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I recently took a sabbatical in California. While I was there, I joined up briefly with sami.the.great‘s Hear Me Now tour in support of her recently released self-titled album (get it on iTunes). Made some pictures at the show at M Bar in LA, then hung out with the band at their hotel afterward. Caught some really nice quiet moments and a great candid video of Sami covering the Righteous Brothers’s “Unchained Melody,” which you can check out at the end of the post.
 
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 Rasputina has been one of my favorite bands since I was fifteen years old. In the last decade, I’ve seen their lineup change numerous times, seen them play countless venues in a number of cities in a handful of states. Back in 2009, I photographed one of their shows at this very same venue, and my images ended up being used as the artwork for their live CD, The Pregnant Concert. In short, I’ve got a bit of history with this band. I love and support their work. I kind of fell out of the music photography scene because, as cool as it made me feel to photograph and interview my heroes, I didn’t feel like that kind of work was doing much true good for the world. I heard about this show at the last minute and knew I’d be leaving the city soon, so I sent an email out into the abyss in the hope that Melora would be down with me photographing one last time before I left the big city. She was. Here are the images.
                        show 2 comments Hey, remember that project I’ve been working on that I talk a lot about? Well, at the end of January, I started working with videographer/photographer Aleksandar Cosic, and he caught some candids of my Live Through This shoot with Krista Andrews. Little known fact: Krista and I grew up within mere miles of each other, went to the same elementary and middle schools (even shared at least one teacher!), and never met until our lives converged in NYC. Crazy. I’ll post Krista’s story soon enough. Until then, check out Aleksandar’s shots.
  I promise I’ll try and get around to updating you guys on the reasons behind my radio silence ASAP. In the meantime, I’ll drop a bomb on you: I’m moving to Memphis at the end of next month. Time for a fresh start. no comments Turns out, I got some major curve balls thrown at me back in the beginning of February that I’ve been dealing with. My productivity has ground to a halt and I’ve been doing my best just to stay afloat. I’ll be back as soon as I can to tell you all about it and return you to your regularly scheduled programming. no comments Over the last several weeks, I’ve put a lot of effort and focus into Live Through This, a project about suicide attempt survivors (which I wrote about here). I’ve been posting one image a week, along with excerpts of their corresponding stories. The goal of the project is to bring awareness to the public. This is a human issue, not a gay issue or an adolescent issue or a Native American issue or a military issue, and it needs attention. One big problem with suicide is that people are afraid to talk about it. Often, when someone fears a friend or loved one is suicidal, they either think it’s a plea for attention or they’re afraid that asking the person if they’re suicidal will plant the idea in that person’s mind. Neither of these things is true. All suicide crises should be taken seriously. Everyone, without exception, should have the courage to ask and listen without judgment. A lot of lives would get saved that way. There are a lot of developments going down behind the scenes. I’m working with some old friends from academia to marry the art of this project with some real, hard science. I’m starting to plan travel for the people who have contacted me about participating all over the country. There’s even a Live Through This tattoo out in the world already! Take a look at the first four faces of LTT below, and maybe shoot on over to the website and read their stories.
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