photographing lady gaga, by accident
Lady Gaga. New York, NY (2008)
One fine day in August 2008 I was shooting street style for style.com in the Meatpacking District. My editor and I were trolling for stylish folks when we happened upon the young woman posing above. When we approached her she was shopping with her mom but took a moment to pose for a photo. After taking three frames I asked for her info and in a very serious tone she responded, I am Lady Gaga - a singer/songwriter. It took all my energy to not break into hysterics, needless to say I let out a laugh later that day.
Sure enough it only took a couple months until she started popping up everywhere. After recounting this story recently to a friend I decided to dig up the photos. It seems that I caught her in the early stages of transformation into the cyborg we know and love today.
She is definitely a cyborg. I was working at a small magazine during August 2008, also, and we did an interview with her. I had no idea who she was, but she actually sounded very knowledgeable about what she was doing.
Such a great photo. And her catching your eye illustrates all that she stands for; having people WANT to know who you are when you walk down the street.
too cool ! beautiful photo she beautiful gaga ! lady gaga !!!
hi i´m daniel furlong artist of music
lady gaga is fantastic
i´m fan number one!!
she´s beautiful
she´s magic
if daniel is fan number one, i am fan number two (of lady gaga). but i am also a fan of geordie wood! beautiful photographs!
i love lady gaga! i love this photo!
this is beautiful!
geordie is a cyborg!
this is amazing! how perfect.
[...] photographer Geordie Wood. He was shooting street style in New York’s Meatpacking District way back in August 2008 and took this pic of then largely unknown Lady Gaga; imagine his surprise when she blew up a [...]