FEATURING: Erin Holland

WHAT OR WHO DO YOU FIND INSPIRING?
A friend of mine in Amarillo once shared a quote from Chuck Close that has stuck with me: “Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” I’ve really tried to live by this in recent years, though I have been lucky at MoMA to be surrounded by so much inspiration on a daily basis. The most impactful inspiration of late has been Björk. I do a lot of writing and recently created a body of work that is extremely personal, so her show at MoMA affected me. I find her vulnerability incredibly courageous.

HOW DID YOU DISCOVER YOUR CREATIVE PROFESSION?
I work as Image Production Manager for the MoMA Design Store, so I manage their photo shoots as a producer and art director. I started in that department about five years ago as an intern. I had been working as a graphic designer at the Amarillo Museum of Art in Texas for a few years and felt the need for a change. People always tell you “it’s a numbers game,” but I have never followed that advice. I put everything I had into that one intern application and amazingly, I got it. The rest sort of fell in place along the way.

WHAT IS THE TOUGHEST THING YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH PROFESSIONALLY? 
I can’t think of one story that encapsulates “the toughest thing,” but for me, it all comes down to forming positive interactions with myself and other people. I have had to learn how to speak up and voice my opinions with confidence. I have had to learn to be diplomatic—sometimes that means having a personal conversation rather than sending a curt email; sometimes it means apologizing; other times it means taking a deep breath, walking around the block, and laughing off a frustration.

WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO YOUR SUCCESS?
I owe my New York career to Brian Bergeron, my former boss at MoMA, because he had so much confidence in me from the beginning. I had no experience in production or art direction when I started at MoMA, but he told me I had a good eye and kept throwing me projects. As an artist, I count my professors at Abilene Christian University and confidants Jonathan Hance and Leah Rama as the people who have most fostered my creative practice.

WHY DO YOU LOVE ADHESIVE?
I started going to Adhesive because Brian Bergeron invited our design team, and it is amazing how many people I now know, or work with, because of that group. Some of them are coworkers at MoMA; others are frequent freelancers; a few are close friends. Adhesive is smart because it gets at the heart of what makes good work: good relationships. (Plus it’s fun. Who doesn’t like beer and bowling?!)

Visit Erin's upcoming show, You Touch Me, at Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St., New York. Opening night Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 5:30-7pm; and a Performance, Me Touch You, 8:30pm. Exhibition open through June 28.

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Full Name: Erin Elise Holland

Profession: Image Production Manager, MoMA Design Store

Industry: Photography, Art Direction, Production, and Multidisciplinary Arts

Website: www.eehdesign.com

Facebook: Erin Elise Holland

Instagram: @erineliseholland, @momastore

Twitter: @LaserEyeTex

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FEATURING: Margina Dennis

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION?

I want people to keep connecting on a face to face level and not get lost in technology. I think it's really important to connect in person. I want to take a month or two and see my many friends who live in Europe.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY?

I paint faces for a living. I've always been artistic and wanted a career change after working with LEDs for several years. Little did I know that would come full circle as I am now seeing alot of LED lighting on sets.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

My Hugo Boss Fragrance Campaign shot Spring 2014 and came in the fall the same year.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

I want to give a shout out to two people that I actually met with Adhesive events: Monet Moon and Naila Ruechel. Both ladies have become great friends but have also helped me in ways that I couldn't imagine. Naila is the reason why I have signed with Stockland Martel and I will be forever grateful.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

I honestly don't remember. I think I saw an event on Facebook and I finally went to my first event around 2011.

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Full Name:  Margina Dennis
Profession: Makeup Artist
Industry: Production, Advertising

Website: www.marginadennis.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/MarginaDennis
Instagram: Instagram.com/MarginaDennis
Twitter: Twitter.com/MarginaDennis
Tumblr: http://marginadennis.tumblr.com

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FEATURING: Jim Bull

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

All I want to do is make people stop in their tracks and internalize their thoughts because of something I’ve created. Art, architecture, design, film and music all have the ability to do this. I referred to it as making objects or experiences that ‘oscillate’ in the world – I suppose that is what I’m trying to do; make things that stand out from the norm.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

We create things that stand out – firstly it's important to know that I hate traditional silos - Design, Illustration, Brand, Photography Art, Film, and Music. I find it strange to want to bracket yourself in that way or limit yourself in that way. Moving Brands was set up to be de-siloed – or at least we push to be.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

It's been an exciting year. Moving Brands partnered with Netflix in the crafting of their new logo. We collaborated with DeviantArt in a massive rebranding as well as the design of a new revolutionary app. And most recently, we worked with Housing.com as their lead creative partner to create a brand narrative, identity system, and brand language.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

My mom and dad for letting me try to turn drawing into a career. And, Ben Wolstenholme (my Co-Founder) for always believing that, that fat guy had something special – I'm still not sure he is or was ever right about that ;)

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

Aki Shelton and James Trump, my creative leads in the San Francisco studio. They had attended a previous event and said I should pop along – so I attended the second most react event in San Francisco. The venue was super local, being only a few doors up from our studio in our local bar.

