Spill
Model: Hannah Doerksen
HMUA: Michelle Anyanwu
Photographed by Justin Sullivan
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TRASH TALK DESTROY
I spent an evening with Trash Talk and my friend AJ in July during their show with Fucked Up at the El Rey Theater here in Los Angeles. I made these photos with my Aimex 35mm camera, Canon 430ex flash and Ilford 400 film.
If you have the opportunity to see this band perform, I highly recommend that you do.
Olivier Zahm exhibits in Los Angeles
This evening I took a trip out to the West Side of LA for the opening of Olivier Zahm’s new photographic exhibit, “The Secrets of Photographing Women” at Lead Apron. The gallery is a beautiful space with a fantastic bookstore attached. The work was classic Zahm: women, statues, some snippets of his life, all with the flair of someone whose existence hinges on something besides having to work tremendously hard. Visually, the imagery is certainly evocative, and in line with what one expects from the founder and editor of Purple Magazine. Sexy, stark and bold. What the man lacks in technical ability, he makes up for in access and brashness. Overall I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and found Olivier to be a pretty plesant fellow. The event was well attended, and I ran into a few friends, as well as being pleasantly surprised by Jared Leto and his silly Ugg slippers. Haha.
If you get a chance to pop by Lead Apron, it’s worth a look. The prints are reasonably priced at $500 apiece and are of course a limited run.
Special thanks to Natalie Toren for taking the photographs this evening.
Los Angeles, I’m Yours
My collaboration with The Fox is Black (formerly Kitsune Noir), Los Angeles I’m Yours, is going extremely well. I’ve been shooting up a storm the past two weeks and can’t wait to debut the new work! We are in the process of building the website with a team of designers so that it will be ready to go by next month.
I’m so happy to be working with such great people and meeting so many wonderful talented artists and creatives.
One picture for now, then back to editing!
Artist Tim Biskup
Sister Crayon
In spite of being tired last night I managed to make it out to School Night at Bardot again to see what wonderful things I could see. The first band, Shel, wasn’t up my alley, so I didn’t photograph them. Is that dumb? I don’t know. But I don’t like to take pictures of girls who sing about dragons, so there.
The band I DID want to photograph didn’t disappoint. Sister Crayon is a very talented group from Sacramento. I don’t always get to say that I’m impressed by a band’s performance, but I was last night. Lots of energy, heartfelt and sincere without being at all sappy. Do check them out.
Also, this is their latest video, which does not suck.
Portfolio update!
The people portfolio got a much needed overhaul today! Check it out! Some exclusive, never before seen pictures goin’ on!
Also, please note that the permanent URL is no longer justinsullivanphotography.com, but http://justinsullivanphoto.com 🙂
Gary Clark Jr.
Gary is one of my favorite guitar players to watch live. It’s incredible to see his command of the instrument, and almost channel a half dozen old blues singers. This kid is already well on his way to becoming a household name and is poised to make some serious waves in the music industry.
Andrew Lee some mo’
Here’s another portrait of my friend Andrew Lee from a shoot we did a while back.
Set Etiquette
The gracious folks over at A Photo Assistant asked me to write an article for them a little while back. After a few weeks of rolling it around in my brain, I decided to put together an article about set etiquette. There’s a lot of things that assistants don’t learn in photography school that could get them into trouble on set. So I figured it would be a great opportunity to share some of the things that I’ve picked up over the years.
Here’s a link to the article: Click Click
Kelsey Karrasch
I did a shoot with the very talented Kelsey K recently, and pulled make up inspiration from the fantastic Interpol video for Lights, directed by Mr. Charlie White. Here is one of my favorites.
Andrew Lee
I did a portrait session with my friend Andrew Lee the other day. He’s in a band called Honor Society and is a great guy. We did some work here in the studio, and also on location.
I’ll be sharing more images soon.
Desert
New fashion editorial work.
Scouted, styled and photographed by Justin Sullivan. Model: Chris Brown
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