The Final Moments of 9/11 Photographer, Bill Biggart

*I originally published the following article on Petapixel on September 11th, 2020, it is reproduced here in honor of the 20th anniversary“With a press pass around his neck and a camera bag over his shoulder, in the middle of a crossfire – Bill was in heaven.”  --Wendy Doremus September 11, 2001 was a sunny Tuesday...

Do Professional Film Photographers Still Exist?

It's a question that I think many photographers, film and digital alike, dismiss before even considering it: Do professional film photographers still exist? Most people would say, no.  But I think there's an inaccurate narrative about film's place in modern photography.  And it might stem from the lack of noise that pro film shooters make...

A Post About Louise Post and the Importance of Photography

A few years ago, I photographed a Veruca Salt concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. I wasn't an official photographer, I was just having fun with the then still available Fuji FP-3000b peel apart instant film and my 1960's Polaroid Automatic Land camera. But it was a great night anyway and I'll always...

Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise

Back in art school, between my classes, I'd follow friends into their classes and hang out for a bit.  One fateful day (these stories always contain a fateful day) I followed Becca into her drawing class.  Becca was a quiet but opinionated graphic designer I had a crush on.  She seemed to take pride in...

We Choose to Go to the Moon; David Burnett @ the Leica Store DC

This past Friday, the Leica Store DC hosted a gallery opening for famed photojournalist David Burnett's Apollo XI 50th anniversary photo series, We Choose to Go to the Moon. Though the astronauts made it to the Moon in 1969, my wife and I barely made it to DC!  We were about 40 minutes late but...

These Photos, Taken by Two Little Girls in 1917, are Gorgeous

I recently watched a movie with my kids about the Cottingley Fairies.  The film was a bit of a snoozer but it was my introduction to the true story of two little girls who, between 1917 and 1920 took beautiful b&w glass plate photographs of one another interacting with fairies in the forest behind their...

A Review of Sorts, Bill Cunningham: On the Street

"Legacy? I'm a worker in the factory; all we care about is today! A legacy... what a bunch of baloney." Last week, photographer Bill Cunningham's posthumously compiled book was released and I immediately scooped up a copy.  You should too! Bill Cunningham was a prolific photographer who famously documented remarkably dressed but average people on...

Salute the Grain; The Passing of Peter Lindbergh

It was announced today that b&w fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh has passed away at age 74. I'll leave the detailed articles of his storied career for the big publications to cover and encourage all portrait shooters to seek them out!  But speaking as a grainy black and white film photographer, I wanted to share some...

My Life As A Production Still Photographer

What do House of Cards, Whale Wars, Michael Jackson's Beat It, the Walking Dead, Parks and Recreation, Wedding Crashers, and Sex in the City 2 all have in common? I've photographed members of their casts and crews! Being a photographer is reason enough to be somewhere special and meet interesting people.  If you shoot production...

Rock Photographer, Jason Nicholson

---This article is dedicated to recently lost souls; Andy Anderson, former drummer for The Cure and Keith Flint, infamous frontman of The Prodigy.  May you find peace.--- I was wearing my 1930 Leica when I first met Jason Nicholson in the streets of downtown Frederick, about this time last year.  I noticed him strolling by...