Nuclear Cowboyz

I had the pleasure of working with the fantastic people at Feld for their Nuclear Cowboyz tour. The assignment was to visit the performers (mostly freestyle motorcross athletes) in their homes to capture them in candid moments rarely seen. These guys have personas that precede them when they walk into a room. Tattoos, swagger and bravado to match. However, while in their own homes, most are soft-spoken, kind, family oriented and in the case of one Ronnie Faisst, deeply religious. It's strange but despite being surrounded by the trappings of their success, each of them without fail seemed to display a certain uneasiness. Whether it was the camera or something to do with the strangers in their house, I can't be sure. For certain though, the stunts these guys perform take a mountain of bravery with a healthy serving of madness. It was heartbreaking to find out that just five days after visiting Jim McNeil in Phoenix, he would lose his life while practicing a jump just prior to a performance.

Rick Huseman

Sadly this weekend professional off-road racer Rick Huseman passed away in a plane crash. I've had the pleasure of spending time with Rick both on and off the track during the years of his meteoric rise to champion status. Just a week ago Friday would be the last time I would see Rick when we did some pictures for Dirtsports Magazine. My thoughts are with his family who are also mourning the loss of his brother Jeff and their pilot who all perished in the crash.
See you on the other side Rick...
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Summer X games Video

Cool behind the scenes video by Don Sae Kang at BLUE C

Return to North Africa

Another trip to Morocco was requested to prepare for the Dakar rally in January. More images (and video) were produced for our client to be used for press and marketing efforts. A very short amount of time on the ground considering the 30+ hours required to travel to this outpost in the Sahara desert, but worth every minute as the scenery is epic. I can't reveal any images of the actual subject matter I was shooting so here is some other stuff...
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And a sequence of a Moroccan dude getting down with his moped...

Act of Valor

The Bandito Brothers have released a trailer of their highly anticipated feature film "Act of Valor". Looking forward to seeing this one after hearing about the extreme efforts Mouse McCoy and the boys went to get the action sequences that included spending days at sea in a nuclear sub and using active Navy SEALS during live-fire exercises.
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South America via Morocco

Stay tuned...

Inked!

Jamie Bestwick in the June/July issue of Inked magazine.

Observations from Hong Kong

I'm still trying to shake the jet lag from a project that took me around the planet to the cities of New York, London and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is an impossibly damp and vertical city as much a part of China as it is an island. Brand new modern high rise buildings of brushed metal and glass are stuffed inches from crumbling concrete monoliths with damp laundry hanging from every open windows for forty stories. In this financial hub of Asia there is shopping everywhere. For the nuveau riche there is Gucci, Prada and YSL stores nearly as numerous as the Starbucks, 7-11, and Pret a Manger's. Thankfully cheap chinese trinkets are also readily available in one of the many narrow street markets that dot the central part of Hong Kong and Kowloon. Ex-pats from every corner of the earth work in offices of financial giants by day and swarm the bars and restaurants at night. Noodles are delicious, noodles with sliced barbecued pork or duck on top are even better. With a population density greater than NYC it is amazing how clean the streets and public areas are. Mass transit is king and the trains and buses swoop the hoards of people effortlessly above and below the city. It was a long way to travel with not a lot of free time to explore so I wait patiently for a chance to return... B.

Morocco

I've just returned from a shoot in the north African country of Morocco. Our mission was to capture images of the Monster Energy BMW X-Raid rally team while they performed a test in preparation for the Silk Way rally in July. We shot portraits of the team as well as action shots of the race cars from both the ground and the air via a Moroccan military supplied helicopter. What an epic place to shoot and a pleasure to work with the X-Raid guys and gals. Big thanks to Monster Joe and BlueC for having me on board for this one. Most of the work will be used in Europe so I'll share the finished ads when I can.

New Ads

New Goodyear ads spotted in this month's Outside and Automobile magazines.