Celebrating Empire of Space - A Book by my Friend, Todd Eberle
My good friend, Todd Eberle, is well known in the world of photography. I met Todd many years ago after launching Martha Stewart Living. In fact, I gave him his first real job shooting a story for my magazine. Since then, he shot many other fabulous stories for us and went on to become a world-renowned photographer of architecture, art, and portraits. Todd is currently working as a photographer-at-large for Vanity Fair and he regularly contributes to the New York Times Style Magazine and holds exhibitions at leading contemporary art galleries such as the Gagosian chain of art galleries. Last Monday, I attended a party at The Four Seasons in Manhattan, where Vanity Fair, Gagosian Gallery, Dom Perignon, and a large gathering of devotees toasted Todd and his first book Empire of Space. In this large collection of extraordinary photographs, Todd reminisces about his prolific career and shares many rare and never-before-published images of American culture taken over the last thirty years. I hope you’ll have a chance to pore through his book. I think you’ll admire his photography as much as I do.
1 Todd's First book, Empire of Space
2 With my good friend Todd - a double page spread of me in my office, pre and post 9-11 - very sad with no towers Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
3 Here's the crowd in the famous Grill Room at The Four Seasons. Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
4 Stacks of Todd's books for signing. Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
5 People lining up to purchase Todd's book Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
6 In action Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
7 Falling Water (1935-1936), Frank Lloyd Wright, Bare Run, PA, June 1981
8 Bass Residence (1971), Paul Rudolph, Fort Worth, TX, November 1995
9 Dorothy Hart Hirshon with Her Portrait by Henri Matisse, Glen Cove, NY, July 1993
10 John Richardson Loft with His 1974 Portrait by Andy Warhol, NYC, September 1999
11 Oscar Niemeyer in His Office, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, August 2003
12 Philip Johnson in The Glass House, New Canaan, CT, April 2003
13 Presidential Telephone, The White House, Washington DC, April 1999
14 SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) Computer (USAF/IBM, 1954), Computer History Museum, Mountainview, CA July 1999
15 Hollywood (2001), Maurizio Cattelan, Palermo, Sicily, June 2001
16 Sales Center, Celebration, Florida, June 1995
17 La Estatua de la Republica, El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba, April 1998
18 Damien Hirst on Hymn (2000), Gagosian Gallery, NYC, September 2000
19 Dom Perignon was one of the sponsors for Todd's book party hosted by Gagosian. Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
20 George Armaos and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
21 Todd and Enrique Norte Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
22 Julian Niccolini of The Four Seasons and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
23 Yvonne Force VIllareal and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
24 Todd, Nicole Ruvo, and Richard Pandiscio Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
25 Alex Von Bidder and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
26 Eneas Capalbo and Natalie White Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
27 Emma Snowdon Jones and Zev Eisenberg Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
28 Here I am with Stefano Tonchi - editor of W Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
29 Carlos Souza and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
30 Carlisle Stewart, Todd, and me Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
31 Another view of the scene Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
32 Laurie Simmons with Todd Eberle Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
33 Todd and Kelly Klein Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
34 Brooke Geahan and Edward Chapman Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
35 Sally Singer and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
36 Todd and Anne Bass Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
37 Brian Phillips, Matt Tyrnauer, and Susan Magrino
38 Scott Currie and Kevin Sharkey Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
39 Michael Tavani and Ursula Damani Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
40 Gina Nanni, Glenn O'Brien, and Richard Pandiscio Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
41 Malik So Chic Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
42 Todd and Hamish Bowles Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
43 Lisa Gabor and Gina Nanni Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
44 Tim Goossens and Andrew Goldstein Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
45 Jane Holzer Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
46 There's Jane in Todd's book. Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
47 Jessica Craig-Martin and Tara Subkoff Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
48 Steven Gameless and Pippa Cohen Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
49 Cecilia Dean Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
50 Elise Overland and Hunter Hill Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
51 Michael Rips and Todd Neil Rasmus/BillyFarrellAgency/BFAnyc.com
Martha Pins
Martha Tweets
How beautiful you look in photo #28. And, in #30. Any relation to the Stewart gentleman in # 30?
How Blessed Todd was to have you in his corner back when he started out. I'd like to see a lot of my pictures in a book, or greeting cards, or calendars, but I don't know how to get started in something like that, or have the means to pursue it.
Congratulations to Todd on a job well done.
Gloria G!!
Posted by: Gloria | May 26th, 2011 at 12:38 am
All of his photographs are quality I can only aspire to!
Posted by: BluBabesCreate | May 26th, 2011 at 12:52 am
Hi Martha, How right you are-Todd Eberle is a fantastic photographer and his 300 page book has to be fabulous! I remember seeing photos #7,#8, years ago and thought at the time they were beautiful! Didn't know then who the photographer was and I appreciate that you presented him to us. What a fun party at The Four Seasons in Manhattan that must have been! Everyone looks like they were having a terrific time and I'll bet he sold a lot of books! I enjoyed seeing your tweets and twitpics at that party, also! You really looked fantastic that evening! Speaking of Twitter, sure glad they fixed what ever was wrong and got back online about 10PM here last night! Sure hope you have another great, warm, dry day again today! We are back in the rain again-3/4th inch last night and cold. Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | May 26th, 2011 at 9:41 am