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life in pictures
June 4, 2014

Life in Pictures: Marc Maron

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Photo: Michael Schmelling/New York Magazine

For the latest edition of “Life in Pictures,” photographer Michael Schmelling went inside the garage in Highland Park, California where 50-year-old Marc Maron, comedian and star of Maron, records the “WTF” podcast. He really is that anxious, bodily obsessed, and into his cats, as you’ll find in the gallery ahead.

*This article appears in the June 2, 2014 issue of New York Magazine.

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Playing guitar in my living room and being onstage in front of people are the only reprieves that I get from me. And also talking to people in the garage. I sort of need to be engaged with those things. With a microphone, a person, or a musical instrument. All the rest is just a lot of crazy in my head. Playing guitar in my living room and being onstage in front of people are the only reprieves that I get from me. And also talking to people in the garage. I sort of need to be engaged with those things. With a microphone, a person, or a musical instrument. All the rest is just a lot of crazy in my head.

Playing guitar in my living room and being onstage in front of people are the only reprieves that I get from me. And also talking to people in the gar...

Playing guitar in my living room and being onstage in front of people are the only reprieves that I get from me. And also talking to people in the garage. I sort of need to be engaged with those things. With a microphone, a person, or a musical instrument. All the rest is just a lot of crazy in my head.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
May 21. 6:14 a.m. I grind and make my own coffee, not ’cause I’m some sort of hipster but because I think it’s better that way. People are like, “You’ve got this process.” I’m like, “A cone, that’s a process?” May 21. 6:14 a.m. I grind and make my own coffee, not ’cause I’m some sort of hipster but because I think it’s better that way. People are like, “You’ve got this process.” I’m like, “A cone, that’s a process?”

May 21. 6:14 a.m. I grind and make my own coffee, not ’cause I’m some sort of hipster but because I think it’s better that way. People are like, “You’...

May 21. 6:14 a.m. I grind and make my own coffee, not ’cause I’m some sort of hipster but because I think it’s better that way. People are like, “You’ve got this process.” I’m like, “A cone, that’s a process?”

Photo: Michael Schmelling
6:25 a.m. I like my mustache. I just try to maintain it. Took me a long time to settle on something, and I know it’s a bit dramatic, but it seems to work. 6:25 a.m. I like my mustache. I just try to maintain it. Took me a long time to settle on something, and I know it’s a bit dramatic, but it seems to work.

6:25 a.m. I like my mustache. I just try to maintain it. Took me a long time to settle on something, and I know it’s a bit dramatic, but it seems to w...

6:25 a.m. I like my mustache. I just try to maintain it. Took me a long time to settle on something, and I know it’s a bit dramatic, but it seems to work.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
9:45 a.m. My A.A. sponsor and I meet maybe once a week or two weeks. I’ve known him for probably 13, 14 years. He’s since become a therapist. So there’s no reason to ever keep it light. 9:45 a.m. My A.A. sponsor and I meet maybe once a week or two weeks. I’ve known him for probably 13, 14 years. He’s since become a therapist. So there’s no reason to ever keep it light.

9:45 a.m. My A.A. sponsor and I meet maybe once a week or two weeks. I’ve known him for probably 13, 14 years. He’s since become a therapist. So there...

9:45 a.m. My A.A. sponsor and I meet maybe once a week or two weeks. I’ve known him for probably 13, 14 years. He’s since become a therapist. So there’s no reason to ever keep it light.

10:54 a.m. I leave food out all day long, and my cats still don’t get fat. And I think that’s why I’m jealous of them. If I had an all-you-can-eat buffet, even if it was just one thing, I would not stop eating it. 10:54 a.m. I leave food out all day long, and my cats still don’t get fat. And I think that’s why I’m jealous of them. If I had an all-you-can-eat buffet, even if it was just one thing, I would not stop eating it.

10:54 a.m. I leave food out all day long, and my cats still don’t get fat. And I think that’s why I’m jealous of them. If I had an all-you-can-eat buf...

10:54 a.m. I leave food out all day long, and my cats still don’t get fat. And I think that’s why I’m jealous of them. If I had an all-you-can-eat buffet, even if it was just one thing, I would not stop eating it.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
11:05 a.m. There was a torrential downpour and it looked like my garage [where he records the podcast] was gonna flood out, so I freaked out and bought sandbags. 11:05 a.m. There was a torrential downpour and it looked like my garage [where he records the podcast] was gonna flood out, so I freaked out and bought sandbags.

11:05 a.m. There was a torrential downpour and it looked like my garage [where he records the podcast] was gonna flood out, so I freaked out and bough...

11:05 a.m. There was a torrential downpour and it looked like my garage [where he records the podcast] was gonna flood out, so I freaked out and bought sandbags.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
2:58 p.m. With Martin Starr, I was anxious because he’s not a big talker. But I also knew he wanted to do the show. That can be the weird part. Sometimes you have to coax people into it. Midway through, we started to roll. 2:58 p.m. With Martin Starr, I was anxious because he’s not a big talker. But I also knew he wanted to do the show. That can be the weird part. Sometimes you have to coax people into it. Midway through, we started to roll.

