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Eli “Paperboy” Reed performance at Q Division

Johnny — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:39:22 +0000

To celebrate his major label debut, ex-local rocker and now national recording artist Eli “Paperboy” Reed had a private show at awesome recording studio Q Division. Thanks to Redbones for helping me stuff my face, and thanks to Narragansett beer to wash it all down.

SING for me, audience!

Shakira model shoot in Somerville, Medford and Newburyport, MA

Johnny — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:47:19 +0000

I met up with makeup artist Sandra and model Shakira to take some great shots. We met up at Sandra’s place in Somerville for makeup, and when they were done it was a bit rainy outside, so I decided to improvise and take a few shots in Sandra’s living room.

Here’s Shakira in another room of the house. Sandra had some great curtains!

Once it cleared up we hopped in my car for a trip to Medford. Shakira was quite a trooper- it was about 100 degrees that day!

A few days later we went up to Newburyport:

Work in progress

Johnny — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:09:53 +0000

I started off as a fine arts photographer, and one of the projects that I concentrated on was urban landscapes at night, shot with a 4×5 camera on film. It was grueling work, but very rewarding. As I got busy with weddings and portraits I stopped working on that project for a long time, but last Saturday I decided to push myself again. The night was beautifully foggy and I couldn’t resist. I left my apartment at 10pm with my 4×5 and came home at 6am. In those 8 hours I produced 8 images, and these are the results. Most were shot in Everett and a few in Somerville.

Disclaimer: these were scanned at home on a crappy scanner and not worked on much. As such they are not complete. I will be printing these myself in a darkroom, at which point the final version of the images will reveal themselves to me.

Song Ie

Johnny — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:59:28 +0000

Song Ie is a great cellist, and she wanted some promotional images for when she applies to various orchestras around the world. We started in Boston at Beacon Hill, then proceeded to Medford and finally we did some studio shots in Somerville.

I asked her to play as I took some shots.

At the Somerville Theatre

Johnny — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:19:50 +0000

Here are some images from a recent show I shot at the Somerville Theatre.