Gregory Ambrose Pittman
Gregory Ambrose Pittman
This guy is really special. He is an amazing songwriter and performer. I met Gregory when I was asked to photograph him and his band for their debut album “Obey”.
After an unsuccessful shoot in front of the Hell Hole at Coney Island, NY, remembering that the name of the album was “Obey”, I had the idea to take Gregory up to the boardwalk at Coney Island and have him stand on a bench and get an assortment of passerbys to kneel down in front of Gregory and bow to him. waving their arms in obeisance..
Gregory Ambrose Pittman
This guy is really special. He is an amazing songwriter and performer. I met Gregory when I was asked to photograph him and his band for their debut album “Obey”.
After an unsuccessful shoot in front of the Hell Hole at Coney Island, NY, remembering that the name of the album was “Obey”, I had the idea to take Gregory up to the boardwalk at Coney Island and have him stand on a bench and get an assortment of passerbys to kneel down in front of Gregory and bow to him. waving their arms in obeisance…
I went on to become good friends with Mr. Pittman. His first two LPs were on small record labels, but Gregory went on to make many independant CDs.
One CD cover I remember in particular was the cover for “Girlie Photos”. Gregory gave me a 1950s porno magazine, such as the state of porno was in the ‘50s. He said, “Just do whatever you want.”
I scanned some small advertisements from the back of the magazine about how to order blank photo paper and develop the porno photos in your own home to avoid interstate transportation of pornography.
I will never forget that I scanned the ads, laid out the collage, set the credits, designed the cover, the tray card and the CD label in 45 minutes…
