Author L'Œil de la Photographie

Day 4 It’s the middle of the afternoon when I leave the International Center of Photography, where I teach a digital course. I’m meeting Steven Kasher at his Chelsea gallery. He’s…

Day 3 This morning I’m meeting Christiane Celle, the woman behind Calypso. She decided to open a boutique selling bathing suits in St. Barth’s in 1990 because one morning she found…

Day 11 I know, it has nothing to do with photography, but Charles Isaacs, whom I met today, lives and exposes upstairs from the Manolo Blahnik boutique across the street from…

Day 8 Today I’m not going to Chelsea, or midtown, or uptown, but downtown. All the way to Bowling Green, or more precisely Stone Street – a tiny cobblestoned street lined…

Day 9 Leaving Robert Mann’s gallery, I order a soda at the old Empire Diner. It’s a mythical place. My friends and I would usually end up here after the regular…

Day 1 I leave home this morning as if I’m leaving for a long journey. One to a faraway land. My nose pressed against the taxi window, I watch New York fly…