My first design job was with a real master

I used to go to the MassArt career office to snag freelance jobs–I made pretty good money this way in college. Then I saw a job at Polaroid, it was a paid internship. Jon Craine was the Head of Brand then and his mentor was Paul Rand. Jon was super fun and he taught...

4×5 portrait of the guy who did my first tattoo

Just about after I turned 18, I and two friends I did band stuff with drove up to Salem, New Hampshire–right over the border from Boston. I’m pretty sure we were a walk-in. I did absolutely zero diligence that should be done when getting a tattoo, so I knew nothing...

When I used to take my camera to car races I was working at

I didn’t always love traveling to events. The work was intense—long days stretched to 18 hours, often running around the track. But amid the stress, it was an incredible opportunity to shoot photos, particularly of the fans. Some shots I took behind the scenes found...

That one time I took my camera into an underground fight club

I forget who invited me but it was a last minute invite. I had my little Canon Elph camera. The event was at a motorcycle club’s clubhouse–a place I’ve never been to. There were incredible sights there but in the very center of it all was a dingy boxing...