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Full Name: Jim Bull
Profession: Founder and CCO of Moving Brands
Industry: The world

Website: www.movingbrands.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/james.bull.14855
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jamesmbull
Twitter: www.twitter.com/jamesmbull
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jimbullmb/en

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FEATURING: Lisa Wiseman

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

I am unequivocally visually oriented. Basically, I live to look. The pure simple act of looking gives me visceral pleasure and I’m lucky enough to make my living experiencing the world through my eyes and making images.

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? AND HOW DID YOU END UP DOING WHAT YOU DO? 

I am a photographer; I shoot portraiture for advertising and editorial clients. I’ve always been visual and have been shooting since I was young.  Once I picked up a camera I never put it down! I learned early on how to mesh creativity with practicality so that my love can be my business.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

This past year was by far my busiest travel year to date which inspired new personal projects that have kept me busy between client projects. I also photographed the biggest advertising campaign of my career this year and partnered with wonderful new representation Angela de Bona. I’m already excited for what the rest of 2015 has in store!

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

It’s too hard to pick just one person! I am really lucky to have a core group of amazing collaborators, friends and colleagues who have each supported me and encouraged my growth over the years.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

I was introduced to Adhesive by Braden Summers a few years ago. I  always hoped to attend to events in NYC but the timing never worked out so my first event was in November when Adhesive expanded to San Francisco. The mix of creatives and fun atmosphere was memorable and has already led to new friendships and connections!

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Full Name: Lisa Wiseman
Profession: Photographer
Industry: Advertising

Website: http://www.lisawiseman.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisamwiseman
Instagram: https://instagram.com/lisawiseman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisamwiseman
Tumblr: http://lisawiseman.tumblr.com

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FEATURING: Axel Dupeux

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

If you would have asked the 15 years old Axel, he would said that he wanted to be a
portrait photographer in New York. So, I made it this far…

Now, the mission is to sustain and develop that activity, to get challenging jobs,
shoot interesting people, go to odd places, get more space in magazines and bigger
paychecks 'til I can finally afford to retire in St. Barth and drink frozen margaritas.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I am a portrait photographer, I shoot a lot of editorial and a little corporate, which doesn’t sound logical but makes me very happy. I always wanted to be a “press photographer."

Basically I was your typical nerd with a camera in high school, attended photo school in Paris, then assisted a bit, then found a full time catalogue gig, but soon discovered catalogue was boring as shit, got extremely depressed, had a really early mid-life crisis, escaped France in 2005, lived happily ever after, at times in very small apartments. It was a tad more complicated than that but you told me to keep it under 50 words.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

The dude definitely!!! Jeff Bridges for WSJ.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

Definitely Maggie Soladay at American Lawyer who has been really supportive ever
since I got to New York, hiring me and recommending me to most of my regular editorial
clients. Leslie Dela Vega who let me follow her from job to job, from Fast Company to
rollingstone.com. More recently, Ronnie Weil at WSJ, who started trusting me with bigger
“personalities” like Jeff Bridges above, Christoph Waltz and well… Sarah Palin…

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

I am not exactly sure how I started going, but I remember it was at Sweet & Vicious in 2008, and the frozen margaritas were succulent. I am actually considering retiring there if I come up short for St. Barth.

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Full Name: Axel Dupeux
Profession: Photographer

Website: www.axeldupeux.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/axel.dupeux 
Instagram: http://instagram.com/axeldupeux
Twitter: http://twitter.com/axeldupeux

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FEATURING: Jennifer Lee

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION?

