“It’s my private time. I can escape and turn it all off.” – Norman Reedus
When he was 28, Norman Reedus hung out on the balcony of my suite at the Chateau Marmont. He had just shot a Prada campaign and a few indie movies. “I’m so camera shy,” he told me then. “I know nothing about fashion so it’s good someone’s dressing me.” Fast forward 20+ years and Reedus headlines “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” a spinoff of AMC’s horror series ratings juggernaut. Slaying zombies with a crossbow has made him very, very famous. Reedus may be “camera shy” but he is rarely without a camera, shooting on set and off and often while driving one of his many motorcycles. “I do it when I’m feeling good,” Reedus says of snapping images from a motorcycle. “I’ve lost a lot of phones that way. But it’s my private time. I can escape and turn it all off.” Reedus shares images – some shot while speeding down the road – from his new book “In Transit” with Avenue. – PETER DAVIS
“I saw that kid jumping around terrorizing everyone. I thought he seemed cool, so I yelled: ‘Yo Spider-Man’ and he webbed me.”
