RIP DON.

I am fortunate to get to photograph the music giants of today often.  However, it is much more rare that I get to photograph the legends of yesterday. One legend that I was able photograph was The Man with the Golden Ear: Don Kirshner.  Being a bit too young to have been a fan of The Archies,  The Monkees or Bobby Darin in there day, I became a fan while in the back seat of my parents car as we drove all over South Florida listening to  FM 102.7 the oldies.  I can still see myself seeing along to “ I’m a believer.”

I photographed Mr. Kirshner near his home in Boca Raton a few year back for a story that ran in the Washington Post.  I remember him being a real pleasure and easy to photograph.  In between setup he filled the time with some amazing stories from his days in the music industry. Even in his 7o’s he was full of spunk!!!  RIP.

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Today Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas will develop its last roll of Kodachrome.  The New York Times has a nice read about it by A. G. SULZBERGER.  Check the story out and reminisce  about the old times and the wonderful film that many memories were recorded on.

The last produced roll of Kodachrome was given to and shot by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?_r=1

A little something to make you smile.

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What do you get when you photograph a group of people that have been having their whole lives filmed for years……Great actors in a sad real life drama!

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Joshua Prezant Photography was contracted to take portraits and behind the scene photographs of the Entire Hogan Family as they entered into the 2nd season of VH1’s #1 reality show Hogan Knows Best being filmed in Miami Beach.

Little did I know that only a few months later the family that appeared happy and together, and in love in my images would turn into a huge mess….

Nick Bollea, Hogan’s son, was arrested and sentenced to 8 months of jail for charges of felony reckless driving stemming from a accident in Clearwater, Florida where he flipped his yellow Toyota on a wet road and collided with a palm tree, a crash so serious that his passenger John Graziano will need to be cared for in a nursing home for the rest of his life.

Terry ( hulk) and his wife of of over 24 years divorced in a very nasty and public battle that dragged on for almost 2 years.

Although I saw the stresses of being filmed 24-7 and having to always be “ON” I had no idea what was to come and that the marriage was about to end.

The family was wonderful to photograph. With  the help of my great assistant Noelle we were able to photograph several great family portraits as well as an array of individual portraits in a short amount of time. The crew doing the filming on the show were a pleasure to work with as well.  We were able to work smoothly and in synch with them to get the images we need while not interfering with the actual tapping of the show.  ***And no, you will not find Joshua Prezant in any of the episodes of the show.  I declined to sign a release to be featured in the show.

I wish the Hogan family well and hope that better, happier, and more loving time are are ahead for them all.

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Just saw this on Tv the other day while watching the news. Every photograph in the commercial was shot by Joshua Prezant Photography for use in a variety of print campaigns.   It is great to see a creative multimedia use of all my images for this advertising campaign. The M Network gave  justice to the images and did a great job producing this short commercial.

One of the great things about my business is the fact that I get to meet wonderful people from all walks of life.  Young and old, rich and poor, outgoing and shy, and artistic and intellectual.  My team and I get a peek into a slice of life for these people and their worlds.

Paloma Teppa, owner, of Plant the Future, was one of these wonderful people that we get to meet.    Teppa is an Argentina born and Italian fine arts trained industrial artist and her medium is plants.  She uses live plants and flowers to create miniature sculptured gardens. Joshua Prezant Photography was commissioned by Miami Magazine to photograph Teppa at her store.  Teppa was a great subject that was willing to try any of the setups I have thought of.  One of these included her sitting on a piece of her work literally on top of a spiky cactus!!

Tear Sheet

Outtake