Since moving to San Francisco a year ago, I discovered some incredibly talented designers and craftsmen that are producing here in the Bay Area. I'd love to start a collective/initiative to bring their talents to the forefront of Editors, Buyers, and International Press, and have their designs recognized in New York and globally.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I'm a Fashion Stylist and a Contributing Editor for a luxury magazine. I've always loved fashion as a child and was surprised that being a stylist was a career option. I worked in a luxury store during college, styling their designers' special events, so I had the opportunity to meet renowned New York designers and Parisian couturiers. After graduation, I bought a one way ticket to New York and landed in the fashion department at Glamour Magazine as an Assistant Fashion Editor.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

I was asked to do a prop styling job for an online campaign highlighting a co-branding initiative between Google and Sonos. This was my first ever prop styling assignment.
It was an incredible learning experience using very different skills. The clients were thrilled with the results.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

So many people have helped and inspired me along the way: when I first started, stylists that I've assisted, who've taught me secret industry tricks; photo editors who assigned celebrities to me, and editors who gave me the chance to write my first fashion article.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

My first Adhesive event was at Sweet & Vicious in NY on one of those warm fall days and we were outside in the back. I can't remember who brought me, but I saw so many old friends and colleagues there. It was such a great time. Now, I get to experience it on the West Coast!

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Full Name: Jennifer Lee
Profession: Luxury Editor & Fashion Stylist
Industry: Fashion & Media/Publishing

Website: www.JenniferLeeStylist.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jennleestylist
Twitter: www.twitter.com/jennleestylist

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FEATURING: Casey Kelbaugh

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

I’ve always had a natural impulse to bring people together and help form connections between them. For 15 years, I’ve used food and art to facilitate these connections through my non-profit organization, Slideluck. We’ve hosted multimedia slideshows combined with potluck dinners in over 100 cities and have presented the work of over 10,000 artists.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I work as an editorial and commercial photographer, which nourishes me creatively and pays my bills. However, for the last 10 years or so, I’ve devoted the lion’s share of my energy to building Slideluck. It wasn’t conscious shift to putting so much focus into this project, but my impulses are to jump from project to project, medium to medium and I wanted to see what would happen if I really committed to a project and stuck with it, through thick and thin. Thankfully, the last couple years have been much more thick than thin.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

It’s been an exciting year. Went to Slideluck launches in Istanbul, Fez, Miami, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok as well as Oslo, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Slideluck published our first book, Hungry Still, through our London chapter and it’s gorgeous. Our Youth Initiative expanded to East LA, Harlem, East New York and now the Bronx. I was also asked to give a talk at the Brooklyn Museum and had my photos included in a multimedia performance at BAM.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

I have so many Slideluck team members, supporters, local directors, patrons and volunteers to thank. Beginning with Alys Kenny, who initially helped me get it off the ground and get it to a global audience. Following her Wren Noble, Nicole Pangelinan, Carly Planker, Jen Plaskowitz, Sasha Okshetyn, Suchan Vodoor, Mesha Bhansali, Maria Teresa Salvati, Andres Ronderos, Rachael Gardner, Andrew McFarland, Jordan Frand, Rachel Langosch, Winston Struye and so many others.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

I heard about it fairly early on, when it was still at Sweet and Vicious, but it was already drawing at least a hundred people. I walked in and felt like I knew everyone there because there was so much crossover with the Slideluck community.  Since then, we’ve collaborated on a number of occasions we’ve always felt a great deal of love and support from the Adhesive community!

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Member Name: Casey Kelbaugh
Profession:  Photographer, Photo Editor, and Founder of Slideluck
Industry:  Arts and media

Website:  http://caseykelbaugh.com, http://slideluck.com
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/slideluck
Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/caseykelbaugh, http://www.instagram.com/slideluck
Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/slideluck
Tumblr:  http://slideluckyouthinitiative.tumblr.com

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FEATURING: Greg Neumaier

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

My mission is to continue pushing the level of my work. I want to maximize my downtime shooting more and testing with different stylist. I have some new interactive work I am testing now and hope to have some samples available soon. 2014 was my best year in business and I hope 2015 will follow a similar path.

HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I am a professional photographer living in Brooklyn, NY where I have a full service studio (in DUMBO). I began photography back as a teenager. While in high school, my friends and I used to make short films with my father's Zenith Betamax camcorder. It usually entailed beer drinking, bad scripts, gravel pits, and cemeteries. As we grew older, our cast and crew moved on and I started shooting more film. Eventually, I ended up in art school in Detroit where I double majored in Photography and Glass Blowing (crafts).

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT TO DATE? 

In 2014, shooting the Budweiser World Cup special edition bottles and Canon “Bring it” ads.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IN THE INDUSTRY?

