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Thanks for stopping by the SKID Homepage, yet another waste of bandwidth put forth as a self congratulatory pat on the back and cyber rubbish--but hey, we're proud of it! So, rather than think you've landed in the wrong place, read on, take a look around, we have some really neat stuff.
What is 'SKID'?
SKID is our company name--we're photographers. Our specialty is portraiture of musical celebrities, for editorial as well as commercial clients. In addition to these 'pay the bills' kind of work, we've done a rather extensive art project documenting nightlife here in New York City.
Our other business; SKID Plants, is a small sideline operation that began by chance. To read more about it, follow the link to the garden page.
Why 'SKID'?
In June of 1992 we were invited to attend an event at the Limelight nightclub here in the city. Basically, promoters like to have photogs on hand to do shots so they can get placed in the dailies and subsequently, garner publicity for their events. Well, this event we went to was called 'Playgirls Of Power', co-sponsored by Playgirl Magazine. The event itself was to celebrate the release of a porn movie directed by former adult film star Candida Royale.
Part of the entertainment for said event were some of the Playgirl centerfolds dancing with attendees and posing for pix. They seemed very uptight and distressed by the whole thing, and we thought they were dickheads. If you shorten that to just 'dicks' and then spell it backwards, voila!, you have SK©ID!! Hence, the beginning of the business and its name.
The 'Nightlife' project lasted for about a year, yielding some 18,000 images, some (not all!) of which we've posted to this site for your enjoyment, along with a selection of our portrait work. Our website space is limited, so the pictures are not large, but are certainly readable.
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