Composed for the New Year

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Page 01NEW YORK DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKANY.COM ALEX BURTZOS COMPOSER IsSUE 99 90.. UP THE WRAPPING HOLIDAYS NEW COMPOSED FOR YEAR. GETTING THE

Page 02BURTZOS PHOTOGRAPHED BY KARJAKA HE'S NOT A MODEL, BUT HAS STYLE TASTE, AND A CHISELED JAWLINE DOESNTHURT EITHER UR LAST PHOTOSHOOT OF THE YEAR ONTHE STREET SEEMS FITTING.WRAPPED UP IN PEACOAT. WE TOOK TO THE STREETS OF SOHO FORAN EARLY MORNING WANDER. AS I'M NEARING 40 IM REALIZING MORE AND MORE HOW NOT EVERYONE IS UP FOR A CRACK OF DAWN PHOTO WALK.APPARENT- LY, WE'RE NOT ALL EDMUND HILLARY, WHO KNEW? GIVE ME GOOD LIGHT HELL. EVEN JUST DECENT LIGHT AND NO FOOTTRAFFIC ON THE STREETS AND TLL CREATE SOMETHING FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TO ENJOY. 4 DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 04lex wasn't looking that far down the line, but certainly something to stand out. An old friend, iconic compos- er and director of Iceberg New Music, a contemporary music collective, we raced against the heightening and brightening of the light at 7am. Clouded overcast before an oncoming rainy winter storm gave us diffuse early morning light on the empty streets. Perfect. DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 06ontrary to how I make photographs in the studio, on the street I'm spry and fast. Quick setup... pose, adjust the outfit, hair and makeup, chitter chatter, a few snaps... and we're on to our next location. Let's go, try this, try that. When it's a commercial shoot, permits have been fled, the whole lighting crew has been hired, then we can take our time. This was not that. This was,.. “grab the suitcase, we've got to keep moving. DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

Page 07yson There's a reason why every scenic photographer loves an evening golden hour... warm contrasty light in every direction. Point, click, and there's a good chance you've got a winner in one of your snaps. What's not to like? The worn-down professionals are the ones who make it work in any light, or in our case the break of dawn. IT'S DECEMBER IN THESE SHOTS. AND TO NO ONE'S SURPRISE.THE CITY OF NEW YORK IS MOBBED IVS OL LON S.LI 'SLNVLIHVHNI IVIIOH HLIM THAT IDON'T LIKE PEOPLE. BUT I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THEM IN MY STREET STYLE PORTRAITS, OR IM GOING TO USE THEM AS SUB- JECT MATTER. SO AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT. MOST PEOPLE TEND NOTTO BE ON THE STREETS OF A BLUSTERY NYC AT 7:15AM. DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 09The real dilemma for every photographer that's worked with any human,... how is your client/subject going to react on set, or in this case on the street? Photographing pro- fessional models, is easy. They know their body. Any Joe Schmoe can point a camera at them, and with decent light, get a good photo. Ever been to a red-carpet event? Narcis- sists are the opposite side of the spectrum of which I could easily digress, but let's keep it short and positive, shall we? DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 12SO, RIGHT, ALEX IS NOT A MODEL, 3% BODY FAT, CHIS. ELED JAWLINE AND DOESN’T REALLY KNOW HOW NVS V LON S.LVHL N YOHHO SYOM IOA SIH AGAINST HIM.MOST PEOPLE DON'T:WHEN WAS THE LASTTIME YOUTHOUGHT ABOUT SITTING,THE ACT OF COMPOSING YOURSELF IN A CHAIR? YES. COMPOSED WERE YOU RELAXED. ENGAGED...WITH ANOTHER PER- SON? HOW DID YOU HOLD YOUR MORNING CUP OF COFFEE? DID YOU BLOTYOUR FACE WITH A NAPKIN OR SMEAR THE PAPER ACROSS YOUR LIPS? HOW DID YOU PUT YOUR GLASSES ON? DID YOU RACE TO SHOVE THEM ON, OR GENTLY PLACE THEM? ETC. ALL OF THESE LITTLE DETAILS..: THAT'S PHOTOGRAPHY.

Page 13THIS IS WHERE SOHO GIVES YOU THAT BOOST. EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD SHE'S THAT MODEL WITH THOSE UNWAVERING GOOD LOOKS.WITHTHE KIND OF FLATTER DIFFUSE LIGHT ING FOR THE BACKGROUND I GOT ANASSISTTO SPEND TIME CHATTING AND COACHING. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE SHOTS. THEIR CAPTURES OF HIMLOOKING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE SOFT GAZE INTO THE CAMERA. OR A SOFT EX- PRESSION.NOTHING TOO OVER THE TOP NOTHING CRAZY. JUST A BIT OF IN- TENSITY AND SOFT LIGHT. SIMPLE. 16 DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 15LL SAY IT AGAIN SIMPLE IS HARD. WORKINGWITH ANYONE IS HARD. SOME. TIMES IT’S OFTEN BEST TO JUST GET OUTOFTHEWAYAND SEEWHERETHINGS GO. AND HONESTLY WE JUST DON'THAVE TIME FOR A FULL-ON LESSON.MUST KEEP MOVING. IT'S 8:15 AND THE CITY IS COMING ALIVEWITHSPEED MORE TRUCKS.MORE PEOPLE. NO MORE BIRDS. JUST THE SOUNDS OF CAR EX: HAUSTS AND RUN- NING INTO EARLY MORNING DOG WALK ERS.ALEX MANAGES TO DIGTHROUGH AND FIND 5 OUT- FITS THAT SUIT HIS SLENDERBODY AND MARKETING NEEDS AS SOHO GUIDES US THROUGH HER COB. BLESTONED STREETS LIKE TENZING DID WITH HILLARY. THAT'S RIGHT. NEW YORK IS MY EVEREST DECEMBER 2024 KARJAKA.COM

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Page 17WE WANDERED UP AND CONCLUDED AT THEPEAK OF ABOUL- DER OUTSIDE OF THE RALPH LAUREN STORE. FTTTING END FOR THIS JOUR- NEY AND ANALOGY. A TOP THE BOULDER ALEXRELAXEDWITH HIS NIKE KICKS. WE SAID OUR GOODBYES AND THEN I KICKED IT OFF TO MY IOAM MEETING INUNION SOUARE, AND THAT WAS AWRAP. - AK 20 DECEMBER2024KARJAKA.COM

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