Matt Coogan and Darren Jordan, these are my awesome sales reps at ANYWAYREPS. I will also throw in Alex Nikki from Resource magazine. She had done a great job reinventing industry trade magazines in both print and interactive.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ADHESIVE?

Adhesive cofounder Brian Bergeron introduced me to the events, while shooting MoMA catalogs in 2007. The earliest event I can remember attending was at Ulysses on Wall Street.

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Member Name: Greg Neumaier
Profession: Photographer
Industry: Photography

Website: www.gregneumaier.com
Instagram: www.Instagram.com/gregneumaier

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FEATURING: Toni Bashinelli

WHAT'S YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

So much of building a company from the ground up is discovering who you are, who you want to be and how your work can reflect that. Some key sentiments: People first. Common sense rules. Balance whenever possible. Appreciate what you’ve been given. Give back. Our company motto at Lockbox is, “Life is short. Work with people you like.”

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING AND HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I’m a Senior Partner in Lockbox Productions, one of the top 20 production companies in the U.S. I founded the company ten years ago when running a corporate in-house studio and managing more than 25 shoots a year didn’t feel like a challenge anymore.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? 

Our most tenured employee was promoted to Executive Producer this year – the highest level you can achieve in our company below Partner. Considering she started with us as a Production Assistant, I’m very proud of how she’s grown into a seasoned, savvy contributor. Growing our team to be the best is a top priority.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO FOR YOUR GOWTH IN THE INDUSTRY? 

I’m eternally grateful to the people who took the time to talk me through some of surprises in the early years of growing a company, with words both kind and/or straightforward, depending on what was needed: Peter Triolo of Highline Stages, agent Kate Ryan, agent Therese Ryan Mahar, photographer Verser Engelhard, casting agent Sally Marsh....there were so many. I was very lucky.

WHO INTRODUCED YOU TO ADHESIVE? WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST EVENT? 

I attended the very first Adhesive event, when it was just a dozen of us sitting at a dive bar in NoHo. Everyone there was creative and interesting, so we switched seats a few times to make it easier for introductions and free flowing conversation. The story of how that meeting came to be is a party favorite.

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Member Name: Toni Bashinelli
Profession: Executive Producer/Senior Partner, Lockbox Productions
Industry: Advertising Production

Website: www.lockboxproductions.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tonibashinelli
Instagram: www.instagram.com/tonibash

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FEATURING: Matt Salacuse

WHAT'S YOUR PERSONAL MISSION? 

I live for the photo that I take today that I will look at in 20 years from today. Often when I am about to click the shutter I think to myself "will this photo be more interesting to you in 20 years?" If the answer is yes, I click the shutter. If the answer is no, I still click the shutter and then wait and see.

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING AND HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? 

I am a professional photographer and I have been shooting since I have been in college. I am slightly dyslexic so book learning came hard to me. So I picked a visual medium to study. To this day, I do not know how my father kept a straight face when I showed him a freshman photo portfolio of squirrels in Washington Square Park and I said, "Dad, I am going to be a photographer.

WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? 

As an editorial photographer you are constantly trying to impose your vision on a subject to be seen in a way that they are not used to. This usually takes 10 levels of P.R. approval and meetings and cajoling. I photographed rapper French Montana this year for Billboard Magazine and I found myself at his mansion in New Jersey with a monster pool out back. So I ran down the ideas for a shoot with him and sheepishly added, "and a shot of you in the pool." To which he added, "oh great, I haven't been in it yet." I was so unprepared for a yes that I literally had to borrow my assistants shorts to get in the pool.

ANY PERSON YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO FOR YOUR GROWTH IN THE INDUSTRY? 

Kindest and most supportive photo editor, Michele Romero at Entertainment Weekly. Photo editor that gave me my first break: Deborah Boardley. Photographer pals that challenged me, Michael Schmelling, Emily Shur, Chad Griffith, and Kareem Black. Steel sharpens steel. And Stacey Pittman at Esquire, the photo editor I liked so much that I married her.

WHO INTRODUCED YOU TO ADHESIVE? WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST EVENT? 

I was friends with co-founder Shabnam when she was just talking about Adhesive over a few drinks. A few drinks begat a few more and they really created Adhesive. I am always impressed with this sort of enterprise. The one's literally drawn on the back of a cocktail napkin.

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Member Name:  Matthew Salacuse
Profession: Photographer
Industry: Editorial and Advertising

Website: www.salacuse.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/matthewsalacuse
Instagram: www.instagram.com/salacuse
Twitter: www.twitter.com/salacuse

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