NYPH2009, books and big hair.

There are way too much events going on during this week's New York Photo Festival. I went to last night's powerHouse Arena opening and the crowd was huge. I met old and new friends, drank exotic cocktail and grabbed some freebies. It was all kinda fun and interesting!

My Almost Naked limited edition book is also nominated for the New York Photo Awards among a list of great nominees, including a couple of my favorites - Michal Chelbin and Simon Roberts. Last year's winner is my jet set friend Amy Stein's Domesticated, published by Photo Lucida. Speaking of books, my very sexy photographer friend Juliana Beasley also has a limited Edition book Lapdancer, the book also comes with an original print. The hottest new book at this moment is got to be Richard Renaldi's Fall River Boys, published by Charles Lane Press, the book is truly a work of art.

Tonight, I went to an artist talk with Nan Goldin and Lisa Ross at the Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. I have never seen Nan Goldin in person, I was extremely excited. I must have written every single paper on Nan Goldin when I was in the college, I just love her. She was intense (love her gaze), funny, calm, and has a big red curly hair. There is something about woman with big crazy curly hair that I love, they are special! I remember one afternoon I saw this woman with an amazingly huge messy curly hair walking in front me. I had to speed up a little bit to see her face. It was Tama Janowitz! Later I met her in a few dinner parties, one time she was sitting right next to me, of course I was way too shy to say anything.