OddCouple

After two years of knowing OddCouple, we finally had a real and honest conversation–which was long overdue. The first time I met him was via a group text message with musician Jack Red. Jack had reached out to me to virtually style a music video shoot for him and OddCouple. Never meeting him in real life, I pulled pieces for the shoot and never heard from him again, until about a year later.

Randomly on the rooftop of the Virgin Hotel, I finally met him. That night was a blur, but the mention of the video shoot came up and I wouldn’t see him again until a year and half later. This time, It was in the middle of a global pandemic and at a wine shop.

After exchanging pleasantries, I reminded him that I was the one who virtually styled the video–which has never seen the light of day. We chatted a bit about the work he’s currently doing and a bit about the future of music. As it was time for us to depart, he suggested that we do this again, so we did. After an hour portrait session in my Humboldt Park studio, we chatted for nearly two hours.