Last year, I volunteered to photograph A New York City Christmas, a Christmas concert to benefit Artists Striving to End Poverty.

I learned today that some of my photos from last year’s concert are in the cd booklet of new release from Sh-K-Boom records.

The concert was, without a doubt, the best Christmas concert I’ve ever experienced. And the creative forces (including the extraordinarily talented musical director Lynne Shankel) behind last year’s concert are bringing it back again this year on Monday, December 13. All the details about the 2009 New York City Christmas concert are here.

I don’t usually repost images but, if you are curious and don’t feel like searching my blog, you can view the photos from the 2008 New York City Christmas concert here.

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Zvi Gotheiner is one of my favorite choreographers. I met Zvi almost ten years ago and on Thursday night, I was fortunate enough to photograph his annual fall dance benefit piece, Personals (2008).  His work is amazing.

ZviDance is “a company comprised of athletic and lyrical dancers that blends contemporary aesthetics with lush, full-bodied movement.”

Personals, set to “Tuxedo Moon” and “Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,” is brilliant, wonderful, amazing, mesmerizing, and sexy. Need I say more?

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Noel isn’t 16. In addition to pursuing modeling, he’s going to school to become a nutritionist and is a poet. Happy September greetings from Chinatown from Bob & Noel!

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This weekend, Shinnecock Indian Nationheld their 63rd annual pow wow in Southampton. Here are some images from Monday, September 7, 2009.

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Well… yeah… on the beach or in front of the fountain on the grounds of the U.S. Open. This is Fliery, a man who is fun to work with and also is a dance teacher! As an FYI, his name means “blossom.”

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On Sunday, August 30, Saycon Sengbloh, star of the new Broadway musical Fela! rocked Joe’s Pub in Manhattan with soul rock band Kojo Modibo Sun! Here are some photos from her performance.

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“Fire cracker all aglow” certainly describes Petr, who currently lives in London but is originally from the Czech Republic. Would you ever guess that he is a personal trainer?

But anyway… In addition to shooting for the calendar, Petr wanted to get some shots for a Calvin Klein underwear photo contest. So, while we were in Times Square, we captured a few images of him in his Calvins. The amazing thing is that Petr didn’t stop traffic nor did many people notice.

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I did a little research and learned that Neil Sedaka was 20 or 21 when “Calendar Girl” was on the charts. So, given his age, he probably better ask the girl’s parents if it would be okay for him to take their daughter to the junior prom.

And… uh… just to back track a bit, for the month of March, he sings that he’ like to march this young lady down the aisle. It’s a bit disconcerting for sure but, if he married her in March why on earth would he need to ask her parent’s permission to take her to the prom.?

Anyway… Here are some of the images I captured of Andrew this past Sunday. He’s a kung fu guy and a fight choreographer so we got some cool jump shots, too.

If you’d like to see Andrew in action on video (featuring some of these images), click here!

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The more I actually read these lyrics, the more stupid they get—not to mention a little sick.

So, during the month of May the guy is supposed ask the calendar girl’s parents if he’ll take her to the (June) junior prom. Who on earth asks parents if they can take their daughter to the junior prom? Unless, of course, the guy singing this song is much older than his love interest. Hmm…

Anyway… meet Khali (on the right) & Suman (on the left). The cousins both moved to the States ten years ago from Bangladesh. Khali coaxed his cousin to join him at our shoot and there you have it: two men for the price of one month!

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Right at the end of a photo shoot in Central Park, near Bethesda fountain, J.C. and I happened to catch a performance by a group of extraordinary acrobats and comedians called the Afro Bats. I couldn’t find a website for them but did find this video of part of their performance on YouTube.

Search for more of their videos on YouTube to experience more of the fun. They be very very funny men. If you are in Central Park, look for them. I haven’t laughed that much in a very long time…

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