Alan: Variety

Alan also showed up with a bag of tricks, more props and costumes than I could possibly have time to shoot. It was fun. We started out with the boxer.

Then some of my more standard, slightly abstract portraiture and hand studies.

Then these cool African masks that he brought came in handy.

And then we started to just play with various items of clothing, not necessarily speaking to any one theme.

Alan brings a creativeness to the shoot that is particularly inspiring for me. I had a sense, the first time we spoke on the phone, that we'd work very well together, and my sense was correct.

These photos were taken Feb 3, 2011.