A Polaroid from a Paper Magazine Shoot

Chaka of Orange 9mm and Michelle Reyes before she was Legal.Circa 1996?

L'Officiel Homme July 2009 Issue Shadi Story

Tokion magazine 3as4 story by the Shade_ster

In this issue is a story on my favorite designers 3as4 shot in their studio in Chinatown. On the cover is a self portrait of art duo Tony Ward and Daniel Lewis reenacting their painting "Is that your meat face?"

Dash Snow 1981-2009

I met Dash Snow as a little kid at a skate park in Upstate NY. He must have been 11 years old. I saw him grow up like my son. Year after year he remained a sweet person even though he was gaining fame. I ate Key Lime pie and Crabs legs on the beach with him and his then pregnant girlfriend. I was supposed to visit him in his studio and document him but we never seemed to link up. Too bad. It was great knowing him non the less. Dash you will be missed.

Moments of June

Li Ann dreaming of swimming on a plane


Sarah Ann McSweeney Officially 21 OTH


Zorie Barber directing the scene in the miltary junk yard

The nice old guy with the horse that wouldnt listen


Rim Job


Some Condo in Japan


Miyajima, Japan someone left the faucet open


Sarah and her BFF


Models in Nara, Japan


Norman Reedus on the way to a meeting.


Last day shooting in Arizona with Jason Miller


Kuma and the man in Arizona



Sermon on the mound


Curtis yelling at me again


Some cute girl on Broome Street


Curtis needs to buy a fuckin lock


Street kids


Tori Gates Miyajima, Japan


Wet Streets of Miyajima


In Nara, Japan with Zorie Barber and Sarah


Kookie lady in Nara, Japan


Portrait of Will at Shadi Studio


My Sweet 16 Kai Perez of LAB HS

The punk of LAB HS

The dancer of LAB HS

Rincon Puerto Rico Nuclear Test Site and Surf Spot

I recently went back to Puerto Rico with my Boo and I returned to a town called "Rincon". It was my 3rd or 4th trip to this cozy beach town. A few friends of mine own property and migrate during winter months to escape the NY weather and Surf all winter. I knew of the famous surf spot called "DOMES" and I knew that there was a dome there but I never asked what was in the DOME. I did a little research and I found out it was a Nuclear Reactor in the 60's and I was shocked. I was called a "BONUS" Reactor. It was developed as a prototype nuclear power plant to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of the integral boiling superheating concept. This small scale nuclear reactor produced saturated steam in the central portion of the reactor and then used it in a direct loop to drive a turbine generator. They said they removed all the nuclear material when they decommissioned it in the 1969-70. I have my reservations about things like this. When I realized what it was it made me think of the show "LOST". This odd nuclear reactor sitting in the corner of Puerto Rico in the jungle and seeming like a mysterious experiment gone wrong. I know the US government used P.R. as a testing ground for the Birth Control pill on humans and a weapons target range in Viegues until recently. I remember reading about elevated Cancer levels in Vieques due to spent uranium pellets and other toxins associated with the bombings. Im wondering what the Cancer levels in Rincon are like since the 60's.
I read about a famous surfer Duke Micheal that died 6 months ago of Lung Cancer. He was based in Rincon and coincidentally a much younger surfer from NJ that was a regular to Rincon died this year of Cancer(Brain or Lung im not sure). As Yogi Berra would say "That's too coincidental to be a coincidence."

SUV for the end of times

I found this on another site but its soooo dope. They took an old Russian Military Vehicle and made it a friendly SUV that can withstand Riots. I would cream in my undies if i could get one and I know Zorie would also.
They changed the windows,seats and shifter. I believe its street legal in Russia.
English Russian

MOB Summer 2009 by Shadi

I shot the new MOB looks and I forgot to post them last month. Opps well I was too tired and busy to Blog.