2:58 p.m. With Martin Starr, I was anxious because he’s not a big talker. But I also knew he wanted to do the show. That can be the weird part. Someti...

2:58 p.m. With Martin Starr, I was anxious because he’s not a big talker. But I also knew he wanted to do the show. That can be the weird part. Sometimes you have to coax people into it. Midway through, we started to roll.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
9:02 p.m. Being onstage for me these days is a tremendous relief. Everything becomes immediate and very present and very comfortable. It took a long time to get there. 9:02 p.m. Being onstage for me these days is a tremendous relief. Everything becomes immediate and very present and very comfortable. It took a long time to get there.

9:02 p.m. Being onstage for me these days is a tremendous relief. Everything becomes immediate and very present and very comfortable. It took a long t...

9:02 p.m. Being onstage for me these days is a tremendous relief. Everything becomes immediate and very present and very comfortable. It took a long time to get there.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
May 22. 10:39 a.m. I earned that hole. When I bought these pants, they were just straight selvedge denim. Pristine! So everything that’s happened with these pants has happened with me. May 22. 10:39 a.m. I earned that hole. When I bought these pants, they were just straight selvedge denim. Pristine! So everything that’s happened with these pants has happened with me.

May 22. 10:39 a.m. I earned that hole. When I bought these pants, they were just straight selvedge denim. Pristine! So everything that’s happened with...

May 22. 10:39 a.m. I earned that hole. When I bought these pants, they were just straight selvedge denim. Pristine! So everything that’s happened with these pants has happened with me.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
10:55 a.m. I only do this when I feel like I’m getting sick. I was preparing to spend the weekend with someone and I really didn’t want to get sick, so I was in a lot of panic. She lives in another state. We’re kind of on the down-low. 10:55 a.m. I only do this when I feel like I’m getting sick. I was preparing to spend the weekend with someone and I really didn’t want to get sick, so I was in a lot of panic. She lives in another state. We’re kind of on the down-low.

10:55 a.m. I only do this when I feel like I’m getting sick. I was preparing to spend the weekend with someone and I really didn’t want to get sick, s...

10:55 a.m. I only do this when I feel like I’m getting sick. I was preparing to spend the weekend with someone and I really didn’t want to get sick, so I was in a lot of panic. She lives in another state. We’re kind of on the down-low.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
11:21 a.m. My shirts aren’t hand-wash, they’re regular wash, but I don’t put them in the dryer. I just think that dryers are like ovens. They just make your shirts … they just fuck ’em. 11:21 a.m. My shirts aren’t hand-wash, they’re regular wash, but I don’t put them in the dryer. I just think that dryers are like ovens. They just make your shirts … they just fuck ’em.

11:21 a.m. My shirts aren’t hand-wash, they’re regular wash, but I don’t put them in the dryer. I just think that dryers are like ovens. They just mak...

11:21 a.m. My shirts aren’t hand-wash, they’re regular wash, but I don’t put them in the dryer. I just think that dryers are like ovens. They just make your shirts … they just fuck ’em.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
11:59 a.m. I generally have a problem with well-adjusted Harvard people. But I made that a part of the podcast conversation today with [Neighbors director] Nick Stoller. I gave him a hard time when he said he bakes artisan bread. 11:59 a.m. I generally have a problem with well-adjusted Harvard people. But I made that a part of the podcast conversation today with [Neighbors director] Nick Stoller. I gave him a hard time when he said he bakes artisan bread.

11:59 a.m. I generally have a problem with well-adjusted Harvard people. But I made that a part of the podcast conversation today with [Neighbors dire...

11:59 a.m. I generally have a problem with well-adjusted Harvard people. But I made that a part of the podcast conversation today with [Neighbors director] Nick Stoller. I gave him a hard time when he said he bakes artisan bread.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
2:49 p.m. Ryan Singer, who’s a comedian I take on the road with me sometimes, does that mountain all the time, just hikes the hell out of it. It’s sort of an aggressively spiritual thing for him. He makes me feel better. 2:49 p.m. Ryan Singer, who’s a comedian I take on the road with me sometimes, does that mountain all the time, just hikes the hell out of it. It’s sort of an aggressively spiritual thing for him. He makes me feel better.

2:49 p.m. Ryan Singer, who’s a comedian I take on the road with me sometimes, does that mountain all the time, just hikes the hell out of it. It’s sor...

2:49 p.m. Ryan Singer, who’s a comedian I take on the road with me sometimes, does that mountain all the time, just hikes the hell out of it. It’s sort of an aggressively spiritual thing for him. He makes me feel better.

Photo: Michael Schmelling
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