I produced this behind-the-scenes video of Martin Schoeller’s photoshoot with world-record breaker Ashrita Furman. Schoeller produced a stunning black-and-white film photograph of Furman bicycling underwater, which can be seen in the Dec. 19 issue of The New Yorker.
Ashrita was one of my most fun assignments this year,” Martin said. “He bicycled underwater, ran through Queens in swimming fins, and balanced on an exercise ball in his kitchen for us. What more can a photographer ask for?”
Oleg Orlov, of Memorial, tells the story of Natalya Estemirova, a human rights worker who was kidnapped in Chechnya and murdered.
I worked as an assistant producer on The New Yorker/Human Rights Watch project Democracy Now, a series on Russian activists. Read the article by David Remnick and see the rest of the videos online.
Yevgenia Chirikova is an environmental activist protesting the government’s plans to cut a road through Khimki Forest.
I worked as an assistant producer on The New Yorker/Human Rights Watch project Democracy Now, a series on Russian activists. Read the article by David Remnick and see the video online.
I shot footage and pulled selects for this video of John Seabrook’s experiences investigating the process of building a better apple, focussing on the creation of a new variety “trying to take its place as the next hot apple” called SweeTango.
A few days in the stark and beautiful state of New Mexico with Professor Emlyn Hughes and the 2011 Nuclear Proliferation research group.
A look behind the scenes of a youth performing arts group in Harlem. Led by Columbia University professor Jamal Jones, the kids of Impact Theater combine humor, determination, and raw talent for the strength to defy their odds and create soul-soaring music. Read the article and see the photos here.
