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March 30, 2010
Photos of Michael Jackson’s Final Tour Outfits for Swarovski
This story took a very unexpected twist.
Last summer on June 15, 2009 Jane went into New York City on assignment for Swarovski to photograph the making of Michael Jackson’s Swarovski crystal studded outfits—to be worn on his comeback tour in London later in the year. MJ’s attire was created by Zaldy Goco, the famous fashion designer in his NYC Garment District studio housed in the classic Chelsea Hotel.
Jane shot Zaldy and his staff as they put together the jacket which would contain some 300,000 Swarovski crystals worth $1.6M. Nadja Swarovski, who led efforts to promote Swarovski crystals in the music and fashion industry, was on hand to check out Zaldy’s work on Jackson’s jacket and pants.
Ten days later on June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson died.
Fast forward to March 2010…a week ago Jane and I finally saw “This is It”–the movie made in the aftermath of Jackson’s death–in which Zaldy’s talking about at length (see special feature “The Gloved One”) about making Jackson’s outfits–that footage was actually shot during Jane’s still shoot by Magic Bullet Media out of New York. You can also see Zaldy talking about his work with Michael Jackson after MJ’s death on this YouTube video. Zaldy’s fame continues to grow with his work for high profile clients such as Lady Gaga.
MJ’s relationship with Swarovski started years earlier–the signature crystal studded white glove from the early 80s…loaded with Swarovski crystals. Michael Jackson seems as topical as ever and is following Elvis into posthumous super-stardom with his record $250M deal just announced.
To see more images of this shoot please visit our commercial website www.photojane.com.
March 8, 2010
Mike and Jane in Florida for NY Mets Spring Training 2010
Just got back from Florida where for the second year Jane photographed the NY Mets at Spring Training at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie for Media Day 2010 for SportsNet NY.
Starting at 7am the Mets roster rolled through our locker room studio. David Wright, Jose Reyes, Mike Pelfrey, Johan Santana, Daniel Murphy, Alex Cora, Jason Bay…a great bunch of guys. And Jane and Julie from SportsNet NY have perfected their tag team approach to getting great responses from the players that result in intimate, fun and cool photos.
This is the second year that we’ve shot the Mets…check out the 2009 Mets Spring Training photos blogpost for last year’s shots.
We were also featured in the local West Hartford Life newspaper for the SportsNet NY and the NY Mets photography…..see the article in West Hartford Life.
Lastly, this is funny: driving south on I-95 into Port St. Lucie, Jane noticed the billboard touting the NY Mets at Tradition Field…and saw they used her black and white studio photo of the Mets hat. Hey, our first billboard!
We’ll show lots of the Mets photos on our blog after opening day in April. Let’s Go Mets!!!!
Angel Pagan, 2010 New York Mets
January 17, 2010
Jane’s Photo Used by PDN for Call for Entries for Faces 2010 Photo Contest
Just saw that PDN (Photo District News, the commercial photographers’ magazine) used Jane’s NY Mets photo (of former Mets relief pitcher JJ Putz) to promote its 2010 Faces portrait photography contest.
Jane’s black and white series of the ’09 Mets was one of the Faces contest winners in the celebrity category in 2009.
Next month we’re headed back to Florida to photograph the Mets at Spring Training 2010. Port St. Lucie here we come!
For more of our commercial photography please go to www.photojane.com.
