Audyssey "South of Market" Iphone Audio Dock

This past June I shot the packaging photos for Audyssey's new iphone audio dock. San Francisco is the first of many cities that will have a collaborative neighborhood release with Audyssey. This iphone dock is the "South of Market" edition and is custom to the SOMA district of San Francisco. It will be available at Mac stores this holiday season. The shoot included product and lifestyle shots. Here are a couple selects from the session:


product


lifestyle 1


lifestyle 2

The following is a Behind the Scenes video created by Rob Rush:



Trevor Traynor (photographer)
ishooteverything.com

Jenni Tay (make-up/stylist)
taystries.blogspot.com

Leo Docuyanan (1st assistant)
leodocuyanan.com

Rob Rush (2nd assistant)

Shot & Edited by: Rob Rush

Music by: Grip Grand
myspace.com/gripgrand


& lastly some webpage screenshots from Audyssey.com:






I will be documenting the "South of Market" launch party for Audyssey next month.
Full product packaging and Official Audyssey video coming then. Stay Tune.

peace

T2

Photo artist interview #94 - BETH FLADUNG

• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

Humanity

• What’s your weapon of choice?

Pentax 6X7, Mamyia 6X4.5, Canon 5DMII…
It’s not the weapon, it’s who’s on the trigger!

• Where is your favorite place on earth?

New York City

• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?

fighting for the underdog

• What do you favor:

• B&W or Color? I love both but lean toward color

• Film or Digital?

Both… prob the best way to go: Shoot film/scan film/process digital

• Studio or Location? Studio? What’s that?

• Night or Day? Lots of daylight please

• Portrait or Landscape?

Portraits unless the landscape shows an interesting human imprint

• Spike Lee or Spike Jonze?

Tough question, I adore them both, but I’d have to go with Lee because the message is most important to me.

• Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle?

Equally important non-heroes of mine.

• What is your most treasured possession?

My dog –if he could be considered mine, and my camera

• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?

Movie –City of Lost Children

Photo Book
Too tough…..current favorites…
Saul Leiter -Published by Steidl
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968

• Photographer/s that inspire you?

Helen Levitt
Walker Evans
Henri Cartier Bresson
Joel Sternfeld
Too many to name, I am inspired by so many!!

Hip-hop…. Glen E. Friedman, B+, Mike Schreiber, Clay Patrick McBride

• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?

Look at lots of other work. Shoot!! Practice!! Don’t be afraid, show your work.
Move around within the photo industry, there are so many jobs that can teach you valuable things from how to expose and shoot to how to handle yourself. Top three in my book… assist other photographers, get a job at a high-end lab and see unedited shoots of all of top photographers, work for a magazine in the genre you aspire to be in.

• What’s the story behind the photo below?

I was in Florida photographing for my project about Motels and how they’ve become low-income housing when I found this motel and Angel, depicted here. Her situation was dire, she has no home and lives here in the motel. She couldn’t find work and her daughter was out working to support them. There was an air of unease about the place as it was filled with people doing what they could, some things illegal, just to scrape by. It’s very difficult to walk into a place like this and convince people to let you into their lives (I spent 20 minutes trying to convince the boy I photographed next that I am not police), but I feel that being able to bring their situation to light and tell their story is very important.

• Any future projects or travels?

One last blast for the motel project, traveling the Northern US route from East to West. Then pitching to book companies.

• Where can we see more of your work?

www.mosbef.com

recent feature in the current RESPECT magazine

Side hustle: www.elfoto.org (yep, weddings!)

• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?

Peace!


Photo courtesy of the artist "Beth Fladung"

Thank you

T2

Sam Adams aka Boston's Boy aka Wizzy. part. 2

Shot the front & back cover of Sam Adam's new mixtape "Party Records" dropping tomorrow.





Behind the scenes vid from the photo shoot in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

SAM ADAMS behind the scenes photo shoot 9/10 from Trevor Traynor on Vimeo.

ESKMO Album cover.

ESKMO's album dropped today on Ninja Tune. This is definitely one of my favorite album covers I have shot to date. Peace to ESKMO and Ninja Tune for doing it up!



peace

T2

Moholy Ground Magazine issue 2

Got the Cover feature for the new issue of Moholy Ground showcasing my "Grown Home" series. A couple pages from the spread....



portrait of me by Amanda Lopez.





