On Presscott Mcdonald

I wish I had another opportunity to hang with Presscott Mcdonald in person. But alas it won’t be. I found out over the weekend he passed away in Florida where he was based and lived. We met once when he was visting in New York back in 2011 but we were already connected by two Photographers. He introduced me to one my favorite dive bars in Williamsburg and connected me with people even though he didn’t have to. He was a talented and versatile photographer and had recently started his own production company. It was good knowing a photographer of …

Photographer Alix Dejean

An older gentlemen has been showing up at my job purchasing the last of our Kodak color paper (Kodak has discontinued their print darkroom paper) for the past couple of weeks. And I knew from his thick accent that he was of Haitian origin. But today I revealed or shared background and he opened up rather quickly telling me his life story in a few quick sentences. This included his decades long career photographing the people of Harlem and being a Civil engineer. In 2008, the NY Times even thought his work and life warranted a piece. His is a Brooklyn native and I hope to do something on …

Interview With Fellow Photog Kwesi Abbensetts

I interviewed fellow photographer Kwesi Abbensetts for TheBvx.com Below is an excerpt from that interview: `”…Yes I like beautiful women. I can’t have all of them. So the next thing is you try to capture them. And then at the same time maybe [I was influenced by my [upbringing. Growing up …

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