Ryan Russell

Please join us in welcoming our newest Friend of Naneu, Ryan Russell!

Ryan is an internationally-renowned rock music photographer from the United States. Ryan grew up in the Deep South. We’re not talking about the vacation havens of Florida or the Atlanta you saw in a hip hop music video. We’re talking about Birmingham, Alabama – the gritty South that has long been known for steel mills, attack dogs, fire hoses and little else. Growing up in the infamous “Magic City” left a lot to Ryan’s imagination, what with hanging around downtown and soaking up the turn-of-the-century architecture and decades of urban blight, which further developed his talent of bringing energy and color out of ordinary scenes. With his unique style, Ryan embraces predecessors of southern culture like William Eggleston and Ernest Withers as well as personal influences like Glen E. Friedman and Charles Peterson to create a new, bold take on classic southern-gothic photography. Ryan captures the grit and energy of today’s American music scene much like Lee Friedlander’s Atlantic Records work during the 50’s and 60’s or Anton Corbijn’s work with U2 and Joy Division.

Although you wouldn’t guess it from meeting this southern gentleman, Ryan has photographed some of the most critically-acclaimed artists of our generation. From shooting the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Blink-182, Green Day, Tegan and Sara, My Chemical Romance, Josh Homme/Queens of the Stone Age, Underoath, Sonic Youth, Patton Oswalt and David Cross, to being printed in magazines like Alternative Press, Rolling Stone, Spin and Playboy or periodicals like The New York Times, The New York Post, The Chicago Reader and The Chicago Sun-Times, Ryan has also toured with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Against Me!, and Mastodon, allowing him the opportunity for up close and personal access to these musicians and a chance to showcase their truly unique personalities through photography in a way that words alone cannot.

We are truly pleased to have Mr. Russell as a Friend of Naneu! To find out more information about Ryan, please visit his website at http://www.ryanrussell.net/.

Jim DeLillo

Please join us in welcoming our newest Friend of Naneu, Jim DeLillo!

Jim is an internationally-published photographer who specializes in travel, local color and editorial. Avidly working since 1972, Jim’s many years of experience have provided such esteemed international publications like Woman’s World Magazine with a refreshing break from stiffly-posed shots often found within them. His photojournalist, reality based, eclectic style spans travel, both domestic and abroad,  the wilderness, and ultimately outer space.  Did we mention that Jim is also an accomplished astro-photographer?

Anyways, you probably get the idea. Jim and his work is simply put, astounding. Jim won a Nikon.net Award for his series, “Children of Belize.” Other accomplishments include reaching the Gold Level (10,000 downloads) with iStock, Getty’s microstock offering.

When he is not making beautiful things happen with his camera, Jim is a Senior Project Manager at a major biotech company in New Jersey.

Please visit the following websites to get a better idea of Jim, his portfolio, and accomplishments:

http://jimdelillo.viewbook.com (Travel Portfolio)

http://www.demotix.com/users/jimdeli/profile (International Newswire)

http://www.istockphoto.com/jimd_stock (Gold Level Status >10,000 downloads)

We are most excited to work with Lara as she has accomplished so much for herself in such a short period of time. It is truly an honor to have such amazing young photographer working with Naneu to help develop future products and sport the latest Naneu gear.

Here is just a quick peek of some of Lara Jades work – by the way did I mention she is only 20? Simply incredible.

Lara Jade Biography

http://www.larajade.co.uk/

Lara Jade, born 1989, currently resides in Central London.

Her career began early at the age of fifteen, when she picked up a camera and started experimenting with self-portraiture, romanticism, and fantasy photography – themes which are still present in her work today.

At only seventeen she started her own business, Lara Jade Photography. Originally taking on small clients, she soon picked up a strong understanding of the business qualities needed to deal with her high demand for work. To this day she hasn’t looked back, moving from strength to strength, becoming the youngest photographer to shoot at the world famous Spring Studios to date.

Her exploration with themes, coupled with a love for the works of Tim Walker, Ellen Von Unwerth and Mary Ellen Mark have inspired the unique creations seen in her daily work.

Lara’s much sought after romantic and conceptual feel with a hint of darkness with maturity beyond her years makes her one of the most promising photographers around. She also continues to be a source of inspiration for millions of other photographers and artists. A reflection of this is the 11 million hits on just one site showcasing her work (DeviantArt).

Lara is currently working worldwide alongside leading agencies in both London and Milan. She is signed with Milan-based agency Sudest57, who spotted Lara’s talents and signed her early on. A number of sponsorships followed, including Bowens Lighting, Samsung, and DataColor. Lara was also winner of the Public Choice Award at the 2009 AOP Open Awards.

A strong pursuit of perfection means Lara spends all her spare time working relentlessly on her ever-improving portfolio, as well as teaching workshops across the UK and worldwide.

AWARDS

AOP Open Awards 2009, Public Choice Award.

