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2012 Filtered – Instagram Year In Review

With 2012 coming to an end, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back through all those iPhone photos I took and posted to Instagram over the past year. It was a daunting task to wade through over 1000 photos and narrow it down to the 60 I’m presenting here because every snap was a great memory. I saw many trends in my mobile pictures, the most prevalent were those of my cat, snaps in my picturesque backyard of Central Park, pics taken from windows of the various offices I visited for portrait shoots, and many taken from my window seat on my various flights around the world. If 2013 is only half as awesome as 2012, I’ll be a happy man. Let’s hope Instagram clarifies their terms of service so I can continue sharing my photos with you all through the platform!

If you don’t already follow my feed, you can do so from my Instagram homepage! Here’s to all of you and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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23 Dec 2012

Boylesque 101 – Probably Not Safe For Work

Boylesque Dancing Class

About a month ago I was on a shoot and received a phone call from my editor pal at the New York Times Styles Desk about an assignment the following day. Given that I was in the middle of another shoot, the call was quick and all I really remembered was the words “burlesque class tomorrow in Williamsburg”. I said, “sure, send me the info.”

The next morning I took a more detailed look at the assignment slip and realized it was a little different than I’d envisioned:

Instructions: The rise of “Boylesque” — that’s burlesque dancing for guys. There’s a class happening this Sunday in Williamsburg. Need scenes from the class, there will be 8 pupils. ***Please creatively frame the photos so that there is no blatant nudity.****

Ohhh…. BOYlesque, not BURlesque! And avoid blatant male nudity? Oh my, what did I get myself into?

I made my way to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and found myself in a large warehouse-style building searching for the dance studio within. I finally found the space, which turned out to be a very small studio with 9 sweaty men sporting only jock straps or thong underwear. Oh yeah, the room was hot, moist, and smelled like sweaty balls.

Boylesque Dancing Class

When I arrived the undressed men were sitting in a row of chairs watching as each student took a turn performing a short routine in which they pretended to give a striptease while taking off imaginary clothes. They were wearing only thongs for this portion. The goal was to get the rest of the group to guess what character they were representing and what sort of imaginary clothes they were taking off.

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

Afterward, the instructor provided various props and costumes that the students were to use for a striptease routine. Though only three students gave their OK for me to shoot, I still I got quite enough to work with.

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

I will say, though, the toughest part of this assignments was having to kneel behind the sweaty butt cracks of the seated students in order to frame the photo and hide myself from reflecting in the mirror. I won’t soon forget this assignment…

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

Boylesque Dancing Class

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16 Nov 2012

Travel

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20 Mar 2012

Cuba

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25 Feb 2012

Nature / Scenic

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17 Jan 2012

Sports

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17 Jan 2012

TV / Film

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17 Jan 2012

Journalism

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17 Jan 2012

Urban Sunshine

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16 Dec 2011

Concerts

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16 Dec 2011