The Bike Thief

Casey Neistat is the a progressive example of the new-age filmmaker who uses low-budget cameras for high-imapct results - he recently asked me to shoot for him. This is our first project together where I got to be his DP - we had a lot of fun!

The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.


— Charles Bukowski

Lyle Owerko’s “Sumburu Warrior” Finally In Color

Lyle Owerko’s “Sumburu Warrior” Finally In Color

Drop Culture presents "The Boombox Project"

DropCulture.com presents "The Boombox Project" from Paul Stone on Vimeo.

Nothing in the world is permanent

"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it."

W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

BP & ODDS - "Ultra-Magnetics" (official music video)

CBS Sunday Morning - The Boombox Project Segment

The Words of Marley

"The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for." — Bob Marley

The History of the Boombox, NPR Music

The Boombox Project Booksigning at CLIC Gallery

Fight for your (digital) rights

This past weekend Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons and lead crusader in the fight to reduce copyright restrictions, was part of a panel called “Know Your Digital Rights” at Vimeo Festival in NYC.
link

Lyle Owerko’s Boombox Project a Blast

Lyle Owerko’s Boombox Project a Blast

$200 Warhols

The Future of Media

Interesting article in the Independent about the exodus of journalists to brands:

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The Influencers

INFLUENCERS TRAILER from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Pump up the Volume

The Village Voice picks The Boombox Project as a show to see!

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Man Ray Quote

"Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information." — Man Ray

Boombox Project in NY Magazine

"The Best Bet" -- The Boombox Project in NY Magazine. Click Here

Creative Exodus in Adland: It's Just Not 'Fun' Anymore

Article in Adweek about the exodus of high ranking creative directors. Click here

when does art become voyeurism?

Panayiotis Lamprou's image, Portrait of My British Wife, on the shortlist of this year's Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize. It is, as the Guardian's arts correspondent, Mark Brown, put it (perhaps understating the case somewhat), "arresting because of its intimacy". It begs the vexed question, when does art become voyeurism or, indeed, pornography?

Panayiotis Lamprou: the casual power of an intimate portrait

Art Establishes Basic Human Truths

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.
— John F. Kennedy - Address, Amherst College, October 26, 1963

Surfer videos Great Whites

From New Mag - link - After noticing two great whites following him in the waters off San Clemente, CA, surfer Chuck Patterson paddled to land and returned with a video camera. His short horror documentary ends when one of them "slap[s] his tail on my board." Enjoy.

SIMCHOWITZ:

SIMCHOWITZ:

'Terror Babies'

Alpha Dog of the Week

www.colbertnation.com

take a minute for Motörhead

I simply enjoy typing out a name of a band with and umlaut in it - enjoy a minute with this sublime piece of culture featuring Motörhead on Top of the Pops - link

The travels of Henri Cartier-Bresson

A great little blurb on the MOMA site about Henri Cartier-Bresson being at home everywhere with his camera - link - For Cartier-Bresson, to photograph was to live. As he said, “It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.”

Ron Galella "Smash His Camera" trailer

Here's a clip from the Leon Gast documentary "Smash His Camera" about the life of the eponymous celebrity paparazzo Ron Galella - link

Blue Moon Brooklyn Blog

The ever insightful Bronwyn Keenan's blog on painting and art is worth a browse: link

NY TIMES: "The Selby" profile

Here's a profile in the NY TIMES on the phenomenon of "The Selby" a photographer who is making a mark through his unique approach to documenting interiors and carving a niche out for himself in the commercial photo world here's the link

Also here's the link to his site: The Selby