CLIENTS

Lavazza
Sony Music
BBC
Millers
Simon & Schuster / Touchstone
Random House Publishing
Headline Publishing
Modernista Publishing
Amphora Publishing
Blanvalet Publishing
British Hairdressing Awards
Leo Burnett Advertising Agency
Kokkino Jewellery
Tallulah Love Lingerie
Graphite Records

MAGAZINES / PRESS

LUSH Magazine
What? Magazine
Wound Magazine
Cliche Magazine
IDOL Magazine
Aesthetica Magazine
Digital SLR Magazine
Photo Pro Magazine
Photography Monthly
Brown’s Fashion Blog
Temptd Fashion Blog
Lifescape Magazine
ePHOTOzine Website
Repubblica (Italy)
F-TAPE.COM Listing

Erica is an accomplished and outstanding New York based photographer with work like no other!

View her full website here.

Erica Shires Bio:

New York photographer Erica Shires is originally from Detroit and lived many years in Texas.  She loves road-trips to empty places and getting lost anywhere with her husband and her camera. She was named one of PDNʼs 30 and her work has been featured in Foto8 and Communication Arts. She has exhibited in New York, London, France and Belgium as well as many festivals worldwide. Commercially, she has photographed for major advertising agencies and clients such as Ad Council, Kodak, Nike and New York Magazine.

AWARDS:

PDN 30
American Photography
Communication Arts
PX3.02

EXHIBITIONS:

2009
HOST Gallery, London, UK
Palazzo Mesiani-Mazzacuva, Bova, RC, Italy

2007
Jason McCoy Gallery, New York City, NY

2006
Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Women in Perspective, Bredene, Belgium
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Foto2005 Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Ravenstein Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Recontres d’Arles, Hype Gallery, Arles, France
Fotofestiwal, LDK, Lodz, Poland
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Soho Photo, New York, NY
Projection at Walker Street, New York, NY
Stepping Stone Gallery, Huntington, NY

2002
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Manhattan Center, New York, NY
Katy Brown Workshop, New York, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Make sure you check the Naneu website soon for Erica’s complete Friend of Naneu profile.

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Dick Pratt has been involved with the art of photography for most of his life.  He has won numerous awards, had his work published several times, has judged photo contests, and has had his work exhibited around Northeast Ohio.  A number of his photographs have showed up in publications and on the covers of a few national magazines… Cycle Age, Specialty and Custom Dealer, and Photophile Magazine.  His cameras have recorded images of a very diverse range of subject matter.  He has photographed nature, architecture, still lifes, motorcycle racing, automobile racing, custom built cars and trucks, weddings, portraits, pets and much more.  Up until 2000, he used all film based cameras, photographing primarily in 35mm, but also in 645, 2¼ square, and 4X5 film sizes.  Today, Dick works with the digital medium exclusively.    Since he converted to digital in 2000, Dick has received training and gained valuable experience in Nikon Capture and Photoshop’s CS3, CS4.
Dick also enjoys teaching others and is currently instructing students on a one-to-one basis.

Dick also has a published book called “My Digital Photo Book”  Published by Xlibris (Found at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Expect to see his profile on www.naneubags.com shortly.

Make sure you check out his website at www.dickprattphotos.com

Our friend Andrew James Benson has been keeping us digitally updated cultured here in Orlando, Florida over the past few weeks. Andrew is in the midst of a photographic journey across a vast part of this little thing we call Planet Earth. An expedition to be rivaled by even the most pickled sailors of the seven seas, his adventure consists of Austin, DC, NY, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Geneva, Amman, Dammascus, and Dubai. Not your average Sunday bird-watching stroll through the park with Grandma. Prior to his departure, we shipped a sparkling new Military Ops Tango messenger bag to his doorstep so he could throw the world at it.

Andrew scripted up his unique gear list, and his thoughts on the Tango below;

“In one camera “pouch” I have:
Canon 30D with a 17-85 lens, 40gb Gobo Giga One Card Reader/Hard Drive, and batteries and charger for the camera
(I may pick up a prime lens from BH in NY and it should fit perfect with what I have)

In the other pouch:
Canon 550ex Flash, GTech 120gb Mini External Hard Drive, Giotto Small Rocket Air, Lens Cloth, AA Batteries, Mighty Mouse

In the interior camera compartment pockets:
Cables (CAT5, Firewire, USB)

In the Laptop Compartment:
15″ MacBook Pro

In the strap pocket:
Laptop power cable, Moleskin Notebook

In the “secret” magnetic pocket:
A rigid box ( 1″x7″x9″) made of matte board to hold some sample prints.

In the front pockets:
Pens and Sharpies, Fliers, Business cards

The other two thin pockets have been great for magazines and travel
documents.

It is at least 25lbs, easy. I am loving the bag and have been given compliments on it, especially from those I know that shoot. The bag is a breeze though, everything is very logical and functions extremely well for its intended purpose. It is incognito and slick. I love it, great job!”

You can view Andrew’s photo documentation by city, on his website. For those music lovers with a sharp eye… can you identify the artist in Andrew’s DC gallery? Half of a famous duo.Now, the mad scientists must get back to the laboratory to develop more Frankensteins to protect your gear.

Onward.