I have spent an unreasonable amount of time organizing every photo I have ever taken. The ideas is to create a series of portfolio sites that I can gain new clients with and keep being able to pay for food to go in my face. The problem is I still have more than three years of digital photos to go through still. But fortunately (or unfortunately for my career) I have already finished organizing my 35mm photos and I have launched my first portfolio site: Igor 35.

The site is a very small selection of my 35mm photography. Primarily snap shot work taken over the last 7 years, it contains a dozen small galleries of work, each representing a project or body of work. It is still a work in progress but I figured I would finally show it off to more than the people who follow me on Twitter.

The main problem with the site is that it’s incredibly bi-polar and features everything from soft black and white work to some of the most graphic and horrifying  images I have ever posted. That brings me to the second problem with the site… no one who sees this site will ever hire me for anything. It’s extremely fucked up and very NSFW. You have been warned.

Igor 35 has a ton of unpublished work on it, as well as shots from my first book, Get Your Kicks, my new book Dinner With Igor and my infamous unpublished book Drink Fight Fuck. I hope you dig it.

Click here to visit Igor 35! 

Hi guys, this is Alex. She is a total babe. I met her a couple years ago through a mutual babe friend. We quickly decided we should do a photo shoot at Coney Island but then it didn’t happen that summer, or the next summer… most people would have given up, but when it comes to photographing cute ladies I am relentless and it finally paid off!

Several weeks ago Alex finally had some free time and we took the train down to Coney Island. I had some expired film that I wanted to experiment so we took a few photos on the train. They didn’t come out very well but I included two of them in this set. I then put a roll of black and white film in my SLR camera and had new color film in my point and shoot. I ended up shooting three or four rolls of color, a full roll of black and white and the end of the expired roll. In all I ended up with a nice gallery of 35mm photos of Alex that I think you are going to dig.

As soon as we got off the train we went directly to Nathan’s Famous because a trip to Coney Island without a Nathan’s hot dog is sacrilegious. From there we hit the beach and it was pretty funny to see Alex in her bikini walking around with me wearing all black and boots on the sand. Some teenage boys wanted to know if she was a famous model and if they could take pictures with her.

From there we clearly hit some rides… first the Cyclone because it’s the best roller coster in the world. It’s completely terrifying and at least three people have died on it in my lifetime. Our best photo opportunity came on the Wonder Wheel and we shot a few topless shots on there which makes it the fourth ferris wheel in one calendar year that I photographed someone topless on – Navy Pier in Chicago, City Museum in St. Louis and Santa Monica Pier in CA round out the list.

After that we grabbed some funnel cake and some absurd drinks, got Alex topless on the boardwalk and finally headed home. It was a really day and I got some nice photos of an awesome babe that I have been trying to photograph for ages. Hopefully another two years won’t go by before I get to photograph her again. Thanks for the adventure Alex!

Now click here to see the full gallery of 35mm images of Alex at Coney Island!

Ps. These photos are available in high resolution on the Girls of Driven By Boredom app!

In my last post about the Antiques Roadshow I talked about how I asked my friend Pinky to come with me and write about the adventure. The reason I thought of Pinky first was because last month we went on a five day road trip because she wanted to hit up flea markets and thrift stores before ending up in Scottsboro, Alabama the home of the Unclaimed Baggage Center. She loves that kinda stuff and I love road trips so I was totally down as long as I got to finally visit South of the Border and hit a few other weird spots along the way because while Pinky’s passion is digging through old junk for treasures, mine is insane Americana and roadside attractions!

Our first stop was Pittsburgh because it’s about 6 hours from NYC and we knew we could get there between the time Pinky got off work and the time where we fell asleep at the wheel. I drove us directly to Primanti Bros sandwiches for a terrifying 2am sandwich with french fries and coleslaw IN the sandwich. The next morning we got up and headed to Braddock, PA just outside of Pittsburgh to visit one of my child hood best friends at the farm he manages. We hit a few thrift stores in the area and then booked it to a weird casino in southern Indiana.

