I lied in my previous post. I have done a few small pieces lately, including this Brad Pitt make-over, painted over The Hollywood Reporter cover with Frank W. Ockenfels 3′s portrait of the actor/producer. In a time of photographs being “upgraded” with Photoshop, it’s nice to be able to “downgrade” one with “finger paint”, which is pretty much what oil pastels feels to me. “Happiness is oil pastel in your fingernails.” Of course, as always, this piece is work in progress.

Sorry, Brad. Really. Especially after all the good work you do in New Orleans, building the neighborhood with sustainable homes, through Make It Right, which, by the way, it’s going global.

I was lucky to meet and photograph other people who are making it right in New Orleans. The story was published in different publications, including El Mundo. You can see a gallery of really cool people in the Mercury Press archives: Rebuilding New Orleans five years after Katrina

A touch of humor to end this post: