At last, my footage of the 2003 blackout in New York City is online (and for sale) on the Getty Images site. This is some select raw footage from which I edited the short “I’ve never seen you before…”
Here’s a video I put together for my swim team, the Philadelphia Fins. We competed in DC in June and this little aqua-musical number was masterminded by team member Pat Lee Loy for the closing ceremony.
This team has the biggest heart imaginable and embodies all I love about Philadelphia, one of the friendliest and most embracing cities I’ve lived in. Could end up being one of the greenest cities in the country, too, with it’s small scale and easy accessibility to just about everything. A rare American city.
It reminds me of Kyoto, Japan, not only as the nation’s first capital, but in its scale and geography (minus the steep mountains). The rivers, the placement of important buildings, the tiny cobblestone streets, the sense that the city is (antithetically to today’s priorities) about something more important than money and commerce. This may be the Constitution, but it may also be simply kicking back at some sidewalk gastropub and really enjoying a nice cold beer and some snacks. The pace and price are perfect. Having recently evacuated New York City, (yet being so close, I might add) makes this all the more refreshing. My kind of town.
Often picture Ben Franklin and his cronies drinking, carousing, and fomenting revolution. Who says there’s no good role models? Benjamin Franklin…otherwise known by a street rapper up near Reading Terminal, Aben-jamin Fuhrank-alin…is fine. Air baths, swimming, oatmeal as the breakfast superfood, printing, book lending, getting things done in life and being a good guy about it all…my kind of guy.
Osaka has a reputation as a rough, rude, and comical place (Osaka-ben is the chosen dialect by Japan’s comics), not much in step with the image of the cool and reserved Japanese, probably an image that comes from Tokyo more than anyplace else. Within the realm of Japanese food, Osaka reigns the highest. “Kuida-ore” is the word associated with Osaka, literally meaning “goes broke on food”. It debatably serves up the most delicate and sublime flavors in all of Japan.
It is also an historical gateway to Korean culture, which has had a huge impact on what we know as Japanese culture today. This includes food, and if you want to go to the epicenter of Korean culture in Osaka, you must head to Tsuruhashi, a vast and labrynth network of narrow alleyways beneath and surrounding the train station of the same name.
Here is some footage of one of the best Korean pickle stands in Osaka. I used to go there regularly for a bag of standard cabbage variety, and another with pickled dried squid of the same flavor.
I’ll be posting many more videos, food-related and otherwise, from this vibrant and fun-loving city.
Here’s a few videos about Humpback whales that I did for the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Ocean Life. They explain how humpback whale research is carried out and are broken down into short subjects that the viewer can access through an interactive display in the Hall.
Here’s a movie I shot and edited about the big blackout of 2003. The footage is available through Getty Images.
Here’s a sampling of some of my editing work for museums.
“Vietnam: A Water Puppet Performance”
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