Lets be brilliant like Buscemi

As in Steve Buscemi. I love this guy's work.

Anyway,

So this was the idea...

Rather than get a standard Hollywood headshot to use for our updated biographies, a few artists tossed around the idea of a more creative approach to intro new artworks made after January, 2014.

Ever see Coffee and Cigarettes?

IMDB synopsis: A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.

Iggy Pop
Tom Waits
Roberto Benigni
Cate Blanchett 

(Etc.) Amazing cast, B&W independent vignettes, just like IMBD describes it.

See a youtube clip of it HERE with Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni.

"Very good! I don't understand nothing! Yes?"

And so we thought; how cool to do the same but in print and use the photos for our own personal biographies, shooting each other, all black and white photos, theme to fit our creative style, personalities and/or pseudo personalities.

My photo was going to be of myself and another male artist (a painter), and we had this theme of a first date gone horribly bad somewhere (like) downtown Los Angeles, or Las Vegas, and not quite hiding our distaste for one another. Being a black and white print, we were both going to dress in black and white, concrete backdrops, night shots, headlights, edgy, sexy, erotic, angry, hot, gritty, dirty, fun!!!... You get the picture.     

And so,

All we needed was a photographer. In truth, all we wanted was someone who could work a camera. I don't like using pro photographers unless s/he is also a gun for hire who appreciates making a quick easy payday, "Whatever you want. Just tell me. I'll shoot it."

And you never know you, might actually have some fun!!

Thing is, the only people who like taking pictures are photographers! I can't get any of my friends to spend 3 hours just to shoot pictures. I can't bribe them for the life of me, and we're talking about people who'll spend 7 hours in front of the computer trying to get Ariane to have a lesbian encounter, in the virtual date game.

Soooo,

I decided to find a professional photographer.

The search, it's not going well.

And now the male artist (the painter) lost interest in the shoot.

I'm open to suggestions. Smoke 'em if you got em!