surfing AC

Surfing Atlantic City is about as surreal as it gets. Parking and walking through the casino with wetsuit and board all the while hoping your car doesn't get pillaged by locals. Feral cats and homeless people living under the boardwalk add another element of adventure. Dawn patrol is always the best attracting bombastic stares from people heading home after a long night of partying.

cross stepping surf chick

This young woman has a ton of style while surfing a longboard. So graceful and poetic.

jbird at sunrise

Waist high waves and morning glass. Longboard heaven.

Anya & Tim

This is part of a great engagement shoot I did for Anya & Tim. They're getting married on the 23rd.

Lady Liberty

This is a shot taken from outside the crown of the Statue of Liberty on 7/1/09. Three days before it opens to the public after being closed since 911. The thing was swaying so much I thought I was back in the Navy.

In the BIG house

This is part of a project I just completed for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. It's part of a national campaign targeting the mentoring of kids of incarcerated parents. The photo was taken inside a women's prison in Nashville, TN. There was such a bad vibe coming out of that place that I couldn't check out fast enough. 

Big Jamie D

Ripper and 7th Street Surf Shop manager Jamie D takes a brief moment from her hectic and serious life to pose in the studio.

Jersey Joe Sixpack

This photo illustrated a satirical piece I wrote regarding plastic bags. 

Baby Cakes

This was an ad that I photographed for the BABY CAKES campaign.

This is a portrait of Suzanne and Jason about a week before their first baby. It was taken about 5:45 AM on a great morning with fog banks hugging the beach. It's really cool when clients ask what they can do to make the picture special and when you make suggestions like getting up a hour before sunrise, without blinking they say "okay!"

After 4 days of surf in 6 days with the sun out and the water temp quickly approaching a solid 40, I was mentally transported back to the great morning sessions of last summer. Bring it on!

This is called "going off and socked in". Joel Monesson, owner of the Mattison Gallery in Asbury Park gave me a great compliment when first seeing it. He said " I can smell the wet sand and salt air". 

I consider that a SCORE!

Thanks Joel.

Here's a pic of Butch Cappellucci laying down a acid splash on a longboard. He's the glasser for Brian Wynn Surfboards. 

Philly skyline from undisclosed location. Old Billy Penn is really getting dwarfed.

Don Jose's Hot Sauce

This is a project I did for my amigo Don Jose of Rojo's Tacos in Ocean  City. It was for a label design for a line of smoking hot sauce he's coming out with.

This photo was part of a campaign for Friends Hospital in Philly. Friends Hospital was the first private psychiatric facility in the US. They do a lot of work with Alzheimer's and eating disorders.

Joe Freeman developed the concept for the series of ads which I think are great.

I want to thank everyone who came by and purchased a piece or just enjoyed the show. It was a lot of fun and I got a ton of positive feedback. I hope to finish the book by 2012. 

I also want to thank the JCC for hosting the exhibit.

FYI, Jamie and I will be there again in July along with fellow surf artist John Baker

Working on the AC Rescue Mission campaign was the most rewarding project I've been involved with in a while. The people were great and it's a well-run wonderful cause.

Latest picture from my Surfing Jerseyland project. Wickster chillin and playing.