Photorama by Aliya

2012-01-24T12:33:00.000-08:00

A few of the Newer Dollhouse Ads and Billboards I photographed that ran in Nylon Magazine and on the streets of NYC...

2011-10-31T13:09:00.000-07:00

Some new Photos I shot for Dockers of 6 Bloggers to represent each collaboration between Dockers and GQ including Alexander Wang, my personal favorite.

2011-10-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Pretty Funny... I shot a Grateful Dead t-shirt for Bloomingdale's. There's a Nirvana one too!

2011-10-19T12:21:00.000-07:00

I shot the new gorgeous line for Garconne. Super sexy and chic, similar to Agent Provacateur

The Spirit of Jena Malone Rising

2011-09-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

2011-08-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

New photos I shot of Machine Gun Kelly for the new issue of Nylon Guys. He has amazing energy!

2011-07-31T23:18:00.001-07:00

Loving Rockaway Freaks this summer. :)

Genesis Day in NYC

2011-06-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

I spent the day shooting a true artist and icon, Genesis P-Orridge for Vice Magazine and VBS TV documented our lovely day.

2011-06-02T20:02:00.000-07:00

I shot the new Dollhouse Ads that are all over NYC right now.
Big Thanks to Beauty Bar for letting me shoot there.

2011-05-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

New Jena Malone Cover Story I shot for S Magazine is in stores now. Pick it up.

2011-05-19T08:44:00.000-07:00

Japan: Rising

2011-05-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

I was proud to be a part of an excellent art fundraiser to benefit the survivors of the Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami. We raised $40,000 for Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. Here is my photograph that was auctioned off.

i love california

2011-04-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

RoboThugs

2011-03-08T10:54:00.001-08:00

Shot for Vice with an amazing crew. Best shoot vibe ever. Check out the full story here.

2011-03-08T09:47:00.000-08:00

Bust featured the new Rebecca Turbow Lookbook I shot.

2011-03-08T09:41:00.000-08:00

New Loomstate Spring 2011 lookbook I shot is up..

Show: Love Show at Gallery Bar

2011-02-22T15:10:00.000-08:00

On February 14th, I showed Love by exhibiting the photographs I shot on my recent trip to Haiti. The show was a benefit to support Mosctha.
Also, some of my favorite magazines I shoot for showed me love right back.. Thank You Nylon!
Thank You Vice!
Thank you Bust!
Oh and Thank You Santigold for Djing and showing your love for this cause.
Here are a few photos of the work..

February 14th Show: LOVE

2011-02-06T22:49:00.001-08:00

My photographs from Haiti will be on display to raise money and awareness for the people affected by the earthquake.

Diplo !

2011-01-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

Ha.. I love Diplo. Met him thru Philly friends years ago. Good dude. Good music. I shot Diplo for Bust at his NYC hotel, The Ace in the room painted by my dear friend, Kenzo Minami.

2011-01-04T16:34:00.000-08:00

I'm currently in Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic with a great crew. I'm shooting a documentary project to support Mosctha, a non-profit organization that implements and manages programs in the DR and Haiti that provide communities with tools, assets, and resources necessary for a thriving and sustainable future!
Tomorrow we drive to Haiti, where we'll stay on a compound for about 2 weeks, while we travel around with an ambulance, doctor, and nurse.. helping people who need help.

Checkout the Tumblr blog we developed, I'll be posting pictures and updates for the next two weeks.. http://mosctha.tumblr.com/

2010-12-29T18:10:00.001-08:00

Shot this for Ilirjana from Apache Beat's other band called Typical Girls.

2010-12-14T12:17:00.001-08:00

Lindbergh Palace for Nylon Guys with Michael Pitt on the cover.

Ninja Day

2010-12-07T14:29:00.001-08:00

New David Cross photos for Nylon Guys. A hilarious shoot.. I took him to a Japanese Ninja restaurant and played Die Antwoord's Enter the Ninja.

2010-12-01T10:26:00.000-08:00

Rogan Outtakes. I love their new line!

2010-12-01T10:24:00.000-08:00

My new favorite model, NOMA! (Shot for a travel-based editorial last week).

Loomstate

2010-11-28T08:58:00.001-08:00

2010-10-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

A Taylor Momsen outtake from our shoot in the abandoned building.

2010-10-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

New photos of Taylor Momsen and Marina and The Diamonds for the launch of Bullett magazine. I loved shooting both of these cool chicks.

Nylon Guys

2010-10-15T10:39:00.001-07:00

2010-09-26T15:09:00.000-07:00

An outtake from my Loomstate Shoot.

2010-09-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

So many new photos to update.. Here's a new one, shot for Glasser's new album on True Panther/Matador Records.

2010-08-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

2010-08-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

The Pop Manifesto cover I shot.

2010-08-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

I have a page in the Vice Photo Issue! Great photographers shooting very still things.

Versus for Nylon

2010-08-03T08:46:00.000-07:00

2010-07-22T13:06:00.000-07:00

The new BUST is out with Rashida Jones on the cover. I shot a few stories for it, and one of my faves being Justin Long. His explanation of relationships and rom coms is spot on. "I don't think any movie is capable of coming close to the highs and lows and pain and bliss of a real relationship."Amazing. Justin is cool.

