The Black Harbor The Black Harbor is an online account of the work, ideas, and inspiration of a tight-nit collective of creatives. Over the years we have created things together, attended school together, fought together, and partied together. We have grown beyond the simplicity of friendship. We are now a family. Our purpose is to celebrates the work of the collective and explore creative work in the world that truly inspires us driving us to be better at what we do. Our hope is that as we document our work, process, lives, and inspiration that you will also be inspired and share your work with us.
I recently had the pleasure of corresponding with Bay Area designer, illustrator and all around good guy, Javier García. I had seen Javier’s work floating around the inte ... Continue reading →
Music has forever been the soundtrack to everything in our experience. It is a driving force, a power chord that carries voltage to all thoughts, brings all bulbs to light, and keep ... Continue reading →
DM Stith is a wonderfully entrancing musician from New York. Last year we had the pleasure of filming some impromptu performances in our garage and it was quite a moving and wonder ... Continue reading →
I recently had the honor of interviewing Katie Kirk of Eight Hour Day about her new venture into children’s book writing and illustration. There’s a real good chance ... Continue reading →
I recently visited Eric Carroll’s studio to learn about his upcoming solo exhibition at San Francisco’s Rayko Photo Center. The show opens this Thursday, Oct. 27th ... Continue reading →
Sometimes we just get lucky. Being commissioned by Mike Jeter and The Black Harbor to interview my now good friend and collaborator Luca Dipierro qualifies for me.
Emmet Gowin onc ... Continue reading →
The Forest King is a story of a dying boy, a father’s hope, a mother’s faith and the journey fueled by a broken heart. This is the beginning of that journey…
I spent this last summer in N. Adams Massachusetts. It is kind of a classic American town full of old mills, a big quarry, farms, a train station and lots of motorcycles and dudes driving around awesome cars from the 60 ... Continue reading →
This spring Tara Guertin, AFAR Magazine’s Director of Photography, assigned me a photo anthology on North Carolina bluegrass music and culture. The project functioned very similar to a commission in that T ... Continue reading →
Over 400 species of bird call Trinidad and Tobago home. And I counted at least 7 that lived in the tree over my apartment. The country on the other hand has a very diverse ethnic background. Trini women are considered some of the most exotic women on the planet. Continue reading →
Here’s a sneak peak at a new project called The New Far West. These shots are a collaboration with a friend and stylist Rod Hipskind. We started with an empty barn and created images using both props and found o ... Continue reading →
I’m super excited about the release of Ryan George Kittleman’s novel The Great Peace earlier this week. Ryan is one of those renaissance men who can do just about anything really well. He is an author, m ... Continue reading →
Back in February 2011, I was fortunate enough to receive an invite to MADE for a David LaChapelle doc screening, where I met the man himself along with many other creative juggernauts Berlin has to offer (thanks Emil ... Continue reading →
Once again, Julia Pott stuns with a beautiful yet bleak short film “The Event”. Commissioned by Random Acts and based on a poem by Tom Chivers. It premiered last night on Channel 4. For those of us acros ... Continue reading →
Earlier this year, I made this post containing scanned in logos of the book ‘Top Symbols & Trademarks of the World 11.
Today I received Top Symbols & Trademarks of the World 6 of this beautiful ... Continue reading →
I’m obsessed with Emmanuelle Walker’s new dogs and cars series. There is so much style in these pieces that it hurts. And if thats not good enough, there are drawings with birthday suited women hanging o ... Continue reading →
Perhaps coincidentally too appropro for the 7th anniversary of Katrina, and the arrival of hurricane Isaac, I’ve come across some pretty interesting work from British-born artist Jason deCaires Taylor. ... Continue reading →
Oscar & Ewan is a London and Stockholm based design studio that is making really fucking awesome shit. Since 2007 they have been creating everything from brilliant album art to captivating spacial typography a ... Continue reading →