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Thoughts from Agatha Christie – Real Simple, May 2013

Shane Lavalette — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:02:27 +0000

Find a photograph of mine in the thoughts section (p. 8) of the May 2013 issue of Real Simple, paired with a quote from Agatha Christie: “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly despairing, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”

Storyboard P for The Wire, Issue 350, April 2013

Shane Lavalette — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:05:06 +0000

Storyboard P for The Wire Issue 350 (April 2013) — on newsstands now!

Outtakes: Storyboard P for The Wire

Shane Lavalette — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:41:29 +0000

Outtakes from a recent shoot of Storyboard P for The Wire.

The issue will be out next month, with a selection of other images and a video to launch online as well. More soon.

Annea Lockwood for The Wire, Issue 340, June 2012

Shane Lavalette — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:44:45 +0000

I had the pleasure of photographing experimental composer Annea Lockwood for the June 2012 issue of The Wire: Adventures in Sound and Music.

Listen to some of her compositions online here.

Ryan McGinley: 2010 Winter Olympics

Shane Lavalette — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:24:59 +0000

Johnny Weir, Figure Skater, 2010
© Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley‘s NYTimes Magazine photographs of the 2010 Winter Olympics can now be viewed on his website.

Nadav Kander: Yangtze, The Long River

Shane Lavalette — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:15:46 +0000

I can’t remember what magazine it was in, but I saw an excellent editorial spread a few weeks back by Nadav Kander. I payed a visit to his site today and found his personal work to be quite strong as well. One of my favorites was Yangtze, The Long River, a series of photographs made along a body of water that stretches 4,100 miles across China.

Chongqing VII (Bored Girl) [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Yibin III [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Restaurant near Source [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Frozen River [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Old Feng Du I [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Mountain and Mist [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

Shigu I (Fishing below Cloud Mountain), Yunnan [from "Yangtze, The Long River"]
© Nadav Kander

See more of Kander’s work here.

Slash Magazine, Issue 09

Shane Lavalette — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:08:03 +0000

The Spring installment of Slash Magazine, the wonderful art/fashion/design quarterly “for the extra observant,” includes some editorial work of mine, shot to accompany an article by T. Cole Rachel entitled How Do Your Price Your Art? – a look at the importance or irrelevance of a degree in art for artists. The conclusion: stay in school, y’all!

See the tearsheets in the editorial section of my website.

Following my spread is an interesting piece by Harvard economics professor Benjamin Friedman titled The Economic Playground, accompanied by the photographs of Mr. Brian Ulrich. Nice to be in such good company!

Pick up a copy of the issue at any Barnes and Noble in the U.S. or at these specialty bookshops around the world. It will be available on the stands until June 6th. Alternatively, you can subscribe to the magazine’s online edition (and view the first four issue for free) right here.

Zen Sekizawa

Shane Lavalette — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:49:26 +0000

Some nice editorial work by Zen Sekizawa.

Rob Haggart (A Photo Editor) on Promo Cards

Shane Lavalette — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:22:29 +0000

Rob Haggart, the now exposed photography director behind A Photo Editor, made a great post today about promo cards. Also see the Flickr set.

Chris Buck

Shane Lavalette — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:58:28 +0000

L: Beirut, Central Park, NYC, June 28, 2006 (shot for Spin)
R: Alberto Guerreo, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 17, 2001 (shot for Newsweek)
© Chris Buck

It’s not often that I mention editorial photographers here but Chris Buck is a necessary exception. According to his brief bio, he “took up photography when he found pushing a button easier than doing pencil drawings. The results were encouraging.”

I didn’t know this until recently, but apparently it was he who took one of my favorite photographs of the elusive musical genius Jeff Mangum as well as this gem. He has also shot some well-known photographers, including Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

Amongst the plethora of bad editorial photography, it always refreshing to see something I like. Keep it up, Chris.