2010-07-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

Editing through some outtakes from the Nylon June/July issue fashion stories I shot.

2010-07-15T16:56:00.000-07:00

Check out this show I'm in amongst amazing chica artists. It's Fuse Gallery's sister gallery in Philadelphia. It's up til the end of August.

2010-07-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Location Scouting with Pavon NYC and Colin Yeo.

2010-06-24T23:41:00.001-07:00

Old Roommate..

2010-06-11T16:13:00.001-07:00

Another day in the studio...

2010-06-03T15:06:00.000-07:00

2010-06-03T14:48:00.000-07:00

2010-05-26T15:29:00.001-07:00

Checkout the new Bust Magazine for the music issue. Lots of great talent! I shot Kathleen Hanna and loved every minute of it. She's a true gem.

2010-04-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

New Shoot on Test Mag with Akiko!

2010-04-21T17:45:00.000-07:00

I just got some old rolls of film processed. Here's a picture of me shooting Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore in Massachusetts in their daughter, Coco's bedroom. This was one of my favorite shoots ever. I got to play drums in their basement, and Kim actually said I sounded good. Melt.

2010-04-19T22:55:00.000-07:00

Been super busy shooting a lot.. but here's a pic I shot today of my friend Ilirjana who plays with her band, Apache Beat

2010-04-14T14:26:00.000-07:00

2010-04-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

photo shoot today with Hunters. So many great images. What a beautiful day. I love Springtime in NYC!

2010-03-31T20:24:00.000-07:00

Akiko from The Big Pink was in town. She's hilarious.. and makes me laugh a lot. We went to see Hot tub time machine, went places with low ceilings, ate noodles, did an impromptu photo shoot, then she played webster hall. The show was really good. Same big sound as last time they played NYC, but it felt more personal this time, they seemed to play with more emotion. It was sweet.

2010-03-28T20:12:00.001-07:00

The view from my new LES studio..

The full view..

A little less romantic.

2010-03-28T19:57:00.000-07:00

Volcom

2010-03-25T13:34:00.001-07:00

new work

2010-03-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

My new makeshift site, shot on white, until my main site is updated.

2010-03-11T00:58:00.000-08:00

2010-03-01T00:12:00.000-08:00

Jonathan Levine Gallery has an incredible group show up now. Go see it. It's their 5 year anniversary, representing all of their artists. My oldest friend, Andy Kehoe, is amongst them.
as well as Tara McPherson

and Esao Andrews

and AJ Fosik's work is always awesome.

Snow Daze

2010-02-28T23:45:00.000-08:00

2010-02-25T15:31:00.000-08:00

I shot this cool kid from Brazil today, named Mickey. He skates and is into good music. He said that most kids in Brazil aren't into bands like Nirvana, The Ramones, and the Doors.

2010-02-23T14:56:00.000-08:00

...a moment today on the Volcom shoot when the flash didn't go off.

2010-02-21T10:31:00.001-08:00

It's been a long cold winter.

2010-02-19T16:09:00.000-08:00

I like Ebony Bones. I shot her for Bust. She's super cool with boundless energy.

2010-02-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

Download the new Hunters track on Rcrd Lbl. It's great!

2010-02-15T15:13:00.000-08:00

Left with Strength.

2010-02-15T13:27:00.000-08:00

Outtakes from The xx shoot.

2010-02-11T23:34:00.000-08:00

2010-02-11T23:23:00.001-08:00

i love coming home to this fuzzy little bear.

2010-02-01T16:35:00.001-08:00

Hey, I'm guest blogging on the underscore quarterly site all week..

april 77

2010-01-26T22:38:00.001-08:00

New April 77 lookbook I shot just came in the mail! I love those dudes.

2010-01-25T17:11:00.000-08:00

Um-azing! Fever Ray.

2010-01-21T11:25:00.000-08:00

New Dazed and Confused. Photo I shot of Religious to Damn..

2010-01-18T10:21:00.000-08:00

Diana Hong on her birthday last night! She dj'd in an old schoolhouse bldg in LES and it felt like an 80s prom, intact with lazers and balloons.

2010-01-17T00:41:00.000-08:00

My friend Michelle on her birthday tonight.. I brought her the glasses and the cake hat. So cute! The glasses have been passed down from friend to friend, originally from a wild Japanese lady who owns an underground rock bar in Tokyo.

2010-01-16T14:05:00.000-08:00

Derek in Philadelphia.

2010-01-14T20:24:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I shot a fashion story, and one of the looks was a burning building. We went to the playground and set a teddy bear on fire. I feel like I'd like to set things on fire more often. It's pretty exciting.

2010-01-14T20:15:00.000-08:00

A view of NYC from the cooper square hotel.

Haiti

2010-01-13T20:05:00.001-08:00

Ugh, the Haiti situation is sooooo horrific. The least we can all do is simple, yet effective.. text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 to the RedCross for Haiti relief. If we all do this, it will make a difference.

