Kirstin's Bday on the Roof

So we celebrated Kirstin's birthday on her roof in Prospect Heights. Great views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and even a bit of Queens! Check it out (ps i dont know why this is underlined):

Ben on the roof, stretching.

Still light out.

Kirstin and friend (blurry)

Watertowers.

Manhattan

Views of everything :)



-k

God of Carnage

I just saw 'God of Carnage' today and let me say, that play is going to win major Tony's. The cast is major hollywood actors (Gandolfini, Daniels, Harden, Davis)  and they were all stellar. My hat went off to Marcia Gay Harden, who was beyond hysterical. The play is very emotionally and physically cathartic, with no intermission, so expect to be tired after seeing it! I am amazed that these actors can maintain all of that physical and emotional release so many times a week. If you have the chance at all to see it before Tony's week, which is pretty soon, I suggest going - its going to be sold out afterwards. Great direction, great play, great actors. GREAT GREAT GREAT. blah blah blah. 

Raising Jonah

So I thought I'd share some illustrations for a book I made for my Child Art Therapy class this past spring called "Raising Jonah." It's basically about a little kangaroo, Jonah, who is in an abusive family and gets taken away by Child Protective Services and put into a foster home with two loggerhead turtles. Not exactly light material, but I've been told it's pretty thorough. The book is about 23-24 pages long and includes info in the back about child abuse, reporting child abuse and foster care info. All illustrations are done first in ink, then scanned and colored digitally. The order is reversed so the beginning of the book is at the bottom. these are only some of the images. 

happy family

playing soccer

therapy

new parents

at the foster care agency

moving

the straw that broke the camel's back

abused

-k

Awk Family Photos

A new personal favorite, compliments of Jamie:

Awkward Family Photos

who doesn't love a nice awkward family photo?

My contribution:

the ventriloquist 

-k

Marie From the Bronx

It's hard to walk through the Union Square subway station without noticing the stubbly fingers of Marie from the Bronx reaching out toward you. Marie from the Bronx had parts of her fingers amputated because of damage they incurred from her smoking habit. 

Ladies and Gentleman, Marie from the Bronx. Effective scare-tactic ad campaign or just plain scary? Thoughts?

-k

This is what happens when Danielle Salta takes my camera.

{Not appropriate for children under 18}

Hooray for the end of year one!

-kfid

From DUMBO

A few weeks ago, I did a photoshoot in DUMBO for my friend Jon. Here are some of the results:

Overexposed, but I like the look. Looks like theres four of the same kid. Animated effect.
Manhattan Bridge.



Jon himself

Power-up!

I finally took pictures of the sweet OS Mario Kicks i made for Sabrina. They are PUMA First Round's.

check it out (keep in mind, blogger kinda eff's up the colors):

click for full image. -k

..and this is swine flu.

My mom sent me this. Her former boss sent it to her. loves it.

This is Burlesque

No...THIS is Burlesque. I saw "This is Burlesque" an "off off off off OFF broadway show" as host Murray Hill put it, last night at Corio in SoHo. There were three bachelorette parties there (phew) and I think more for the next showing. Aside from the stunning amount of chicks there, the show was AMAZING. Host Murray Hill (the drag King of Comedy) had us laughing our little asses off the entire night (not to mention I got to chat with him behind the scenes...he's hysterical! and so amiable). All of the acts were incredibly talented and titillating to watch (pun intended!). Peekaboo Pointe's tassle-twirling skills were superb, and the world-famous Pontani sisters offered synchronized vintage camp that would make a gay man hard. Little Miss Lyxx and Little Brooklyn also performed last night: Lyxx as the "20 year old" with an act to match the fascination of the viewer to a younger, innocent, and less-experienced burlesque artist (even though she was clearly very experienced) and Little Brooklyn, who I think brought it home with her campy clown strip-tease and King Kong act. Never have I ever thought I would see a woman dressed half in a gorilla costume, using the gorilla hand to strip herself down to pasties and a thong on the other side - all in front of the empire state building. Amazing show. Everyone should go. It's worth the $25 and two drinks (in fact, I'm sure its even better drunk).

Poster by Murray Hill.