Tag Archives: The Village Voice

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Posted on September 20, 2017 by Mark Stern

The last print issue of the Village Voice, with a startlingly gorgeous ultra-tight crop of Fred McDarrah’s iconic image of Bob Dylan on the cover, rolled off the presses today. The first issue was published, with newsprint and ink, the … Continue reading →

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Wayne Barrett 1945-2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Mark Stern

Wayne Barrett, a vitally important New York investigative journalist, who, for nearly four decades at the Village Voice, tenaciously uncovered the truth about politicians and business leaders, died yesterday in Manhattan. He was 71. Barrett covered five mayors, from Abe Beame to Michael … Continue reading →

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Nat Hentoff 1925-2017

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Mark Stern

Nat Hentoff who had a long, twinned career writing passionately (and influentially) about jazz and civil liberties died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. In David L. Lewis’s documentary portrait of Nat, “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step” (2013), Nat said, … Continue reading →

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Film. Hit. Phenomenon. Pet Rock.

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Mark Stern

I photographed Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez for the first time in April 1999. Their film, “The Blair Witch Project” had been a stunner at Sundance a few months earlier and editors and writers at The Village Voice were intrigued. Then, as the … Continue reading →

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Stephin at the Spiegeltent: I’ll Go Back to Annandale*

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Mark Stern

Late in 1999, I had a totally fun shoot with Stephin Merritt/The Magnetic Fields (and guest vocalists), which ran as part of an article in The Village Voice when their great album, “69 Love Songs” was released. It’s inexplicable why … Continue reading →

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To everything, turn, turn, turn…

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Mark Stern

There is a season, turn, turn, turn.  I knew the words, sung by Roger (nee James Joseph) McGuinn and The Byrds, unaware (in my then general ignorance of the Bible) that they were from the Book of Ecclesiastes–or even knowing … Continue reading →

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“The Solstice of Manuel Pardo”

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Mark Stern

I needed one more artist who had a dog (and if possible his/her partner) for a Village Voice shoot to accompany a piece for the paper’s 1998 gay pride supplement (which ran headlined “Doggie Style: Queer Poets and Artists Salute … Continue reading →

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Mystery, Beauty and Cartoons

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mark Stern

I’ve photographed many artists and innumerable exhibitions but having worked with masters at The Village Voice (Peter Schjeldahl, Jerry Saltz and art editor–and food/culture critic extraordinaire–Jeff Weinstein), I know I’m not an art critic.  (I’m not really a film critic … Continue reading →

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Mise-en-scene, now and then

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Mark Stern

In the last week I’ve been photographing members of a new generation of American filmmakers participating in BAMcinemaFest (June 20-July 1).  The energy reminds me of my first shoots with directors (and actors) in the early 80s, with members of the … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Matter

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Mark Stern

Around the time the Village Voice, as we had long known it was ceasing to exist,*  I was assigned to shoot what would be my final feature for the paper.  The piece, “Tuesdays With Judy,” written by one of the … Continue reading →

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