on the way to visit PORTS BISHOP, a young photographer, who is about to have his first one man show - ever - at HaNNa Gallery in TOKYO - his studio is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

The first thing that strikes you about Williamsburg, especially down near the river, is that there is still alot of graffiti, unlike Manhattan, where there is a determined campaign to eradicate all traces completely. Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports has his studio in the big building on the right. That's Manhattan, looks to be Union Square (14th St.) across the East River. Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

There's Ports, on his cellphone, right in front of his building, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports Bishop, the name has been handed down in his family for generations. Born in 1976, he was raised in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Educated at the Dublin School, Boston University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and most importantly, attended the Rhode Island School of Design, when FORT THUNDER was a powerhouse of creativity, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports' friend, Kana, who is also a talented artist, works as studio assistant in the front half of the small loft apartment. Ports moved to NYC, 4 years ago, in 2001 and, typical NYC story, the building is being rennovated and his has to move in 2 months. Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports Bishop is now on the faculty of the I.C.P. (International Center of Photography) where he started off as a T.A. He is wearing a necklace made for him, by HANNA FUSHIHARA ARON, who runs both Little Cakes here in New York, and HaNNa in Tokyo. And he only wears shirts, customized by LEIF RITCHEY, check out the ribbon on the pocket, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Apparently Leif deconstructs the new shirts, and sews them back together in different ways, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

The living room is more the work room - that's the ink jet printer Ports prints his high quality archival color prints on. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Workspace. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

High definition ink jet printer, Ports prints his own archival high quality digital prints, the results surpassing C-print technology. Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

a better look at some of Ports' ink jet digital prints above the printer. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov 8, 2005

the wall above the computer, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports Bishop, portrait of LEIF RITCHEY. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports Bishop at work, Williamsburg, NYC. Nov 8, 2005

some of the icons & charms Ports has arrayed at his work station. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

Ports sleeps here, around the corner from the work station. Ports Bishop studio visit, Nov 8, 2005

on the other wall, his bike. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

his favorite camera, a medium format, 6 x 7 MAMIYA, film, not digital. Ports Bishop studio visit, Nov 9, 2005

Ports is the kind of artist who will show you his friends' work before he shows you his own. This is an early 'cut record' by NAUTICAL ALMANAC, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov 8, 2005

early one-of-a-kind record cover by DEARRAINDROP, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov 8, 2005

another DEARRAINDROP record cover. in the upper left hand corner, in the background, you can see the optical patterns of the HYPNOGOOGIA card, ARA PETERSON & JIM DRAIN made for their recent show at JEFFREY DEITCH. Ara Peterson and Jim Drain were FORT THUNDER. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov 8, 2005

BULLROAR, the band, out of Providence, Rhode Island, with from the left, a young COLIN LANGENUS and TOM HOHMANN, who are now the NYC band, THE USA IS A MONSTER. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

early BULLROAR poster, this band came out of those FORT THUNDER - Rhode Island School of Design, (Providence, R.I.) days - quickly becoming the stuff of modern myths. Ports Bishop, studio visit, Nov 8, 2005 (ARA PETERSON & JIM DRAIN HYPNOGOOGIA card in the background)

BULLROAR, early poster, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

early poster: LEIF RITCHEY, CORY ARCANGEL, JACOB CIOCCI, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

LEIF RITCHEY, 'Jimi Hendrix', Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2004

detail, Leif Ritchey, 'Jimi Hendrix', Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

This is the 1st FEATHERS 3 song disc. Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

PORTS BISHOP, limited edition, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

PORTS BISHOP, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

detail, PORTS BISHOP, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

PORTS BISHOP, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

detail, PORTS BISHOP, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov 8, 2005

PORTS BISHOP, ad campaign for BROOKLYN INDUSTRIES, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

detail, PORTS BISHOP, ad campaign for BROOKLYN INDUSTRIES, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

detail, PORTS BISHOP, ink jet digital print, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Nov, 8, 2005

leaving Ports Bishop's studio, we looked out on the street art, with a whole other eye, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

OS GEMEOS, Otavio & Gustavo Pandolfo, Ports Bishop studio visit, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, Nov 8, 2005

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! the card for: FUTURE FRIENDS, a show of photographs by PORTS BISHOP at HaNNa GALLERY, 4th FLOOR, HPGRP, TOKYO, JAPAN, December 16 - March 5, 2005

Dana Bell, photo & digital ink jet print, by PORTS BISHOP. The prints are 16 x 20 in. The show has a small but beautiful full color catalog printed by distinguished Oddi Printing, out of Reykjavik, ICELAND & was made possible by H.P. FRANCE N.Y. Inc and Takanao Muramatsu. HANNA FUSHIHARA ARON wrote the Introduction. The book has 50 images and 3 essays. FUTURE FRIENDS, HaNNa, TOKYO.

Jonah, photo & digital ink jet print by PORTS BISHOP, FUTURE FRIENDS Catalogue. Art Directed by Nico Bishop (Ports' sister) at Manual of Design, Associate Designer Aaron Gardner at Manual of Design. FUTURE FRIENDS, HaNNa, TOKYO.

Peter Glantz, photo & digital ink jet print by PORTS BISHOP, FUTURE FRIENDS Catalogue. FUTURE FRIENDS is a collection of images taken during two separate outdoor music festivals in 2004 & 2005. FUTURE FRIENDS, HaNNa, TOKYO.

Leif Ritchey and Tooya Ritchey, photo & digital ink jet print by PORTS BISHOP, FUTURE FRIENDS Catalogue. Catalogues & further info can be obtained from HANNA FUSHIHARA ARON - contact: >nypublishing@hpgrp.com< .... "The name .... Future Friends, which is also the title for this catalogue and exhibition, is in the hope that anyone you see or meet could be a future friend. I hope you can look at these individuals and recognize that they and anyone else you meet have this potential and that utopia is not such a big word. It is just a reality you work for." ... from the Introduction, by Hanna Fushihara Aron.