killer / killed

Did a killer shoot with Alex Varkatvas from the band Atreyu for one my (favorite) regular clients not too long ago and just found out that the story isn't going to end up running.  It's a little known fact for those outside of the magazine world that this kind of thing happens from time to time.  At some publications that publish more regularly (ie weekly) and cover timely events it actually happens quite frequently.  Sometimes stories get scooped by other publications (check, that happened to me after a 4 day project I worked on last year) or due to internal decisions at the magazine (such as was the case with this story).  I've been pretty lucky over the years and I haven't had to many shoots get "killed" but it's a real disappointment when you've worked really hard and produced some great pictures and for reasons beyond your control they don't end up making it out there into the world.  So here's a second chance at life for these images.  Alex is a very focused mixed martial arts athlete (as well as frontman for the band) and we spent the day with him at his Ju-Jutsu Dojo and while he went through a work-out with his boxing trainer.  He really opened up to us and gave us access into a private  part of his life and I think that's a big reason why it worked out so well.

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[Sacha]

my fave two shots...so fab.