Tag: chris stamp

in 2009 i traveled to SALVATION MOUNTAIN in the south desert region of california near slab city, niland + not too far from the salton sea. it’s the kind of place you go when you don’t want to be found. a group of us drove down there for a shoot + were honored to have the opportunity to meet LEONARD KNIGHT, creator of the famed mountain + folk art monument .
he formed the massive sculpture by covering bales of hay + dirt with concrete + paint. decades on it rose high in the sky, covered with bible verses conveying the message of universal love.
sadly, LEONARD died this week, but his beautiful gift to us all lives on.

thank you to CHRIS STAMP for capturing this moment of me capturing another.

we stopped in slab city for lunch + met some kind souls.

you will be missed, LEONARD.

noavi x mele x ruby aldridge x ana girardot x alejandra hernandez 2
last thursday ANA and i traversed all of la .
what a good sport that little lady is ! straight from her shoot with RONY, ANA came along for the shoot STAMP and i conceptualized for RUBY .

off we hustled downtown to the studio where GUISEPPE and NATE were ready to shoot .
after the final photo shoot of the day (and a brief visit from the cops), i had all the girls involved in the shoot put on the same neon pink matte lipstick we had RUBY wear, and had STAMP capture the moment .
from l-r: me, MELE, RUBY, ANA and ALEJANDRA

when RUBY directs