fantastic and helped guide the students to reach their potential and goals. Special thanks to Masdek Rassi, Sebastian Kim, Martyn Thompson, Jennifer Pastore, Emmanuel Tanner, Carlos Souza, Dean Rodgers, and Theo Wenner.

On November 8th, Ellen Schweber, Editorial Director of Musée , held her birthday lunch at The Wright Restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum. But before lunch we were treated to a private, curated tour of the Maurizio Cattelan: All exhibition. I felt like it was the eighth wonder of the world, it was thrilling, inventive, funny, and stimulating. Highly recommended!

Tweeking Tweeking Tweeking… MUSÉE magazine Just want to thank everyone for their patience. Enjoy!