Yes, it’s January of 2025 and everyone’s thinking about the future, new year, new you and the like. Heck, everyone’s posted, emailed and shouted out their year wrap up in a sea of holiday noise already. But we at KARJAKA, we like going against the grain, and while we...
He's not a model, but has style, taste, and a chiseled jawline doesn’t hurt either. Our last photoshoot of the year on the street seems fitting. Wrapped up in peacoat, we took to the streets of Soho for an early morning wander. As I’m nearing 40 I’m realizing more and...
It’s the crack of Dawn in Brooklyn. Admittedly, I don’t know Brooklyn all that well. I’ve been a queens guy for the last decade and change, so when Tavia brought me on to photograph one of her illustrious clients, RIO Olympics 2016 Mexican Pentathlete star Ismael...
01.DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE A piece that taps into the intersection of art, fashion, identity, and the film industry. It draws parallels between Alice’s journey through Wonderland and Kristin Dodson’s experiences in Hollywood. highlighting the surreal challenges and...
I know, I know, I'm not a fashion photographer, or one in the traditional sense. That's been made abundantly clear over the years. I can't help it, I care more about the person wearing the clothing than the clothing themselves. But, that's not to say I don't love what...
I was 13 when I got a second hole pierced in my ears. It had been a pretty typical day of school, followed by a trip to the Monmouth Mall with my first boyfriend Zach, accompanied by his younger sister Peri and chaperoned by his mom Stacey. We ran rampant through...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Sitting in a coffee shop listening to a relative stranger tell her story, I was hooked. The story was the pivot of all pivots in a time when chaos ruled, and a virus had shut down life and seemingly hope... well not entirely. Everyone around the...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Everyone has a story. No doubt I’m not breaking new ground in that statement. Whether it’s a commercial/private client, or a test shoot, I’ve got to get the story, their story, generally because I’m curious about people and even more so of who’s...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR So, it’s the end of May. Ideally we try to get these magazines out at the beginning of the month, but then life happens and you’re closer to Memorial Day than you are Mother’s Day. But all in all that seems appropriate for this month’s edition....
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Of the Earth, get dirty, dig. Journeys are never what they seem to those who aren’t you traveling your path. Plans, ideas, seeds, we all have idyllic visions of how things could or should look, only to be surprised at what actually takes hold in...
