I am proud to announce the release of my first coffee table book, The Score, Published by Bruno Gmünder. The 128-page, 26 x 34 cm (10.25 x 13.5 inch) book can be purchased today from Amazon.com, BrunoGmuender.com, and store.johngress.com.
“Sport is the new sex!”—that’s at least what you’ll be thinking when you take a look at the photos in The Score. Follow well trained and incredibly fit models from the field, where they can get rough, to the locker room where they can and do get wet. Sometimes naughty, sometimes playful, but most often masculine and full of testosterone! With THE SCORE in your hand you will always be a winner.
Photo Book, Pages: 128, Size: 26 x 34 cm / 10.25 x 13.5 inch, Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, Color: full color, ISBN 978-3-86787-144-0, September 2010, $ 89.99
When the weather in Chicago wasn’t so hot, I decided to go to Texas to shoot a set on swimming. I hit up some models and one of them turned me onto Nathan, a new-comer who had never worked with a professional photographer. Throw in models Teagen, Travon a bucket of water and we were off to a great start!
After my first shoot with Orlando M, we became friends and occasional workout partners. Hes probably one of the flirtiest people we have worked with, which I am sure you will note while watching the video.
Jason C has been one of the models that I live working with time and time again. Given a chance I would do it again… so expect to see Jason in a track themed shoot in the coming months!
I must have seen Chuck’s pics for the first time a few years ago when he lived in Detroit. He hit me up a few months ago to share that he liked my work and blog and I was thrilled to learn he would be coming to Chicago.
"During part of the photo shoot I had to arch my back...... one of the hardest poses i had to perform. I started feeling sore as if i was working out, but i know when a photographer pushes hard to get the right look, he must know something i don't... and John did, cuz it turned out great." - Model Charles S
What a face…. Daniel’s bone structure is flawless. Make up artist Brandon Phillips immediately new he was be great for headshots…. but Daniel surprised us when he put on my red catchers kit and gave us a show.
After living in Chicago for almost 7 years, I have only seen the summer sun rise on Lake Michigan twice. I had always wanted to do a shoot at sunrise, but I was always fearful that the model would flake. A few weeks ago I tried to do a shoot, but I fell back a sleep and the model was messaging me on facebook, instead of calling me…… so we missed each other. However, this past weekend, I made sure I was out of bed on time by setting one alarm for 4:30am and the second alarm for 4:40am. I had lined up to models for the shoot, just in case one of them flaked… and they did. However, what you see below is that magic Make-up Artist Brandon Phillips and I made with model PJ at a time when most people were still snoozing.