The next morning after a mediocre casino breakfast buffet we drove to the Creation Museum. It’s Ken Ham’s massive museum dedicated to using pseudoscience to attempt to disprove the theory of evolution. It’s not really effective to a rational adult but it probably is to the scores of little kids who are being indoctrinated in insanity every day. I mean they have dinosaurs and a petting zoo. Don’t worry, I took a ton of digital photos and will do a whole post about it soon. I assure you I will come back to this madness.

After the museum we drove quickly south in time to hit Louisville for some thrifting and dinner at “Game” a restaurant that serves kangaroo and other unusual meats. My kangaroo burger was pretty good but the elk slider was fucking incredible. It beat out the wild boar one by a mile. Sadly we didn’t have time to stick around Louisville and we kept driving until we reached Bowling Green, KY.

Bowling Green is home of the Corvette Museum which is impressively big and full of some pretty cool cars, but our agenda was not to see sports cars… we were there for the sinkhole! In February a giant hole opened up under the Corvette Museum taking a bunch of cars down into an underground cave below. The sinkhole became part of the museum but they are working to repair it so I wanted to see it before they filled in the hole for good. It was well worth the discounted admission (thanks AAA!) to see the massive hole, although it didn’t photograph particularly well. The cars were cool too.

From there we headed directly to Prince’s Hot Chicken in Nashville where we ordered quickly but waited over an hour for our chicken and unbelievably it was worth it. Pinky lived in Nashville for a year and talked a big game about the chicken but it was some of the best non Popeyes fried chicken I have ever had in my life. I wish I got medium instead of mild but stories about burning assholes scared me away. I would have probably ordered another whole meal but we had to make it to Scottsboro!

About an hour before closing we finally made it to the turnaround part of our journey: The Unclaimed Baggage Center. Pinky had wanted to go to the Center for years. They buy tons of lost luggage from airports and sell everything at the massive store. Considering we had driven for days to get there it was pretty disappointing honestly. It was pretty much just an expensive thrift store. There was no digging or crazy deals to be had. It would probably be super useful if you lived in the area to get barely used stuff at a discount but no treasures would be found sadly. The town of Scottsboro had some other promising thrift stores and rival unclaimed baggage stores but we unfortunately got there too late to hit any other spots before closing. Clearly a return trip is in order.

From there we headed north, stopping in Atlanta for a disgustingly good Elvis themed peanut butter, bacon and banana burger and then ran across the street to the bar where Steph from the Coathangers works. She owed me a copy of their newish record and I also am mildly in love with everyone in their band so it seemed like only thing to do while in their hometown. For some reason I didn’t take any photos while in Atlanta but I swear it happened.  After hitting five states in one day we ended up in the middle of nowhere South Carolina because we needed to get some sleep. My primary goal of the trip was coming up and I had to be well rested.

Somehow I have never been to South of the Border. Despite living on the east coast and traveling by car all over it, I never took I-95 from North to South Carolina. One of the largest roadside attractions in the country, South of the Border is a massive, completely offensive complex of gift shops and terrible food. There is a mediocre amusement park, mini golf course and even a reptile zoo. It was god damn incredible. Most of the photos in the gallery are of South of the Border because it’s god damn photogenic. Aside from the racist logo and terrible food I could probably just live there. It’s magical.

From there it was just a few thrift stores and flea markets and a quick stop for dinner in my old hometown of Richmond, VA before we hit my parents place in DC. They were asleep when we got there but I got to play with my parents dog which was incredibly important and then after a few hours sleep finally ran the final leg up to NYC pretty much without stopping. The end.

Now finally, click here to see the 35mm snapshots I took on our random road trip!

What’s this? Back to back babe posts? First Shay Laren and now another of my all time models Charlotte Stokely?! I didn’t plan it like this but the new episode of Road Strip went up yesterday and it’s my favorite one so far so I had to let you guys know all about it and celebrate the episode with a bunch of mostly unpublished 35mm photos of Charlotte Stokely from my Route 66 trip!