The project began during a road-trip from San Francisco to Reno with Brice Frillici. Brice is a multi-talented musician, painter, creator, and worthy travel companion. Along our route we collected audio, video, and photo which we later constructed into a four minute visual story titled the "Road to Reno". This video is the foundation to "GROWN HOME"


Road to Reno 4/10 from Trevor Traynor on Vimeo.

All Footage by Brice Frillici & Trevor Traynor
Audio by: Brice Frillici
Edited by: Trevor Traynor

peace

T2

weeks end. icamera upload #49

eyes wide shut


special delivery.

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T2

Photo artist interview #93 - SETH KUSHNER

In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

Fascinating folks

What’s your weapon of choice?

Canon 1DS Mark 2.

Where is your favorite place on earth?

Brooklyn

What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?

I would probably be a graphic designer

What do you favor:

B&W or Color? Color

Film or Digital? Digital, but it took me a long time to come around.

Studio or Location? Location. The real world wins out every time.

Night or Day? Day. I get sleepy at night.

Portrait or Landscape? Portrait 100%.

Spike Lee or Spike Jonze?

I have photographed Spike Lee on two occasions and a love several of his films, but Spike Jonze's aesthetic is more exciting to me.

Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle?

Dave Chappelle. Again, I've photographed him, but also I think he's such a trailblazer and so hysterically funny and brilliant. LaChapelle is amazing, but his productions intimidates me. I'm more indie than Hollywood.

What is your most treasured possession?

Most treasured physical object would have to be my Yoda puppet from 1980. Actually, I'm lying because I don't want to be lame and say my iPhone. I lost it once and it felt like I was missing an appendage.

Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?

Photo book would have to be Taschen's Arnold Newman collection, because I look at it the most.

Movies would be Star Wars, Raging Bull, Citizen Kane. All classics by aeuteur directors.

Photographer/s that inspire you?

Newman, Avedon, Penn….the classics.

Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?

Shoot what you love and make every photo a product of your taste.

What’s the story behind the photo below?

The photo below is of Harvey Pekar, who you probably know from the film, American Splendor, based on his autobio comic series of the same name. He was a hero of mine and I go to take his portrait on two occasions last year. He just passed away in July, so I'm really glad to have had the chance to work with him.

Any future projects or travels?

I have several ongoing projects I've been working on. Leaping Tall Buildings is the working title of my portrait series on comic book creators. I've done over 75 in a three year period and I'm hoping to collect it into a book with essays on the history of American Comics. The site for it is - www.nycgraphicnovelists.com

I've also been working on a series called Icons of Fandom, which is a series of portraits of pop culture Icons (Patrick Stewart, Gary Coleman, etc.) all shot at fan conventions. I've got a bunch done and will be shooting many more this fall. Again, I'm hoping to collect them into a book.

Finally, I've been doing a "photo-comix" series called CulturePOP for ACT-I-VATE.com. It's a weekly series of profiles of interesting "real-life characters" and mixes photos and text into a format like a comic book. It a great melding of my love of photography and my love of comics. They can be seen at - activatecomix.com/creators?id=51

Where can we see more of your work?

www.SethKushner.com

In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?

"Wha--"


Photo courtesy of the artist "Seth Kushner"

Thank you

T2

Sam Adams aka Boston's Boy aka Wizzy.

Linked with Boston's "Sam Adams" last week in Dumbo, Brooklyn for a press and album shoot.
The Kid is definitely doing his damn thing!! If you don't know, you'll know soon enough. Mixtape photos coming soon, in the meantime a couple shots from the press session.....







Sam repping the "I Shoot People" tee before he hit the stage at Brick St in Oxford,OH.
Thanks homie!



peace

T2

EPROM press session

linked with Eprom last week in San Francisco the night before his European tour, Here are a few from the shoot....

John Mini pt 2. summer session

Shot the summer installations in New York last month for John Mini distinctive landscapes.

All Good Living Kids summer catalogue

Met back up with AG Living a couple weeks back and shot the new kids T-shirt line. a few from the shoot....







quick shot during lunch break.


peace

T2

back to the grain. icamera upload #48

Linhof 617, 5D, 5D mark II


120 shells.

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T2

Photo artist interview #92 - D STEEZY

In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

Fucking AWESOME-NESS

What’s your weapon of choice?

