It's All About The MunNY... or not...

With the fast paced times here in NYC its very hard to make time for yourself let alone to have spare time to help out a charity... but if you want to keep your karma moving in the right direction its important to make time. I had a recent chance to do so when the interactive agency Profero asked me to photograph 23 New York designers and their work for a charity auction supporting the Robin Hood Foundation. Many of you may be wondering what medium could possibly bring 23 of the worlds top designers together in one room for one show. The answer is easy... Kid Robot's iconic Munny doll.

Photographing 23 different designers in 23 different locations in 2 weeks took some serious dedication on behalf of the Profero staff to put this all together. Being able to meet and speak with these designers face to face, from veterans Vladamir Kagan and Karim Rashid to the next greats like Marc Thorpe and Joe Doucet, was such a rewarding experience in itself, being able to do this to support a charity I really believe in was a huge bonus.

Here's just a few of the dolls that I shot in the studio.






For a complete list of all the designers involved in the project check out the site here... www.munnyexhibit.com

- JD

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Spydercam...

There are so many reasons I love living in NYC but one major one is because so much is happening all around you that you just have to keep your eye's open to see it. Down here in the financial district has been a recent hot spot for Hollywood film crews(Wall St 2, The Other Guys, The Adjustment Bureau to name a few), photographers, and even the occasional TV commercial. The latter just so happened to occur recently and it was an unusual shoot to say the least. The commercial was for Barclay and the camera system they were using was called Spydercam(same system they used to film the Spiderman movies). And it is exactly what you'd imagine, a camera on wires. I'd like to say that I was cool enough to have them contact me and use my expertise to shoot product photos but it just so happened that the camera system was flying right in front of my studio window. I went down to meet with the owner of the system Tim Drnec and informed him that his system was flying right past a professional photography studio and I'd be happy to shoot the system in action for him. He said sure... and repositioned the camera perfectly for me to shoot out my window and now the photos are being published in Britian's The Location Guide magazine. You never know who or what could be flying past your window in this city.

- JD



Check out behind the scenes here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOzVLXKSjsA

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