M. Cannon

Samurai at MFA for NY Times

admin — Sat, 04 May 2013 23:04:24 +0000

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is currently running an exhibit on a collection of Samurai artifacts. The New York Times recently asked me to capture the scene of the space and some of the main pieces of art.

It’s an impressive display of the samurai’s mastery of both his aesthetic and combat sensibilities.

Art critic Holland Cotter wrote the review of the collection in the Weekend Arts section of the paper.

Read the review here Fighters With a Wardrobe to Match

Non-for-profit Video – Krystal Edwards’ Profile

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:31:59 +0000

I was recently commissioned to produced a video for Crossroads for Kids, a youth development non-for-profit, for their annual Spring fundraising event. Working closely with the director of communications, Caitlin McGillicuddy, I spent about three days filming one of their graduating students, Krystal Edwards. The goal was to illustrate the story of her five-year experience as a participant in the organization’s leadership development program, C5 New England.

The video was later screened at the fundraising event as an introduction to Krystal’s keynote address.

Wyoming Youth Challenge – C5 New England

admin — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:07:39 +0000

I just spent two weeks working in Wyoming with a Massachusetts based youth leadership program called C5 New England. The five year program works with inner city youth guiding them toward leadership competence and community engagement. Every year the third year teens participate in an eight day hiking trip through the Big Horn Mountains. The experience is no small matter and is meant to challenge the teens in a new and stressful environment. The end result is hard to express in words or pictures. These teens leave this experience with a whole new perpective that will, no doubt, influence them for the rest of their lives.

Old Friends

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:11:08 +0000

Two recent portraits of a couple of dear friends that I’ve known for a very long time.

Outtakes from Senegal

admin — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:13:05 +0000

After spending the year studying in France, I decided to head to West Africa for a couple of weeks to work on a personal project about some very inspiring young people in Senegal. You can see the whole project here on my portfolio site, but I wanted to share a few additional images that were not apart of the final edit.

Go to full story La Jeunesse Sénégalaise

Some of the young journalists that I featured in my project interviewed me before I left. I’ve posted the interview below for anyone who can bare my poorly spoken French.

Gospel and Soul in the City of Lights

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:15:57 +0000

When thinking of Paris, gospel music isn’t usually among the first thoughts that colors the imagination.

But over the past few weeks, I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of spending some time with an amazingly talented French gospel group ,Generation Gospel, as they prepared for a concert in June. When they asked me to make their portrait I was thrilled. The final product, though not perfect, turned out great. And fortunately I was able to execute the shoot somewhat comprehensibly in French…whew.

Protesting for History

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:53:54 +0000

I walked outside today and found myself right in the mist of a very interesting protest. I grabbed my camera and spent the rest of my day figuring out what all the commotion was about. As I started to speak with folks, I realized that they were protesting about an issue that I had skimmed over about a month ago in the paper. – It’s an issue of freedom of speech, historical perspective, and the relation between France and Turkey.
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Protestors gather in Paris, France to voice their opposition against the French parliament’s consideration to approve a bill that would make it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians by the Turkish military was genocide, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2012.

The bill passed in the lower house of the French parliament Dec. 22, 2011. It is now being considered in the upper house senate, where it is expected to receive a vote on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Les “indignés” (outraged) in Paris

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:32:33 +0000

I’m currently in Paris, France studying for the semester and I heard from a friend about a protest taking place at l’Hotel de Ville that was similar to the Occupy Wall Street protest happening in New York right now and all around the world in response to global economic inequality. The outrage has hit Paris, and though it’s not as intense, yet, as others around the world like in Spain and America, it’s interesting to see the universal dissatisfaction.

Protesting in response to a global financial crises and in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York, hundreds descend near Hotel de Ville in Paris, France saturday afternoon Oct. 15, 2011. The Protest in Paris takes places during the same time as several others all around the world in an effort to display outrage against economic inequality.

Jamaica Bay Cover Story

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:49:10 +0000

This is a little late, but I wanted to share the final outcome of a metropolitan story about Jamaica Bay in New York that I photographed. I had to revisited the story quite a few times to get the right image, but I was very excited to see how it turned out in the end.

here is the article: Jamaica Bay: Wilderness on the Edge by Alan Feuer

Action Bronson

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:43:34 +0000

Saturday night I photographed rap artist Action Bronson at the Gramercy Theater. A cool little side note is that he is a chef by day, and food is often referenced in his songs. I took 5 minutes to make a portrait of him backstage before his performance and then photographed the excitement.

Review by Jon Caramanica: Action Bronson at the Gramercy Theater – Review

Rap artist Action Bronson poses for a portrait before performing at the Gramercy Theater Saturday night, July 23, 2011 in New York, N.Y. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

Action Bronson, second from right, sits backstage with other rap artists before performing at the Gramercy Theater Saturday night, July 23, 2011 in New York, N.Y. Pictured left to right are rap artists AG Da Coroner, Meyhem Lauren, Action Bronson, and J-Love. (Mylan Cannon/The New York Times)

Review by Jon Caramanica: Action Bronson at the Gramercy Theater – Review