An Ode To Apples
February 11th, 2024

A short video poem written about apples and the obsession our culture has with them. I made this video focusing on short cinematography. This was also my first time utilizing caption graphics in video editing. 

Ode to Apples

 “Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about apples. I’m not exactly sure what about them captivates me, but I haven’t been able to shake the obsession with apples our culture seems to have.

Original sin is Eve biting the apple from the tree of knowledge, and villains are portrayed holding apples. Think about snow white, hunger games, harry potter, and there are other examples.

But still, apples are viewed in opposite ways too. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, is what they say. Are we villains, or sinful for eating healthy fruit? I guess it doesn’t stimulate the pharmaceutical industry to eat apples in that case.”






Photo stills from video



Film Photography
Spring 2023 - Summer 2024

Paris and Marseille
June 2024

Photos taken in France during early summer.

Roland-Garros, Roucas Blanc, and Rodin Museum shot on Zeiss Contessa.
Moise Kouame, 15, serves a tennis ball at French Open in Roland Garros, Paris. Photo taken June 6.
Max and Elizabeth Giordano watch tennis at French Open in Roland Garros, Paris. Photo taken June 6.
Shoes hang on a line above a street in Montmartre in Paris. Photo taken June 1.
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin sits in the  Musée Rodin behind flowers and trees. Photo taken June 4.
View of the Mediterranean Sea, mountains, and downtown Marseille from the Roucas Blanc in Marseille, France. Photo taken June 2.


New York
March 2024

Photos taken in the city during late March.

Soho, Times Square, and Harlem shot on Zeiss Contessa.
A graffiti-tagged pole stands in Soho.
A tree blooms in Elizabeth Street Garden.
A tagged pole stands in Soho.
A budding tree takes in sunlight in Elizabeth Street Garden.
People walk through a crowded Times Square.
Geese swim in a pond in Morningside Park.


Webster Groves, MO
June 2023

Photos taken in town in early June.

Maypop, Larson Park, and Maple Street on Zeiss Contessa.
A cart of flowers stands in Maypop Coffee and Garden Shop.
Cacti sit in Maypop greenhouse. 
Davis Giordano checks an information tag on a cactus in Maypop. 
Kyra Collins reads a plant tag and holds a drink from Maypop.
A hanging plant takes in sun on the front porch.
Max Giordano eats mint chocolate chip ice cream on a porch. 
A cherry blossom blooms in Larson Park. 
A stream flows in Larson Park.
Plant hangers sit in Rolling Ridge Nursery. 
Rolling Ridge Nursery greenhouse through an opening in the wall.

Montreal
April 2023

Photos taken across Montreal in early April.

La Grande Roue, Place Du Canada, Old Montreal shot on Zeiss Contessa.
La Grande Roue de Montréal sits below a gray April sky.
People walk below The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
The Ring sculpture captures the view of a busy street and Mount Royal behind it. 
View of the gloomy Montreal skyline from La Grande Roue de Montréal.
People walk down Rue Notre-Dame in Montréal.
A man looks down the street in Old Montréal.
Sir John A. Macdonald monument stands without statue in Place Du Canada. 
Statues surround the exterior of Marie-Reine-Du-Monde cathedral in Montréal. 
New York
March 2023

Photos taken in the city during late March.

Hell’s Kitchen and Chinatown shot on Zeiss Contessa.
Students and teachers stand in Penn Station as a cleaning cart zooms by. Photo taken March 21.
View from below: air conditioning units line the side of a school building in Hell’s Kitchen. Photo taken March 18.
Aircraft marshaller guides Southwest plane out of LaGuardia Airport. Photo taken March 21.
A basketball hoop sits in front of wintry trees. Photo taken March 16.
Jack Eveker takes a photo at Gutenberg playground in Hell’s Kitchen. Photo taken March 18.
Red cars drive by a busy Chinatown street. Photo taken March 18. 
People find their seats in Walter Kerr Theatre ahead of a Hadestown musical performance. Photo taken March 18.
View of Manhattan from the top of the Rockefeller Center. Photo taken March 19.
People walk along a busy Brooklyn Bridge. Photo taken March 20.
A light flashes between students and teachers in Penn Station. Photo taken March 21.

 EDITORS NOTE: Film photography is a passion of mine. I mostly use a 1950’s era manual Zeiss Contessa, but have used other film cameras in the past. This work mostly tries to bring out colors and moods moreso than my other work in photography and videography. Most of my film photography is done in travel, which is why these sections are broken up into times and locations. 
Cicada Montage
Webster Groves, MO
June 2024

Cicada Montage

 Cicadas rushed Missouri in late May last year. Some said it looked like an alien invasion.