Creative Coalition

I've just wrapped a three-day shoot at Haven House in Beverly Hills photographing 68 celebrities over a three day period for The Creative Coalition with generous sponsorship from Sony and Hachette Filipacchi Media. We had 12 Hair and Make-up Artists from Warren-Tricomi and shot 5,370 exposures with digital tech support by Matthew Shuler of Splashlight



My thanks to all of the celebrities who took part...Alfre Woodard, Alyssa Milano, Amy Collins, Barry Bostwick, Benji Schwimmer, Chris Mann, Damian Bichir, Dana Delany, Daniel Stern, David Hyde Pierce, DeRay Davis, Oscar-winning writer/producer Dustin Lance Black, Fisher Stevens, Frances Fisher, Gilles Marini, Gina Gershon, Harry Hamlin, James Denton, Jamie Kennedy, Jason Ritter, Jeannine Kaspar, Jeffrey Ross, Kerry Washington, Kim Kardashian, Kyson Lee, Mary Murphy, Paula Abdul, Paul Hipp, Robert Davi, Sharon Lawrence, Stephen Collins, Syd Butler, Tamala Jones, Taraji P. Henson, Tichina Arnold, Tim Daly, Wendie Malick, Vik Sahay, Zoey Deschanel, Celebrity Stylists Philip Bloch, Joel Warren, Edward Tricomi, Producer Tom Molloy, Gay-rights activist Cleve Jones, WWE Wrestlers Cody Rhodes, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Ted DiBiase, Jr., The Miz and WWE Divas Kelly Kelly, Maria Kanellis, Maryse Ouellet and Melina Perez.

Quincy Jones has suggested that it might be an opportune time to lobby President Barak Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more than ever. If you agree, you can sign onto this petition http://www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues.

EQUIPMENT:
Sony a900 Cameras
Zeiss 24-70/2.8 Zoom
Zeiss 85/1.4 Zoom
Zeiss 16-35/2.8 Zoom
Profoto 7A 2400 Packs
Profoto 7 Heads