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  • Actors
  • Portraiture
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    • Work in Progress: Practice Resurrection
    • A Fevered Dream
    • Chroma
    • My Waking Life
    • Muse
    • The Fourth Wall
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    • Voter ID for AARP
    • Hoover Dam for The New York Times
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  • Singer and musician “Weird Al” Yankovic at his home in Los Angeles, California, for The Washington Post.
  • Karlyn Nelson and her son Theo Lind at their home in Los Angeles, California, for The Wall Street Journal.
  • The tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus in Oakland, California, for NME.
  • Snoop Dogg for Adidas.
  • Stephanie Nodd, who served 21 years of a 30-year sentence as a first-time offender for being a ‘trusted lieutenant’ of a drug ring, at her home in Mobile, Alabama, for CNN.
  • Jayanta Jenkins for Twitter.
  • Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight at the company’s headquarters in Farmington, Utah for Medium.
  • Pamela Lopez for Mother Jones.
  • Jayanta Jenkins for Twitter.
  • Edward Quiñones, a retired resident of Clearwarter, Florida, at the 2012 League of United Latin American Citizens Convention at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, for AARP.
  • American singer and songwriter Shamir Bailey near his home in Las Vegas, Nevada for NME.
  • Singer/Songwriter Ryan Adams for NME.
  • Colm Toibin, Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet for The New York Times.
  • Shaun Baker for ESPN’s The Undefeated.
  • Musician Gerard Way for NME.
  • Musician Brandon Flowers for NME Magazine.
  • Producer and director Noel Braham on the CBS lot in Studio City, California.
  • Golden State Tattoo Expo in Pasadena, California for Inked Magazine.
  • American figure skater Gracie Gold for Redbull.
  • Singer/songwriter Sam Smith for Variety Magazine.
  • Director Adam McKay for The Washington Post.
  • Dan Bilzerian, gambler, high roller, movie producer and actor, poses in his reflective 1965 427 Shelby Cobra at his lavish Los Angeles home in the hills high above West Hollywood for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Julia Whelan for The Lily.
  • Singer and musician “Weird Al” Yankovic at his home in Los Angeles, California, for The New York Times.
  • SZA for Ford.
  • Artist Wayne White at his home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California for Bitter Southerner.
  • Artist Kadir Nelson at his studio in downtown Los Angeles, California, for The New York Times.
  • Pam Skaist and Gela Nash-Taylor, creators and former owners of Juicy Couture, in their studio in the Hollywood Hills for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Karen la Carriere, aka., ‘The Queen of Scientology’ at her home in Los Angeles, California.
  • DJ Funky (Daryl James), part of Coalition DJs, at Crossfade Studios in Atlanta, GA for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Louise Roe for LA Confidential.
  • Tracee Meltzer, a.k.a., Roxy Astor of the cast of the 1980s television wrestling program GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) for The Washington Post.
  • Theoretical physicist and string theorist Joseph Polchinski for Quanta Magazine.
  • Tasha Catour for The FADER.
  • James Dubose sits in his wheelchair at his home in Sumter, SC, for AARP.
  • Nicki Minaj for The FADER.
  • Janelle Monae for The FADER.
  • Keri Hilson for XXL Magazine.
  • Singer and musician “Weird Al” Yankovic at his home in Los Angeles, California, for The Washington Post.
  • Karlyn Nelson and her son Theo Lind at their home in Los Angeles, California, for The Wall Street Journal.
  • The tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus in Oakland, California, for NME.
  • Snoop Dogg for Adidas.
  • Stephanie Nodd, who served 21 years of a 30-year sentence as a first-time offender for being a ‘trusted lieutenant’ of a drug ring, at her home in Mobile, Alabama, for CNN.
  • Jayanta Jenkins for Twitter.
  • Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight at the company’s headquarters in Farmington, Utah for Medium.
  • Pamela Lopez for Mother Jones.
  • Jayanta Jenkins for Twitter.
  • Edward Quiñones, a retired resident of Clearwarter, Florida, at the 2012 League of United Latin American Citizens Convention at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, for AARP.
  • American singer and songwriter Shamir Bailey near his home in Las Vegas, Nevada for NME.
  • Singer/Songwriter Ryan Adams for NME.
  • Colm Toibin, Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet for The New York Times.
  • Shaun Baker for ESPN’s The Undefeated.
  • Musician Gerard Way for NME.
  • Musician Brandon Flowers for NME Magazine.
  • Producer and director Noel Braham on the CBS lot in Studio City, California.
  • Golden State Tattoo Expo in Pasadena, California for Inked Magazine.
  • American figure skater Gracie Gold for Redbull.
  • Singer/songwriter Sam Smith for Variety Magazine.
  • Director Adam McKay for The Washington Post.
  • Dan Bilzerian, gambler, high roller, movie producer and actor, poses in his reflective 1965 427 Shelby Cobra at his lavish Los Angeles home in the hills high above West Hollywood for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Julia Whelan for The Lily.
  • Singer and musician “Weird Al” Yankovic at his home in Los Angeles, California, for The New York Times.
  • SZA for Ford.
  • Artist Wayne White at his home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California for Bitter Southerner.
  • Artist Kadir Nelson at his studio in downtown Los Angeles, California, for The New York Times.
  • Pam Skaist and Gela Nash-Taylor, creators and former owners of Juicy Couture, in their studio in the Hollywood Hills for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Karen la Carriere, aka., ‘The Queen of Scientology’ at her home in Los Angeles, California.
  • DJ Funky (Daryl James), part of Coalition DJs, at Crossfade Studios in Atlanta, GA for The Wall Street Journal.
  • Louise Roe for LA Confidential.
  • Tracee Meltzer, a.k.a., Roxy Astor of the cast of the 1980s television wrestling program GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) for The Washington Post.
  • Theoretical physicist and string theorist Joseph Polchinski for Quanta Magazine.
  • Tasha Catour for The FADER.
  • James Dubose sits in his wheelchair at his home in Sumter, SC, for AARP.
  • Nicki Minaj for The FADER.
  • Janelle Monae for The FADER.
  • Keri Hilson for XXL Magazine.
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