I traveled all the way down to Williamsburg in Brooklyn today with my assistant J. Karsten Moran. When you live in Manhattan, going to Brooklyn is like going to another country. The truth is that it was only about a 45-minute cab ride, but I digress.
We spent some time shooting three guys in the band A Place to Bury Strangers. Somehow I forgot to ask them about the name, but maybe it’s better that I didn’t.
The guys were great, so we spent some time shooting a few different set-ups with a lot of lighting.
I was just about ready to pack it in when I saw this wall with three cutouts in it. Karsten said, “Why don’t you put them with their faces in the holes?”
I shot it using only available light in open shade, and it turned out to be the best image from the day. Thanks, Karsten!