A portrait I did of Zak Pelaccio of Fish & Game Restaurant in Hudson, NY, for the New York Times. The story – about several chefs’ fantasy Thanksgiving Dinners – is here.
Tag: New York Times
Mindful Eating for the NYTimes
Recently I spent the morning with some monks on a mountaintop and photographed this slide show for the New York Times.
Susan Orlean’s Animalish Kindle Single
One of my very favorite writers (the kind of writer I wanted to be until I realized I tell better stories with pictures than with words), Susan Orlean, launched her Kindle Single, Animalish, today. I have photographed Susan several times – for the book River of Words, and for Edible Hudson Valley magazine – and let me tell you, she is so much fun. And she used one of my portraits of her with her brood on the cover of the Single! Read an interview with Susan in today’s New York Times. Order a copy of the essay here.
Mark Ruffalo & No-Fracking
This spring, I photographed actor Mark Ruffalo for the Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times. The story profiled both Ruffalo’s directorial debut and his mission to stop gas fracking in New York state. Ruffalo is a passionate opponent of fracking and speaks out often about the dangers to farms, waterways, and quality of life – in the newspaper, on television, and on his twitter account. Ruffalo requested we do his portrait on the Delaware River, where he goes fishing with his son. Read the story here.
Oxen Power for the New York Times
I spent the afternoon with Rich Ciotola photographing him and his oxen, for the New York Times’s Dining section, on a story about the return of hoof power to small farms. Here is Rich on the front page, and a few outtakes. Read the full story here.
Ramp Foraging for the New York Times
Reporter Indrani Sen and I followed ramp foragers deep into the Catskill mountains, to write and photograph a story for the New York Times’s Dining section. Standing in the forest, surrounded by acres of the pungent wild greens, I did wonder if I was seeing something that would be legendary a generation from now. Read Indrani’s thought-provoking article on the danger of over-foraging to feed a populace with a growing passion for wild, local foods, and here are some of my outtakes from the shoot. If you have land of your own, consider planting your own ramps. Seed & bulbs available here.
Bunny Photo & NPPA Win
My photo editors at the New York Times won a prize from the National Press Photographer’s Association for their use of my bunny photo. Thrilled & honored!
Distillers for New York Times
A recent cover shoot for the Dining section of the New York Times featuring two distillers in the Berkshires. Read the full story here.
Slow Pizza – NYT
One part mother starter, one part 00 flour, five parts resting time… writer Oliver Strand cooked 200 pizzas and rediscovered the beauty of long-rise pizza dough for an article in the New York Times. I photographed the comparison. Here is the full article, and here is a recipe for Radicchio Pizza with Gremolata… so good.
Rabbits for the NYT
I was asked to visit a rabbit farm to photograph a rabbit for the front page of the New York Times’s Dining section. Of course, I gave them a bunch of options. Here is the one that ran, and if you click through you will see more of the Dining editor’s favorites on the NYT Blog. You will also read a lot of irate comments from readers. People canceled subscriptions they were so angry about this story. To paraphrase a poster with a different attitude, ‘It seems it’s only edible if it’s not cute.’
Outtakes from the rabbit cover
Farm Stay – NYT
Stony Creek Farm in Walton, NY, offers tent style camping (complete with flushing toilets, indoor gas stove, a wood floor platform, and furniture) to people who want the farm and camping experience without all the roughing it. I shot a story about it for the New York Times.
Wild Boar Weekend (Audio Slide Show)
The folks at Brooklyn-based A Razor, A Shiny Knife (self-described as “an educational, social and theatrical culinary experience”) hosted a weekend event near Ithaca, NY in which guests witnessed a boar journey from farm to table. I photographed and captured sound from the all-day event for the New York Times. Follow through below for the audio-slide show.
Audio Slide Show on the New York Times’s site (2:14 min)
