Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week starts next week and I'm pretty much booked up every day shooting videos that need to be turned around in a day or two. This means an overwhelming amount of work, lack of sleep, poor nutrition and whole lot of hustle. It's so exhausting but the excitement that come with it makes up for that. Can't wait to get started.

Here is the official trailer I cut for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Which is now live on their site. Please check it out:

The last few months have been super busy and I havn't really gotten around to posting here but slowly starting to catch up now. Here are a few photos from our annual Friendsgiving at Amaad's place in Manhattan.

Running around backstage shooting the DKNY show during fashion week last season. So hype that this video will be playing in DKNY retail stores all over the country this month.

Video I created covering backstage and runway at the Donna Karan NYFW show. This has got to be one of my favorite videos from last year. Love the way the visuals came alive with the music.

In collaboration with Eli Schmidt. Music by Talal Qureshi.

Fries from restaurants all over NYC were on display for a weekend in Nolita for an exhibit called Fries of New York. I was pretty eye-rollie about this until I realized that this was a brilliant marketing move by Sir Kensigton condiments.

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I said this before but Texas is way up there as one of my favorite states to visit. It's so diverse in landscape and local culture and I always have a fun unique experience when I'm down there. We went to Dallas for our friends Carolina and Andrews wedding in October and tagged on an extra day in Austin. I hadn't been in a while and Austin's always a good time. But truth is that most of the times I was out there I was either working or there for SXSW, this was the first time I was there just to chill and hang. So instead of hitting up bars and bbq the focus of this trip became exploration and art.

If you ever find yourself in Austin these are some places you must hit up. In no particular order.

• The Contemporary Austin (Downtown location)
• Torchy's Taco for some of the best tacos
• Allens Boots if you're into getting a pair of cowboy boots.
• Uncommon Projects to see a collection of just cool stuff.
• Wonderland Austin for good music and a drink in the evening.
• Liberty for more drinks and food after Wonderland.
• Taco-Mex for some of the cheapest, best breakfast tacos.
• La Barbecue for some of the best BBQ you've had out of a truck or fine restaurant.
• Tears of Joy Hot Sauce Shop I always pop in here and grab something, great store.
• South Congress just to chill.
• The Driskill for a nice Drink.
• Kimber Modern is a great little boutique hotel if you are looking for a sleek place to stay.
• Franks Restaurant for a hot dog.

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We started this particular trip off at the Contemporary in Austin which has two locations, one right downtown and the other a bit outside of the city with sculptures and installations on a large outdoor property.

This was pretty great. At the downtown location they had an installation by Do Ho Suh. It was a replica of the house he grew up in made with wires and fabric.

I've started posted collection of my favorite images from each month into galleries in a section I am calling What I See. I'm still in the process of catching up on the past few months but here are some images from August...

Cards on the table: I've never read a comic book in my life but I've always been interested in the scene. So I was pretty excited when the creators of the comic book Zindan asked me to shoot its launch at Comicon. This was an excuse for me to check out Comicon and dive a bit into how this whole sub culture operates.

Here is the video that I put together for the launch. If you are interested in learning more about Zindan you can check it out here.

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