If you aren’t aware somehow, I went on a 31 day road trip last summer. The first 17 days were spent traveling Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. I made a sold out book out of it and shot a TON of pictures. To help pay for the trip I shot a sexy and educational road trip series for Wood Rocket called Road Strip!

For three days of the trip Charlotte Stokely came with me. I picked her up in St. Louis and she flew home to Oklahoma City. Some of the best stuff of the trip happened with her and it looks like Wood Rocket is making three episodes out of it. The first one came out a month ago but it was pretty much just a teaser for the epicness that is this episode.

In this episode we go to the St. Louis Zoo an amazing wild animal sanctuary in Staunton, MO. We also go to the Catoosa Blue Whale which is a huge Route 66 highlight for me. And then the episode ends with some pretty explicit video of Charlotte in the shower which I actually shot for her website and really need to send her since it’s been over a year and both of us keep forgetting about it. I am adding that to my to do list right now Stokely!

But yeah GO LOOK AT THE NEW CHARLOTTE STOKELY EPISODE OF ROAD STRIP!

And now you get to check out a bunch of 35mm photos that I shot of Charlotte along the road trip! Some of these ended up in my book and a few more ended up on my Tumblr but the rest have never been seen before (Unless of course you have the DBB Girls App which got these images weeks ago)! So get excited about that magic. Stokely is such a babe it’s absurd so enjoy the photos!

Click here to see the full NSFW 35mm gallery of Charlotte Stokely on Route 66!

I took my first photo class when I was 15 and I don’t think I have gone more than a week or two without taking photos since. I think I was still in high school when I made a vow “I will never shoot weddings, high school portraits, or babies.” For dumb some reason I have decided to stick to that vow despite being offered plenty of high paying wedding gigs. Meanwhile my friends are off photographing weddings on tropical islands for thousands of dollars. So it’s probably a dumb move, but I won’t sell out! (What’s that Igor? You won’t sell out? You are shooting a fucking cigarette ad tomorrow you asshole!) That being said, two of my four closest friends got married in May and while I didn’t actually work the wedding I did take some photos!

I have four best friends (Barry, Jamie, Sam and Tom) and I met them all in the same 5th grade class room more than 20 years ago. I didn’t think any of them would get married much less two of them in the same month, but it happened. Tom got married in Oxford, Mississippi the first weekend of May and Barry got married in Richmond, VA the last weekend of May. They didn’t invite each other to their weddings but Jamie, Sam and I traveled to both, having exciting adventures along the way.

Barry’s wedding happened on a farm near Richmond and was not quite the adventure that Tom’s was. I grew up in DC about 90 minutes from Richmond and I lived there for five years so the thrill is gone. That’s not to say that Richmond isn’t an underrated city, I just would have no problem never going there again, ever. Highlights of the weekend included seeing my parents dog, watching Barry do karaoke in what must have been the tamest bachelor party ever, and getting an old tattoo touched up by my old pal Katie Davis. The wedding itself was on my friend Jeff’s farm and was very lovely. My old friends the Atkinsons and the Ex-Patriots played music, there was swimming and a bonfire and I didn’t even have to wear a tie. Fantastic.

Tom got married in Oxford, Mississippi which sounded like a terrible idea but ended up being pretty awesome. Turns out the closest airport to Oxford is in Memphis and Jamie, Sam and I got to spend a pretty amazing day in Memphis. I am generally not one for touristy stuff but I am a HUGE Elvis fan and somehow I had never seen Graceland so that was #1 on my list. We ended up packing an unreasonable amount of shit into one day. We hit Graceland first, then got some of the best BBQ ribs I have ever had at Cozy Corner then we hit Sun Studios. After that we headed down town and saw the famous duck walk at the Peabody Hotel. When we got there there was like two hundred people there to see some ducks which I thought was insane, but honestly it was underrated. Watching ducks take an elevator is one of the greatest things ever. We then walked down to the Mississippi river and then walked down Beale Street before walking right into FedEx Forum where the Memphis Grizzlies were about to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in game six of a playoff series. We ended up getting tickets for $33. The whole thing was pretty amazing.

