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Is this a good idea? Probably not… but I was looking through my old harddrive today and found a big selection of these from various events.

This morning I attended the first meeting of George Parrino’s students since he died. It lasted for over 2 hours and was the best tribute to how amazing of a person he was. There was not a dry eye in the room, and every person had a story to tell about how George changed their lives. It was an incredible thing that I’ll never forget. His teaching style, ability to penetrate through all the bullshit and his general lust for life has changed all of us who studied under him. We all fear the gingerbread man, one liners and the sucker punch.

Probably the reason I travelled so much in my early 20’s was because of my love of films like “Indiana Jones” and “Romancing the Stone.” Before I left for my year in India in 2002 I picked up a cheap imitation of the hat, and spent the year wondering around India looking like a bit of a tool.

Looking at ridiculously expensive umbrella’s online today ($500 is crazy), I came across this British leather goods store called Swaine Adeney Brigg that made the original Indiana Jones Hat after meeting with Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. I have to admit that I want one.

The Shot from Diane Paragas on Vimeo.

Thanks to Brooklyn Social Cards and my brother Tom I now have decent business cards. You can’t really see the blind print in it, or feel the texture of the card.

My parents went to Southeast Asia for 2.5 weeks on a cruise from Hong Kong to Vietnam and came home with hundreds of photographs. I was pleasantly surprised that they took so many, and some of them were pretty nice.

I photographed this amazing Alvin Ailey performance for Getty last week. See photos here.

I shot this last week during an art opening from the O&M offices on 46th and 11th looking East.