A. M. Richard Fine Art Wins SL6™ Cool Gallery Award

A. M. Richard Fine Art Gallery wins the Steve Lehman 6 Gold Star Award™ for being a cool gallery. I love this gallery; it's in an apartment in a Brooklyn neighborhood. I haven’t seen any other galleries like it. If you are in New York go check it out, it's the place be.

Interestingly enough I have a connection to two of the artists represented by A. M.

Derek Stroup, the person who introduced me to the gallery and another 6 Gold Star Award Winner™ (see November 7, 2007 post) grew up less than a mile a way from me in Connecticut.

Jill Freedman is a photographer I interned for the first time I lived in New York. I was student and I actually learned a lot about photo editing from her. She is very good at putting pictures together. We sat together in her living room and she would show me photos and ask me what I thought and then we would try to match them with other photos. The experience was a significant influence because it was one of my early exposures to photo editing. Are sessions were short lived because she called me out of the blue one day and wanted to pick up her dry cleaning or coffee or something. I said, "No, I don't that.” She didn't like it and told me to not to come anymore. I said, “fine” and continued on with my life. She wasn't paying me. I was there to do photo stuff not her laundry. I always had a strong sense of self and you need to if you are a professional artist. Jill was a character. She hung out with firemen and cops and made books about them. It strange looking back at that time because I was a student trying to be a professional photographer and wasn’t sure I would be able to do it.

Jill struggled with the business side of photography a lot. I also interned for Mary Ellen Mark at the same time, she was much better at business. It was interesting to observe, how these two women were of equal talent but Mary Ellen was more well known and making a lot of money. Mary Ellen was doing commercial work and some celebrity stuff. Jill was more of a purist when it came to her photography......I think. This was a long time ago and I'm not sure what went on in the subsequent years. Mary Ellen was a good self-promoter, she was shadier as well. She was fine with me but I heard a ton of horrible stories about her. She wasn’t a warm person. Neither woman really cared about helping to educate me. They didn’t have any feeling for me as a human. I was this sweet young guy. They could careless, it was all about them. Because of this and many other experiences, I tend to overcompensate with people and try to help them. Hence the award……..

Sorry for the digression A. M…………..

A.M. Richard Fine Art
328 Berry Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel: (917) 570-1476
Email: gallery@amrichardfineart.com

http://www.amrichardfineart.com

Gallery hours:
Friday through Sunday, 1 - 6pm
Directions:
L to Bedford
J,M,Z to Marcy Avenue

Penelope Cruz Wins Steve Lehman 6 Gold Star Award™ For Her Amazing Performance in Vicky Christina Barcelona

Penelope you were wonderful!!! To see you become that crazy woman was incredible. Bravo.

You are the winner of the 6 Gold Star Award™ for your amazing performance in Vicky Christina Barcelona.




http://www.vickycristina-movie.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penélope_Cruz

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004851/

Wood's Pit BBQ Wins SL6™ for Best Ribs I Ever Had

Who would of thought.... right here in a tiny Connecticut town the best ribs I've ever had. Congratulations Woodie! you are a Steve Lehman 6 Gold Star Award Winner™.

These ribs are good, they are worth a special trip. Woodie is a player in the world of big league barbeque. This is not a joke, he should be on that on that show All Star BBQ Showdown (Outdoor Life Network).

Coincidently, I discovered this place after watching Vicky Christina Barcelona, a WOODY Allen film.


Info:
Wood's Pit BBQ
123 Bantam Lake Road, Rte. 209
Bantam, CT 06750
Phone (860) 567-yumy or (860) 567-9869
www.woodspitbbq.com

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday - Sunday. Closed Mondays

Julie Henderson Wins SL6 Hottest Woman On Planet Earth Award™!!!!

Uhhh! Julie Henderson is just too smoking hot! She wins The Steve Lehman Six Gold Star Award™ for being the Hottest Woman on Planet Earth ™. She goes beyond supermodel status, I created a special title just for her. If it was up to me, I would put Julie on the cover of Sports Illustrated next year.

Good Luck and run with it.

Links:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/models/julie-henderson/index2.html

http://www.fordmodelseurope.com/index.php?model_department=1&model_category=6&lang=en&model_id=590

http://www.newyorkmodels.com/