max s. gerber(the latest shot)

    shortly before halloween i got the chance to photograph kevin williamson. kevin is a writer and producer most famous for creating dawson’s creek and writing the scream movies. now, kevin’s got two shows on TV, the vampire diaries and the secret circle. kevin is a guy who seems to love something scary as [...]

to say that this, my second shoot of hugh hefner, was brief would be an understatement. the entire session lasted four minutes and three seconds, including two setups in two locations in the playboy mansion – a total of 26 frames. i first photographed hef for time magazine about five years ago. this time, for [...]

recently, as my lovely girlfriend’s birthday was approaching, i found myself scrambling to figure out a knockout birthday gift for her. she is a woman of refined tastes but modest needs, and sentiment seems to go far. lucky for me, i’m pretty damn good with the sentiment. of course, seeing as how i set a [...]

ramping up to a new website design i’ve been spending some time this week searching through old archives for things i might’ve overlooked before. the other day i came across this out-take of flavor flav from 2004. originally shot for a short-lived and well-intentioned publication called “pink and the almighty”, at the time i had [...]

this shoot took place over two days in mid august, put together at a scramble with just hours to spare; the second day shoot addressing some wardrobe issues that were not able to be dealt with in the mad dash the day before. celebrity shoots go fast and can be minefields of scheduling, intention and [...]

yesterday (friday, august 1st) i turned 35. that seems like the last good milestone in age – at least, the last one before each birthday is met purely with regret and recriminations. of course, that’s not to say that 35 didn’t slam me head on with life-angst, but i figure i still have another four [...]

yep, that’s me on TV. and that’s really charlie rose. it’s not even a photoshop trick. we were in the same room, with tv cameras and everything. thanks to everyone who emailed me about the appearance, and most especially thanks to all the heart parents who took time to write. hearing your stories is always [...]

abigail breslin (star of little miss sunshine), photographed at the four seasons hotel in beverly hills. we waited around for three hours, and were promised a full fifteen minutes with abigail. i looked at the time stamp on my camera’s metadata. the publicists shut us down after six minutes and thirty-six seconds. this was, of [...]

i just got back from a very stressful week in new york. stressful because of random scheduling difficulties, family pressures and the general feeling of unrest and unease that new york city causes me. i’m the only person i know who hates traveling. i’ve recently given up thinking that everyone else is wrong and i [...]

this was an odd sort of press junket. well, all press junkets are kind of odd, unnatural affairs, but this one was particularly odd as nobody really seemed to know about it. the hotel didn’t seem to know about it, and the only other media person there was a writer for some film technology blog [...]