Lakeview Organic Grain

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Some work from a soon to come Field to Fork whiskey story on Nona Brooklyn, featuring Lakeview Organic Grain and Kings County Distillery.

The Impossible Project Photo Walk

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I went on one of The Impossible Project's Photo Walks in Soho on Sunday and I am so glad I did. I finally got comfortable with their film and I am shooting with my SX-70 again, feels like the old me :) I am going to try something in Brooklyn with their special gold frame edition, stay tuned.

Polar Bear Swim 2013

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Warming up, Polar Bear Swim, Coney Island, 2013.

Kings County Distillery,Tobacco and Tasting

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Kings County Distillery, The Paymaster Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2012. For more barrel tasting images click here.

A Closer Look at Late Fall's Corn Harvest

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I have been a little obsessed with these close-up shots of late fall's dried corn harvest from my shoot up at Lakeview Organic Grains in the Finger Lakes a couple weeks ago.

Harvesting Fall's Organic Dried Corn

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On assignment in Ithica at Lakeview Organic Grain photographing dried corn being harvested for the next Field to Fork story for Nona Brooklyn. From Lakeview Organic Grain to Kings County Distillery in Brooklyn. From corn to whiskey.

Snap Magazine

All images © Valery Rizzo with exception of snap cover photo: Denis Balibouse and article title page: Lucas and Laura Buick.

Snap the magazine brought to you by Hipstamatic published an article in their November issue featuring some of my photos shot with the Hipstamatic app of Hurricane Sandy's aftermath and recovery in Brooklyn and The Rockaways, along with images by photographers Lucas and Laura Buick. 

Included in the same November issue of Snap was an article about an Incredibooth project from the Facebook group Hipstamatic New England which I contributed to. Photographers from 4 continents were each given a booth and film and asked to think outside the box of the usual usage of the Incredibooth app. Scenes from the motion picture Diner / Valery Rizzo, Incredibooth / Noah Fenz.

After The Flood Series on Nona Brooklyn

Cleaning up at The Red Hook Winery which suffered a total loss.

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I covered a story for Nona Brooklyn's After The Flood Series, about the ruin and resilience in Red Hook Brooklyn and The Rockaways. See the full story here. All but two photographs were shot with hipstamatic for the first time.

The Rockaways After Sandy

A man stands on the Rockaway Boardwalk which was pushed against his house during the surge from Sandy, Rockaway Beach, New York, 2012.

The Boardwalk at Rockaway Beach ripped from it's foundations and wrapped around the handball court.

All images © Valery Rizzo. See more from this set on Instagram.

Brooklyn Navy Yard After Sandy

The tugboat Reliance in Dry Dock 1, after Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2012.

Jeans and jackets hung to dry outside of a business, after flooding at the Navy Yard.

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