6×6 is the blog of editorial and commercial photographer Tait Simpson. Brooklyn, New York creating artistic environmental portraits and landscape images.
Mother and Son
I learned this morning that my grandmother, the last remaining of my grandparents, died last night. June Simpson had suffered the loss of a son, her husband and Alzheimer’s. Yet throughout she was a faithful and loving woman who brought a sense of joy to everyone who knew her. She [...]
I found this security guy asleep on the job the other day just after stopping to admire this dark and ominous cloud formation heading in my direction.
Sleeping Security Guard
Gathering Storm
I recently picked up the new Philip Gefter book of essays (thanks Britt and Peter!) called Photography After Frank, not only because it has got a fantastic image by Ryan McGinley on the cover, but it also seemed like it would make for an enlightening counterpoint to the other summer reading I’ve got going on [...]
A few out-takes while on the job recently. Pompton Plains New Jersey:
Behind Best Western #1
Behind Best Western #2
Below are a few new images taken here in the neighborhood at this wood palette recycling center. I’ve never seen so many palettes in one place, and as exciting as that sounds it certainly doesn’t smell nice in July.
Palettes #1
Palettes Worker
Palettes #2
It is finally here… After losing all the blood, sweat and tears i could handle and toiling over the smallest of interface details the new website has finally launched! The buttons at the top should be working or if you prefer a direct link here:
www.taitsimpson.com
Shulman, the preeminent modernist architectural photographer died wednesday in Los Angeles at 98.
I had the chance to see a Shulman retrospective at the Getty in LA a few years ago and even own a copy of his book Photographing Architecture and Interiors. He had an incomparable sense of composition and as far [...]
I’ve been traveling a lot in the last week, showing the book during a short trip to Iceland and now a two day shoot in Jersey, i haven’t had much chance to filter through new images but I think there may be one or two in there worth posting. One that jumped out at [...]
This image was taken just after a very well received portfolio review on Bleeker St. and falls under the beautiful garbage series that I realized I’m inadvertently working on, I think I’ll call it Refuse. Another example here.
Green Garbage Bag
A few images from the Puerto Rican Day celebration at McCarren Park a few weeks ago.
Flags
1982
Balloons
