John Loomis Photography

Pinsky

December 4th, 2011
Found in the weekend's "Creating" section of The Wall Street Journal, is my record-setting shoot of TV producer/director and no-bullshit foodie Charles Pinsky. Record #1: our location, the kitchen and dining room of the revered Jean Georges restaurant, set a new record as "closest assignment to home" (3 blocks from HQ). Record #2: first time a road bike (not to mention its rider) was put up on top of a table in the Michelin-starred joint. And record #3: earliest time I've gotten my drink on, it doesn't take any much prodding when Philippe Vongerichten suggests you drink a killer glass of pricey Pomerol, while on assignment (7 a.m.) The story centered on Charlie's new project with the man himself, chef Jean George (out of town, hence his brother standing in), and on Charlie's total disinterest in the pomp of fine dining. Personality-wise Charlie and I are well matched but it would have hardly mattered because he's one cool dude (I credit his background in sports journalism). The only bummer was that Alec Baldwin, eating breakfast in the house that morning, couldn't be tempted into photo-bombing the shoot. One more of Charlie enjoying the fine coffee provided for us.

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& All the Trimmings

November 28th, 2011
Thanksgiving is the best holiday... that is both my opinion and also, well, a fact. No presents!, you simply show up and spend time with your family... eating and drinking your faces off, then play board games and watch too much football. Anyway because there are only so many more family thanksgivings before things inevitably change in some way... I wanted to try and document some details about 2011 Loomis Family Gobble, and of course I was thinking of focusing on the plethora of food. To be honest this one was pretty protein-light as it goes... normally there is a half spiral honey ham, a few lbs of jumbo Florida stone crab and shrimp, smoked fish, etc., in addition to the huge turkey and prime rib, fixings, stuffings, breads, various pies, and boat load of awesome wine. Somehow the point & shoot was the optimal way to document this slaughter/orgy/family time. I dig the way it came out... messy and awesome. Though I'm done with the Canon s90... time to upgrade (Dear Santa...)

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One Day, One Game

November 20th, 2011
Last month a whole (air)bus load of ESPN writers, photographers, editors, and crew took over Houston to produce the One Day, One Game project, basically shrinking down everything the NFL is all about into a single game, the Houston Texans vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. The idea is so big and rare, a group project shot and reported in real time to be published in a single issue (Nov. 28, out now - *just FYI, that's not my cover), that I'm just super proud to have been a part of the experience, along with a bunch of other familiar photo names: DiPace, Finke, Mermelstein, Prior, Seale, Stangel, Suau, Tringali, Welch, and several others all helped along by on-site editing ninjas Stephanie Weed and Nick Galac. There was a team dinner but sadly no commemorative t-shirts. Everyone had specific assignments and mine was primarily the locker room and equipment director Jay Brunetti the day before and early, early game day. My game day actually ended up in the 15 hr+ range, as post-game I joined Texans OT Eric Winston home to watch football with his friends and family (and newborn baby). But of course I also shot about a dozen other small bits and pieces - production meetings, game plans, day care, refs, half-time coaches, radio interviews, post-game locker room jube, as well as pickup features and game action. It was nuts, we photographers were running around like mad... and it was super exhausting and fucking great. A million thanks to PE stud Jim Surber for getting me involved. Here are a whole bunch more images, most in diptych, shown in order from Sat. afternoon through to Sunday evening. Oh and the Texans won the game. Lastly, a huge thanks to one of the best PR teams I've ever had the pleasure of working with, led by Kevin Cooper of the Texans. What a huge difference it makes working with true professionals.