Canon AE-1

Where is your favorite place on earth?

Any where with creativity and booze

What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?

Graphic or Fashion Design

What do you favor:

B&W or Color? WHITE AND BLACK

Film or Digital? 35mm and Roids!

Studio or Location? Bedroom

Night or Day? Dark

Portrait or Landscape? PEOPLE IN LANDSCAPE STYLE

Spike Lee or Spike Jonze? Mars Blackman

Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle? “Fuck yo couch!”

What is your most treasured possession?

My ambition

Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?

The Complete Pirelli Calendars by Rizzoli

Photographer/s that inspire you?

Terry Richardson, Yasumasa Yonehara, Araki and myself. There is nothing like looking at a bitchen photo on your wall that you took.

Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?

Photograph everything. You will find some of your best works are the ones that were the most randumb.

What’s the story behind the photo below?

This is a Polaroid of my childhood friend (Mitchell Keith) whom has also become my head assistant. Him and I always get drunk and sit and talk for hours. We both have the same view on life and I figured I would put how fucking cut throat it is into a imagery.

Any future projects or travels?

I just started my own Zine that is catching some serious buzz. Working on my first book. Moving to New York in February. Just recently branded my logo on clothes and hope to turn it into a really snazzy line.

Where can we see more of your work?

www.simplysteezy.com and if you want to really get to know me, www.simplysteezy.blogspot.com

In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?

FUCK!


Photo courtesy of the artist "D Steezy"

Thank you

T2

Lowrider time lapse.

Time-lapse of the 2nd lowrider photo shoot SF 9/10 from Trevor Traynor on Vimeo.


22 Lows came out last nite for the 2nd installment of the new Lowrider Series. I shot 22 rolls of 120 with the Linhof Technorama 617. Big ups to Rob Rush for the assist, Roberto Hernandez for organizing the shoot, & all the riders who waited patiently. Respect. New photo series coming 2011 with special video documentation by the homie John Coyne. Stay Tuned.

peace

T2

Top 13 favorite photographers as of now.

copyright: Pieter Hugo.


(in no particular order)

PHILIP LORCA DICORCIA

JEFF WALL

PIETER HUGO

BRUCE DAVIDSON

JILL GREENBURG

SIMEN JOHAN

KEVIN COOLEY

JONATHAN MANNION

ESTEVAN ORIOL

JEFF BROUWS

GREGORY CREWDSON

RICHARD AVEDON

DAN WINTERS

have a good weekend.

Peace

T2

NYC & SF in 48hrs. icamera upload #47

Photo artist interview #91 - John Francis Peters

• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

History

• What’s your weapon of choice?

• My heart

• Where is your favorite place on earth?

Overlook Mt.

• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?

400 and 200meter Olympic level sprinter

• What do you favor:

B&W or Color? both

Film or Digital? both

Studio or Location? location

Night or Day? both

Portrait or Landscape? both

Spike Lee or Spike Jonze? Lee

Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle? LaChapelle

• What is your most treasured possession?

The negatives..

• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?


Zona, Dorchester Days, Under A Grudgling Sun, Work, Big Trouble in Little China

• Photographer/s that inspire you?

Carl De Keyzer, Krisanne Johnson, Carolyn drake, Alex Webb, Mitch Epstien, Joseph Sywenkyj, Eugene Richards many others…

• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?

Embrace a freethinking attitude, nothing is ever a failure nor is success an end to progression. Take chances with how you approach subject matter and learn how to feel with the camera.

• What’s the story behind the photo below?

I shot this while on my first visit to Haiti last December 2009. I was there 2 weeks before the earthquake traveling around with a friend. This was shot in Léogâne which is a town south of Port au Prince and was actually nearly the epicenter of the January 12th earthquake. This random guy with a shotgun escorted us around this area being developed into housing and hotels. Besides wondering if we were going to walk into a firefight, I just kept thinking, “will all these cinderblock and cement buildings withstand a hurricane, luckily they don’t have earthquakes here”. Scary and surreal image for me on many levels.

• Any future projects or travels?

Continue on my long term projects in Haiti and upstate NY. Probably
try and head back to China sooner than later.

• Where can we see more of your work?

www.JFPetersPhoto.com , JohnFrancisPeters.blogspot.com

• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?

Go


Photo courtesy of the artist "John Francis Peters"

Thank you

T2