2 Fun NYE Parties in NYC

2009-12-30T15:55:00.000-08:00

My brother, Adam Aleksander,organized a party at Macao Trading Co, where he's having Balinese dancers and Burlesque performers. He built sets, made costumes, and put a lot of great creative energy into it!
Also, my best friend's band, Hunters, will be playing at a really fun party in a gallery in Lower east side called Ramiken Crucible. Should be great times!

2009-12-28T19:04:00.001-08:00

My best friend, Derek, adopted me for Christmas. Well, he and his family did. It was so nice, since my parents are mostly in Florida, acting like old people now, Derek's family let me come stay with them in Philly. We ate lots of food, drank whiskey, and played wiii for the first time. It's so much fun.

2009-12-22T09:52:00.000-08:00

I've been spending a lot of time out in the cold lately. Went upstate twice in the past week for outdoor shoots. Photographed a great artist who lives in an octagon house in the woods. more pics to come..

2009-12-18T22:43:00.000-08:00

2009-12-14T21:40:00.000-08:00

The Beacon Theater in NYC is glam and gorge. Beautiful curtains. I saw the monsters of folk play there a few weeks ago.

2009-12-11T11:08:00.000-08:00

This is awesome news!! I love it when the true artists are acknowledged!

2009-12-10T20:32:00.000-08:00

I shot new press photos for The xx the other day. They're completely sweet and lovely. My little brother, Adam, came and built sets. He brought in some cool red tree branches and smoke.

Here's a pic of Adam and his dog Whitey (Whitey does not like to be photographed)

Then I had a double shoot in one day, and I shot this great producer guy named Ewan Pearson. He djs and works with bands like The Rapture. Total sweetheart. He took a picture of me shooting, while I was shooting him. (I borrowed his frog hat).

2009-12-10T20:16:00.000-08:00

i know. i know. i need to keep it up. things got super busy. a lot of cram before the holidays.

I went to see The Big Pink play on Friday night. Their drummer Akiko is by far the most interesting part of the band. And she's a really good blogger.

Here's a pic of her..

Then Saturday night I went to see The xx play. I wanted to check them out before I shot some photos of them on Monday. I absolutely love their music! It's so beautiful. And there's something about the feeling that comes from a man and woman singing together that fills my insides with warmth and comfort.

2009-11-30T11:55:00.000-08:00

I had one of the most memorable experiences last week. A couple of friends and I got a private tour of the Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA. The exhibit in itself was incredible, not to mention, running around in there with just a few close friends. Tim Burton was an illustrator in his early years, and it's fascinating to see how his early drawings and doodles shaped his later iconic films.

2009-11-30T00:36:00.000-08:00

I took this photo of Hunters before their last show.

2009-11-29T23:38:00.000-08:00

New Gemma Ray photos in this month's issue of Bust Magazine.

2009-11-24T13:29:00.000-08:00

My brother Jason Naumoff lives in San Fran. Chairs are much bigger there.

Peaches is Amazing

2009-11-18T20:44:00.000-08:00

Wow. Peaches is one seriously badass chick!

2009-11-11T17:40:00.000-08:00

Haha! The Vice Magazine story I shot just came out. They did a great job with the layout. It's basically goths, punks, and metalheads hanging out at ihop, then they get in a big food fight and smother pancakes all over the place.
(click the pics and they grow big)

Art That Rocks

2009-11-09T20:50:00.000-08:00

I co-curated an art show that opened at 303 Grand St - The Perk St Lounge- The show was great, and so many sweet friends came out and bought art. The show, Art That Rocks, represents a series of artists who are inspired by music. My list of artists include: Tristan Bechet of Services, Hisham Bharoocha of Soft Circle, Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance, Erik Foss, Jesse Hlebo, Alain Levitt, Tara McPherson, myself, and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The show is up until November 22nd at 303 Grand St in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

2009-11-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

Did I mention I got to see Bad Brains on Halloween? How did that ever happen. Thank you Vice!

2009-11-03T00:39:00.000-08:00

I love Halloween in NYC so much. It makes me love the city more and more, and all the amazing, creative people who inhabit it. Nick was Marilyn Manson, and I was Twiggy Ramirez, his bassist.

2009-10-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

I just found some old rolls of film and processed them and they took me to a hot, moist place in Tennesee with lots of hippies and backpacks.. Bonnaroo.

2009-10-27T22:08:00.000-07:00

I wish I could be upstate right now! I'm feeling the concrete, and missing the nature.

Joy is my middle name

2009-10-27T17:20:00.000-07:00

for real. This picture taken at Bonnaroo in Tennessee.

2009-10-27T01:16:00.000-07:00

Curtain Call - oh how i love curtains

2009-10-27T01:09:00.000-07:00

Dum Dum Girls are really catchy.

2009-10-27T01:07:00.000-07:00

Yacht was awesome at the dfa showcase. They got new yorkers dancing! any band that comes to ny and gets brooklyn kids dancing is doing something right.

2009-10-27T01:04:00.000-07:00

Imaad Wasif was awesome!