I don’t mean to be so ungrateful, but I was weirdly apathetic during a significant portion of the week this time around. I’m used to arriving with a strong sense of familiarity, but I was worn out from a summer of traveling nonstop, and as much as I was happy to be there, I just didn’t really care. This doesn’t […]
I’m so happy that I was home to catch this little block party. It was the perfect vibe and felt great to squeeze in during such a very busy summer mostly out of town. I cross my fingers hard that these types of gatherings prevail over online presence and social media for the coming generations. I guess I’ll do my […]
I was slightly weary last year before walking into this scene as a straight white guy wanting to take pictures. I didn’t feel like it was my place, and I didn’t know if people would be annoyed. But I can’t stress one point enough: This crowd is all about inclusivity. They don’t care one bit if you’re the boring basic […]
In all the times I’ve been to the Yucatan for work, I never had the opportunity to dive and shoot in some of these caverns. Ten years ago I freedove a bit at Dos Ojos and still remember the feeling I had when I looked underwater for the first time. The view was stunning, of this massive throat going down […]
A little vacation catching moments of joy with friends and family.
Well that was unique… I don’t quite know of anybody who has gotten rained on so hard out there in the past. It surely has happened to the build and take down crews, but to come down during the event was new to us. Coming back to the real world and seeing the news stories were hilarious, and generally was […]
Ten minutes in the pool with Camila Costa
Taking a work break while in the beautiful town of Espita, Yucatan, Mexico, to view the eclipse. It got to about 88% coverage where we were.
As summer comes to a close, I’d like to give a huge shoutout to Lou Harris who started the Black Surfing Association in Rockaway, New York City. He goes out three to five mornings per week to give free surf lessons to anyone who wants to show up. By the end of the summer, most of them are paddling around, […]
50 Years of hip hop.. I can’t even fathom that timeline. For NYC to throw an event at the exact block in The Bronx where hip hop originated, exactly 50 years later to the very day, felt special. Though I stuck to telling the crowd’s story for the most part, a big thank you goes out to 5×5 Block Party […]
L’aiguille du Midi just last week. I’d wanted to come here for about ten years, and now I can’t believe my sister lives right at the base of it. The panorama of the main structure is probably one of the coolest photos I’ve shot in a while. We almost didn’t go up because the people at the bottom pointed out […]
My good friends were doing the Tour du Mont Blanc at the same time that I would happen to be there to see my sister. Last minute, my sister had to leave town four days for work, and I was able to hop onto the first half of their trip. You go through mountain passes and valleys and even some […]
Snapshots from vacation visiting family
Thanks to my good friend Jade Freely who made sure I joined the crew at the beach that day. June 25, 2023
When a good friend’s rooftop party becomes one of the highlights of your summer.
I only caught the brief deep orange in my neighborhood, but it was fascinating to see the tones in the sky change throughout the afternoon. I had a few fun interactions with strangers. We laughed, saying “Well, if the end of the world comes, might as well enjoy it and have fun documenting it”
The Bed Stuy block party I somehow never knew existed. It’s so rare that I get to hear my favorite music out in public, and it was incredible to see a whole neighborhood come together for the old school jams, led by one of the most influential people in hip hop DJ Stretch Armstrong. As cheesy as it sounds, yesterday […]
I turned 38 today! Feeling better than ever. I’ll share something I’m proud of that happened recently: This double page spread in the Jan/Feb issue of NatGeo Traveller UK. It had been a dream of mine to see the Namib Desert from every angle possible, ever since I saw it in a couple movies in my twenties, so I decided […]
A few snaps to a recent visit to Zicatela Beach in Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Teaching underprivileged children literacy through the use of tablets. The Teach the World Foundation was created in the wake of massive flooding in Pakistan in 2010, which displaced millions of its citizens into makeshift settlements outside of the big cities. Education was cut short for the children, and the founders of this group aimed to find a long term, sustainable […]
Thinking back to the few weeks I spent in this city always makes me chuckle. It’s one of the wildest places I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. When I first moved to New York City from California, my good friend Gabor told me “This city is all patchwork man: Problem here? Patch it up. Problem there? Just patch it […]
Nothing other than a simple portrait with two of my favorite people.
Moments of beauty at the edge of New York City…
“Damn I missed this…” I turned to look at my best friend after he muttered those words staring at the collective energy of a dance floor on the esplanade on one of the first nights. I felt it too. It had been three years since an official Burn had taken place, and even though I came out to the playa […]
Big thanks to Sasha Hoffman and Imran Sayed, I got invited as part of a friends trip and was happy to spend a handful of days in good company in this beautiful corner of the Caribbean.
Story by Antonia Schaefer A Colombian renewable energy startup has come up with a lamp that is powered by filling it up with saltwater. E-Dina, based in Bucaramanga, thought that this could especially help the Wayuu people in the remote northern regions of the country, as they are surrounded by the ocean, without much access to electricity to give them […]
Story by Antonia Schaefer The Colombian Amazon has a lot to offer for tourism: its abundant wildlife, the incredibly diverse ecosystem, the local communities, both indigenous and modernized, among many others. The footprint of tourism causes a serious negative impact to the environment, but this story explores how this could change. Against the backdrop of illegal mining or the chopping […]
A piece of recent commercial work that I’m very happy to show off as it was a unique one. Hublot have been launching a series of individual watches based in a handful of different cities around the US. I was selected to create imagery for San Francisco’s piece, as well as have a few behind the scenes videos made about […]
Many people asked me how it compared to other years, and honestly, it was apples to oranges; I can only compare by adding a lengthy description. This year was obviously unique as it was the second renegade burn, but it had grown significantly from the previous. Most of us didn’t really know what to expect, but making the drive and […]