Another Asian with a Camera

Jay, Brooklyn, December, 2011

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:02:36 -0500

Jay, Brooklyn, December, 2011

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:11:53 -0500

Jay, Brooklyn, December, 2011

Lan, New York, November, 2011

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:06 -0500

Lan, New York, November, 2011

Chris taking a photograph of me, Brooklyn, 2011

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:54:00 -0500

Chris taking a photograph of me, Brooklyn, 2011

Me, by Chris N. a.k.a. Tuftsmania.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:48:41 -0500

Me, by Chris N. a.k.a. Tuftsmania.

mullitover: JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:04:25 -0500

mullitover:

JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning?

SIDNEY LO: My job, Blue Bottle coffee, and lately, StarCraft II.

JC: Are there any emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment?

SL: I don’t follow upcoming photographers too much, but I dig some photographers on Flickr. If I had to name names, it would be Lukasz Wierzbowski, Nastya Tailakova, and Noah Kalina.

JC: What is your current project all about?

SL: I recently completed a series for a seasonal gallery/food event in New York called Something I Ate; my contribution is entitled Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone.

JC: What draws you to portraits?

SL: Meeting new people, creating narratives, and knowing I can become a different person each time I work with a new subject.

JC: How do you find juggling personal & commercial work?

SL: It’s easier to execute but more difficult to wrap my head around it philosophically. I think there should not be two separate categories, but that’s because I want to generate my work, commercial and personal, under one style.

Once I learned a bit more about business interactions, contracts, etc. it became more straight forward and rewarding to do commercial work. I always try to incorporate my own personality into the work. I’ve also gotten really good at saying “no” to certain offers and it’s freed me up to approach work that suits my photography.

JC: Any advice to recent photography graduates?

SL: Drop out? (Haha no, just kidding.) Get a job, never settle or make decisions because you feel like you have no other choice, say “no” a lot more than you say “yes,” and be patient.

JC: Favourite tree?

SL: The sequoia sempervirens.

Newport Beachside Resort, Miami, Florida, 2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:24:26 -0500

Newport Beachside Resort, Miami, Florida, 2012

Dynasty Lounge, Carnival Imagination, Miami, 2012

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:45:15 -0500

Dynasty Lounge, Carnival Imagination, Miami, 2012

Jay, Brooklyn, December, 2011

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:52:30 -0500

Jay, Brooklyn, December, 2011

Untitled, Brooklyn, 2011

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:16:13 -0500

Untitled, Brooklyn, 2011

Niagara Falls Bus Tour, 2011

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:41:21 -0500

Niagara Falls Bus Tour, 2011

Washington, D.C., 2011

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:50:57 -0500

Washington, D.C., 2011

Basil and Missy, New York, 2011

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:16:48 -0500

Basil and Missy, New York, 2011

Untitled, 2011Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:34:45 -0500

Untitled, 2011
Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Jason, San Francisco, 2011Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:26:39 -0500

Jason, San Francisco, 2011
Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Untitled, Colma, 2011Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:42:35 -0500

Untitled, Colma, 2011
Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Kiya, Sightglass Coffee, San Francisco, 2011Sometimes When We...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:43:00 -0500

Kiya, Sightglass Coffee, San Francisco, 2011
Sometimes When We Eat, We Eat Alone

Cat’s Rock, Garrison, New York, 2011

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:20:15 -0500

Cat’s Rock, Garrison, New York, 2011

Something I Ate gallery show on Friday, November 18th, 2011

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:53:00 -0500

I’m going to be showing work at this event, Something I Ate. It’s an exhibit featuring artists who make art based on a week-long food diary they’ve kept. It’s fully catered with food and drinks (swag), and you get to meet me.

It will take place at Acme Studios on 63 North 3rd St. (Wythe and Kent) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at 7pm. It’s $30 for presale tickets.

If you’d like to support me, please attend. I’ll also be posting up new photographs in the upcoming week.

Most of you have only known my blog for a couple months, or...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:57:00 -0500

Most of you have only known my blog for a couple months, or since May, at most; that’s probably because you found me in the photography section of Tumblr’s Spotlight. Thanks for following me. I really appreciate your viewership, even if it was a simple click-to-follow and you only kind of view my photographs every once in a while because I get lost in your Tumblr stream or I just don’t update as often or as regularly. If you dig my work and want to help out, I want to talk about a way for you to indirectly support me.

First off, for all of my new followers, I’m Sidney. I’m a photographer. I self-published a book in May of 2010 called Taking Pictures of People Who Take Care of Themselves. It’s a really great book about people into fashion message boards and self-portraiture; the short version of it is I met up with these Internet guys and gals and took their portraits and compiled them into a book. The cover is pretty neat, too.

So, for everyone who’s met me and my blog only recently, you could show your support by purchasing a copy of my book from my friend’s retail store, Self Edge. If you’re curious about some of the photographs that are in it, you may already be familiar with some of them.

Either way, thanks again. If you’re local to New York and would like to show some support for my work, I have an update for you in the next day or two. Otherwise, you can buy my book here.

Best,
Sidney