Portrait session with author Isaac Fitzgerald.

From his site: Isaac Fitzgerald is the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (winner of a New England Book Award). He appears frequently on The Today Show and is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (winner of an IACP Award). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He lives in Brooklyn and is currently working on his next book, American Dionysus, forthcoming from Knopf.

From me: I am a huge fan of Isaac’s book, Dirtbag, Masachusetts, so when I found out he was giving a talk at MassMoca, I reached out via social media to see if I could make a few portraits. Amazingly, Isaac wrote back and kindly agreed to my request.

Issac is a terrific writer, a wonderful public speaker, and most importantly, a thoroughly lovely human. He gave me as much time as I needed to make some images despite having to get ready for his talk. I am deeply appreciative of his time, talent and kindness.

Thanks to Issac and Chris (from MassMoca)!