Episode 35 — Seth Olenick

Seth Olenick on Hey Brooklyn
Seth takes amazing, quirky portraits. Check out his tumblr account, Shits ‘N’ Giggles, to see his current 3-year project. He’s shooting portraits of the younger generation of comedians – Demetri Martin, Samm Levine, John Hamm, Charlyne Yi have all been in front of his lens – and he has plans to turn them into a book.

Seth is a great guy, but I was still nervous about turning my own camera on a photographer! It was cold and dark out, so we shot in the hallway of the studio, and he literally climbed the walls. I tried to get my shots in before the security guard yelled at us. We made it, but barely!

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