The Seven Wonders of Barbara Bui's World.

I was on my way home from Charles de Gaulle on Monday and as usual I picked up a few magazines to read on the plane.

As I was browsing through L'Officiel, I stumbled upon this page on the Seven Wonders of Barbara Bui's world.

Jennifer and I love her sexy designs and I am both honored and delighted that my work is inspiring to Barbara.

Another surprise was to find out that the cover story was shot in Tulum, one of our favorite destinations, by our dear friend Enrique Badulescu.

My new favorite

Don't miss the newly renovated Minetta Tavern that Keith Mc Nally, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson have transformed into a small gem. It is perfect in size with superb food, great service (as usual) and a fantastic atmosphere, we just can't wait to go back..... 

Among the old treasures on the walls is this wonderful photograph of the infamous encounter between Sophia Loren and Jane Mansfield at a party to welcome the Neapolitan Bomshell at Romanoff's  in 1957.

Printing big.

I am working on another large print with Griffin Editions. It is a fiber base print of Andrea NY1 and the finished size will be 80' X 30".

There is always something magical with black and white printing. Unfortunately I can not print these large images myself as my darkroom is too small but working with Charlie's team is as good as it gets.

Below you can see a print in progress at the lab and a finished print hanging in the home of Sue Hostetler as shown in the clipping from Metropolitan Home.

In the Kyoto Journal

Kyoto Journal, the award winning English-language arts and culture quarterly published in Japan, has devoted its entire current issue to the subject of tea. The Oakland, California-based non profit Tea Arts Institute is the guest editor, and TAI invited writers, artists, photographers and tea professionals to contribute.

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Magical Ireland

We just got back from another wonderful journey to Ireland driving around Donegal and Tyrone Counties searching for new waterfalls. The conditions were not ideal as it had not rained in days but we managed to find four beautiful locations with just enough water for me to shoot.

Here is a photograph by Jennifer in Tyrone Co. at the Sloughan Glen waterfalls. In this digital age I still really enjoy working with my 4x5 inch Master Technika Linhof camera and will do so as long as they make film for it. Now it is time for me to get back in the darkroom and let the magic happen.