The next day we headed to the wedding but we first stopped off at Graceland Too which is just a guys house. It is open 24 hours a day seven days a week. If he doesn’t come to the door when you knock, just knock louder. It’s an intensely surreal experience and so worth the $5 entry fee. Paul McLeod is an incredible character and will talk your ear off about his entire life basically. You will learn a lot more about him than Elvis but honestly he is nearly as interesting as Elvis. The whole thing reaches a terrifying note when he pulls his gun out of his pocket, but try to enjoy it. I know I did. I can’t wait to go back.

That night we partied at some sort of awful Ole Miss campus bar and spent the next day checking out the town of Oxford. I got to see William Faulkner’s house which I didn’t actually have any desire to see, but it certainly lived up to those expectations. At least the woods around the house were pretty. The wedding was also on a farm and was beautiful as well. Much more formal but everyone got wasted and the food was fucking insanely good. Maybe the best catfish I have ever had. I also ate half of a pecan pie out of the tray like a savage.

The whole point of all this story telling was that I have some wedding photos to post. Really they are just photos of our wedding adventures with a few wedding photos thrown in the mix. I realize I didn’t even take a photo of Tom and his wife together. I mean I instagramed them but that doesn’t really count. Whatever the case I have a bunch of photos for you to look at and they were all shot on 35mm film if you care about such things.

So click here to see my 35mm “wedding photos” from Tom & Barry’s wedding weekends.

A couple years ago I put up a bunch of my 35mm black and white portraits and today I am updating that gallery with a bunch of new pictures. I don’t shoot it very often, maybe 10 rolls a year, but from time to time I shoot some b&w film to keep me in touch with my roots or something. I learned to shoot on b&w film and spent countless hours of my life in the darkroom developing it. I have no interest ever stepping back in a darkroom but shooting in b&w makes you think about light a little differently and it’s a refreshing look compared to black and white digital which in my opinion looks fucking terrible.

Since my last update I haven’t shot that much film. I shot a few rolls on my Route 66 trip and I shot a couple rolls of Charlotte Stokely during our Joshua Tree adventure and there were a few other rolls in my archives. Recently though my friend Mike gave me a few rolls so I was inspired to shoot a bunch of film at SXSW. I mostly shot portraits of actors at the festival when doing my film portrait gallery for Voice Media but I also shot a roll and a half during the music week.

I think there are a few nice shots in here and I figured I would give you guys a chance to look at something other than digital photos parties and naked babes. (I also posted a nude b&w portrait update a couple years ago btw.) I also wanted to give you guys something before I left town for a white.

Headed to LA tomorrow on what was supposed to be a vacation but after destroying my computer and having to pay my taxes I am pretty fucking broke and will probably be working a bunch while I am out there (If anyone needs a photog for a Coachella party this weekend get at me!). I got a couple Hustler gigs lined up and might even shoot a party or two. Not sure how much I will have time to update while I am out there but I have a pretty nice girl gallery ready to go so you will at least get that soon.

Anyway, I got a bunch of work to do before I leave town so I am gonna shut the fuck up and let you look at pictures.

Click here to see some new (and old) black and white 35mm portraits!

If I were to take this most delicious of holidays seriously and actually take time to reflect on what I am thankful for, instead of just slamming as much food down my throat as possible, I would probably think about how thankful I am for everyone who helped make my Route 66 book possible. The book has all but sold out and it’s been an overwhelming success. I would be thankful for everyone who helped me raise money for the project, all the girls who got naked in the book for almost no money, the people who designed the book, who printed the book, Mishka for helping me throw some parties and of course everyone who bought the book. But instead I am just going to eat a ton of turkey and pass out with my hand down my pants watching football Al Bundy style.

