Aubrey Edwards - News

August 29, 2008

The exhibit I curated is opening in Washington DC at the Civilian Art Projects gallery next week. 20% of art sold goes to the Kid Camera Project. It's very exciting. Thanks to everyone involved in this show, it has been an amazing and wonderful experience to bring New Orleans to our capitol.

As Gustav looms, and our levees remain vulnerable, my love and energy go out to the people I love who may be forced to evacuate, again, 3 years later.

June 13, 2008

I have Obama Fever...

I just returned from New Orleans where I was shooting the Annual Report for Catholic Charities; I shot an array of the program sites, their clients, and their providers. From work training programs for the formerly incarcerated, to food bank warehouse workers...it was such a pleasure to spend 2 days with all these folks all over New Orleans.

I really love Touch and Go Records, and I really love Calexico. Spending a hot summer afternoon with those boys in Austin for their newest album photos was pretty amazing. Thanks boys!

Talib Kweli is a handsome Brooklyn man. I shot him near the Gowanus Canal; he had a firm handshake and a soft voice.

I had the pleasure of shooting Lightspeed Champion, Dresden Dolls, Elbow and more for the Protest Issue of Under the Radar. Pick it up.

Comedy Central's Indecision games feature my photos, badass. See example below. Thanks to Dave Grant and the Comedy Central web games team.

You may remember record producer Tony Visconti from recording such artists as, ahem, T.Rex, Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Thin Lizzy....
I shot him near his home in Greenwich Village. Wow.

Thanks to Red Bull Records for having me shoot promos for their freshman band, Black Gold;seen here in NYC Chinatown.

February 11, 2008

A huge thanks for CORBIS editor Sara Wight for bringing me on to the CORBIS team. It is extremely, extremely exciting to be in the stock photo world.

I am now shooting and producing shoots for Heeb magazine here in NY. I spent the other afternoon in the Village with comedian and actress Iris Bahr; it's great to be working with these folks

I am curating "You Broke My Heart, Way Down In New Orleans," at the Civilian Art Projects gallery in Washington D.C.
"Through the vision of the artist, work in the exhibition will give examples of the tragedy, while simultaneously portraying the hope and humanity inherit in the recovery effort." I am presently accepting submissions of non-photo work until March 10th. Contact me for details.

The first segment of Roxy Music Renditions is done! View them here.

The Childrens book, A Frame For Cleo I am producing with author Darcie Stevens is coming along beautifully. Keep up with us along our journey to publishing.

I have started teaching digital photo and video in NYC public schools through the Brooklyn Arts Council and Wingspan Arts. I will post my students work as the semester progresses. There is some talent in those little ones....

December 10, 2007

I will be working with Refugee Services of Texas this holiday season, providing free family portraits to refugees relocated to the Austin area. If you are interested in donating to print costs so these folks can send portraits back home to their respective countries, please email me.

New work is in the latest December issues of: XXL, Giant, Under the Radar. Thanks to XXL for sending me to Chicago to shoot the Cool Kids and Giant sending me to Vegas to shoot Panic at the Disco.

THE COOL KIDS

R.I.P. to my friend Obatallah, the maestro, who recently passed at age 67 in Austin. His beautiful photo below.


Thanks to Chicago's Pylit for bringing me on board!

I spent a hot 24 hours in Richmond, VA shooting the Action Patrol reunion show, it ruled.

Famecast had me back in Austin to shoot their season 3 finals, thanks to the folks at Famecast and Action Figure!

The gals at Kindling and Tinder have a bitchin' site up for their custom knits; I love working with these ladies, their look book was a pleasure to shoot.



The Chronicle gave me the cover back in November; shooting the Strange Boys and the Golden Boys was a dream come true.


Cheers to my pal Brad Neely who has been writing with South Park this season, totally radical. A portrait of him from the archives is below.

September 21, 2007

Death of Doowop is finally up! Click to see images of South Jersey shore here.

Coney Island will never be the same; photos of the last days.

Upcoming Schedule
Sept 24-Oct 3- Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans : Gonerfest, Band shoots, UNO guest lecture
Oct 12-15- Dallas, Austin : Wedding,Band shoots
Oct 18-22- San Francisco : Wedding, Band shoots
Oct 26-28- Austin : Boom Chica Boom @ Rock the Casbah
Dec 1-14-Mexico & Hawaii : Surfing
Dec 14-25-Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix : Shoots TBA
Jan & Feb-Live and work in New Orleans : Blood Sweat & Tears, Kid Camera Project

Thanks to the New Orleans Photo Alliance and the amazing Deborah Luster for choosing the piece Curtis from my Blood Sweat and Tears series to hang in the Alliance's Identity show this fall.

I love working for Under the Radar; they sent me to shoot Miss Sharon Jones, and dap king Gabe, at Daptone Records in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Make sure to pick up next month's copy of the mag for her interview. She is kinda, totally awesome.


The VIDEO section needs to be put into action, I know. I just shot Faceless Werewolves first video while in Austin, we'll have that uploaded with a slew of others by next month. Below is a teaser from the completed Ugly Beats Video. Thanks to everyone who participated to make that production run smoothly.


It's very difficult to come home to the dirty streets of Brooklyn after spending 3 weeks in the absolute pristine wilderness of Alaska. Really, really hard. You can see more Alaska photos in the travel section, as well as here




So, you know how to awesome Roxy Music is? Well I have teamed up with Austin designer Cheree Jetton to recreate 8 RM album covers for exhibition. They are coming along beautifully. One of my favorites is below. Thanks to Kelly Amanda for hair and makeup on all of the shoots, and Soft Action for styling. I'll be getting them up in the projects section as they are completed.

I recently shot an album cover for my old friend Rapid Ric. He's a total badass, and I have love shooting the Whut it Dew crew over the years. Album outtake below.

I have almost completed design for San Angelo's Sean Rasul. It is always a pleasure working with him.


I gave Austin's Kilombo Njinga Center for African and Afro-Diasporic Martial Arts portraits in August, they were an amazing set of gentlemen.