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AFTH

November 11th, 2011
If you find yourself in NYC tomorrow night (Nov. 12) and fancy some fine photographic offerings then please stop by the 2011 Art From The Heart show at 25CPW, in which I'm proud to have a print included (quick preview snap seen above, from my Dirty Dozen series, fancily printed on metallic paper). Just $200 buys you a tag, which (first come, first served) allows you to "tag" your favorite piece in the show and take it home. If you're looking to fill a blank wall be sure to arrive early (doors open at 7pm sharpish - Facebook event link). AFTH 2011 -- a pop-up curated gallery show curated by Jo-Anneke van der Molen and presented by Vanderbilt Republic - features 43 artists (including my good buddy Andrew Hetherington). Here's the complete list: Jinkyun Ahn, Athena Azevedo, Zachary Bako, Erin Banta, Jazzmine Beaulieu, Kiritin Beyer, Brian Bowen-Smith, Domenica Bucalo, Mara Catalan, I-Hsuen Chen, Gregory Costanzo, Alessandro D’Andrea, Lesly Deschler Canossi, Shari Diamond, Emile Dubuisson, Axel Dupeux, Constance & Eric, Donna Ferrato, Laura Garcia Serventi, Jason Gardner, Elena Garrison, Sergio Garza, Yoni Goldberg, Kenneth Sean Golden, Anders Goldfarb, David Goldman, Ernesto Gonzalez, Natasha Gornik, Federico Grandicelli, David Hazan, Chantal Heijnen, Gabriela Herman, Marissa Herrmann, Andrew Hetherington, Erik Hup, Hussein Katz, Brendan george Ko, Richard Koek, Daniel Kukla, Thomas Kwak, Brandy Laidler, David Paul Larson, Rene Lauffer, Laurent Le Moing, Minny Lee, Ray Lego, Lindsay Linton, John Loomis, Marne Lucas, Berette Macaulay, Sara Macel, Jiri Makovec, Micaela Mamede, Laura Manney, Clay Patrick McBride, Kim Meijer, Caitlin Mitchell, Sachiko Morita, Nephi Niven, Heather Noonan, Jason O’Neal, Chris Overend, Nathaniel Perales, Becky Philpott, AL-Khabir Richman, Perrie Schad, Henderson Shorter, Ian Spanier, Peter Stanglmayr, Maria Jose Sucre, Lui Sykes, Emily Ullrich, Jens Umbach, Francisco Valera, Elias Wessel, Christian Witkin, Jeffrey Woldan, Ashton Worthington. Art From The Heart 2011 group show Nov. 12, 2011, from 7 to 10 p.m. 25CPW Gallery25 Central Park West, New York, NY (63rd St. & Central Park West, Columbus Cir. subway stop).

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Oy Vey-gas

November 7th, 2011
Back in May I had my first chance to work with Golf Digest with a week-long feature on golf & travel in Las Vegas as part of their ultimate buddy trips series (out now in the Dec. 2011 issue). My assistant Brian and I worked pretty damn hard, clocking in multiple extremely early mornings. But it was a fun week and super great working with DoP Christian Iooss and writers Pete Finch and Matt Ginella. The challenge of the job was to find a taste of Vegas in every aspect of what we were shooting... eg. golf courses tend to look a lot like other golf courses anywhere else. Luckily Vegas knows how to bring it with "gaming" holes, Par Mates (female caddies - opening spread ,with Old Tom Morris, and below) and other treats. Pete & Matt visited every course in the LV area, and I followed up at about 8 of them to shoot specific holes or atmosphere. On the strip I shot impersonators, gambling, VIP pool scenes, food, drinking, tourists and anything else we could find. We even lugged around a bag full of clubs to shoot Brian in front of iconic Vegas landmarks (became the issue's ToC pic). Unfortunately there were no tigers, Carrot Top, or jackpots. The best part of the week for me was another early morning spent at North Las Vegas Municipal GC, far and away the least expensive course in the LV area. Writer Matt Ginella played the most expensive/exclusive (Shadow Creek - $500/rnd) and the least (N. LV Muni $7/rnd) back-to-back and I took it upon myself to drop by for the Muni Memorial Day tournament when all of the die hard regulars played together. Die hard is the right phrase because on tourney day the temp dropped 30 degrees and the winds were howling up to 50 MPH; which didn't stop these guys even a little, even though the scene resembled a Three Stooges episode. The experience shooting at North Las Vegas GC inspired a portrait series that I'll be continuing focused on these small, neighborhood Munis that are affordable so that friends and families can enjoy golf without the extraneous trappings. To me there is a beauty akin to sandlot baseball at some of the Par 3 muni courses, a little rough around the edges, but filled with the memories of those who play there. Enjoy some more from Vegas:

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