Seriously though, this book project has been so amazing and I am so glad to have been able to do it. And because of the success of my first self published book I have already started working on not just one but a series of books! Once the books are laid out I am going to do another crowd fund campaign so that people can pre-order the books and depending on how much money I raise might release several books at once. Why would I release several books at the same time you ask? Because they are all thematically linked. They are all about food. I know that sort of sounds weird but I have been working on this idea of releasing several food zines and hopefully early next year they will become a reality.

So on this day of turkey and thanks I wanted to give back by giving you guys a small preview of a few of my favorite (Safe For Work) food images that will no doubt make their way into one of the books. Happy thanksgiving!

By now I hope you guys are aware of my 18 day Route 66 road trip (The entire road trip was actually 31 days). I had been wanting to drive Route 66 for years and it was even better than I imagined. Tons of Route 66 is still there and much of it is an absolute pleasure to drive and I hope I can do it again some day. Route 66 goes from Chicago to Los Angeles and for years was really the only way to get to California. The Mother Road as they called it represented the American dream, car culture and manifest destiny. For some it was a vacation and for some a new life out west.

Despite not being particularly interested in cars (I don’t own one) I have always loved the motor history of the united states. After coming across the photography of John Margolies I fell in love with the idea of documenting roadside Americana in my own way. It’s been done by a million people so I had to put my own spin on it. Since I am known for shooting naked girls I figured I could probably get people to give me money for the trip if I added nudity to the equation.

Thanks to two different naked lady clients, a couple event photography gigs in Chicago and crowd funding I was able to raise enough money to make the trip a reality and it was amazing. I took a bunch of models on the road with me and every day was a completely new adventure. It was honestly life changing.

Along the trip I shot very little digital photography. I took 66 rolls of film (total coincidence) and close to 150 polaroids. Something about the historic nature of the trip made me want to shoot mostly analog film.

I am in the process of putting together a short run self published book of my Route 66 road trip so I don’t want to give away too many images now so I am not going to post any of the shots with models yet BUT I uploaded a bunch of nude Polaroids from my road trip on the DBB Girls App so if you want a sneak peek of the sexy stuff from my trip, sign up! These images are exclusive to the app!

That being said, I do want to get some photos up from the trip so I decided to post a bunch of photos of some of the amazing signage that is all over Route 66. Hotels, gas stations, restaurants and curio shops make up the bulk of this signage, but it’s always amazing to see how inventive people got along 66. By the way, if you love this stuff you need to visit Tucumcari, NM. It’s ground zero for amazing American signage.

Lastly, before I post this stuff, there are a few great shots on here, but most of this stuff was just snap shot photography just designed to get a photo of the sign. So many people have come before me and taken amazing shots of this stuff so I wasn’t worried about getting fantastic shots. It was more of a “Gotta catch em all” kinda vibe when it came to the signage. I was almost collecting signs.

Anyway time for me to shut up and give you some pictures, especially since most of you will just skip over this post anyway, but I hope the ones of you that do take the time to check these photos appreciate it. Hope to see you on the Mother Road.

Click here to see 35mm photos of amazing signage from Route 66!

I haven’t updated Dinner With Igor in ages and I think now is a perfect time. I just finished redoing my entire apartment and I haven’t been shooting much. Tomorrow I am headed to Puerto Rico for a week and I don’t have much time to update the site. Fortunately I have like 125 new photos of people eating with me to give to you guys! Every time I eat with someone I take a 35mm picture of them and luckily I eat with a lot of interesting (and pretty) people and these photos have become pretty popular. Vice Magazine ran some of my “Dinner With Porn Stars” photos and pretty soon I am going to be doing a zine collaboration with some of these photos with Hamburger Eyes. So enjoy these new photos and I am going to try to edit some old naked girl photos that I can auto post while I am in Puerto Rico. See you guys soon…

Click here to see all the Dinner With Igor photos!