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Upstate/Downstate
October 13, 2017 - It seems entirely fitting to follow Bond's most-recent posting with the introduction of Nick. They both hail from the sa...
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I'll Keep You Wild
September 05, 2017 - This Venezuelan is our second "Peter" and one of the more intriguing models with which we've worked. He left his challen...
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Class Act
July 24, 2017 - A beautiful home in the Hollywood Hills was the studio's base for several days last year and it was there that we finall...
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Gabriel the Third. The Brazilian
June 30, 2017 - Gabriel was one of those ships that pass in a very contemporary night. It was a pleasant and productive winter evening,...
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Russians 3. Romans 2.
May 29, 2017 - Roman is not a common name. Not in New York, at least. I found it amusing that out of the 80-or-so models who currently...
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
May 25, 2017 - At the risk of provoking political backlash in 2017, we pay homage to the 1966 comedy, The Russians Are Coming! The Russ...
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Chippendales Application
January 08, 2017 - .
We open a most unusual gallery today for Ronan. It is not work that we ever expected to see the light of day again as...
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New Year's Man for 2017
December 30, 2016 - LOOKING FORWARD and BACK
For four spins of the calendar, we have used the first posting of the New Year to pay tribute...
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Peeking into 2017
December 23, 2016 - It has not gone without notice (or comment) that there have been fewer postings to the blog (and few new galleries opene...
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Captured Shadows #4 - The Kick Boxer Model
October 14, 2016 - September is typically a quiet month on the studio’s blog. We are almost always in California on a fall trip to work wit...
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First Time on the Paper
August 31, 2016 - It was the model's first session and he didn't know quite what to expect. Pietro was yet another model to find his way t...
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Model on the Stairs
June 08, 2016 - Matthew is the walking embodiment of the classic American mongrel. Part Mexican, part Polish, this fitness buff and mode...
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Lights. Camera. Shakespeare.
February 29, 2016 - Spotlights, scrims, stage lighting and theatrical poses seemed appropriate for our second session with Strauss, this tim...
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New Year's Eve in October
December 31, 2015 - What more pleasant way can there be to celebrate New Year's Eve in the cold northeast than to spend a few hours opening...
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Ending the Year on a High Note
December 20, 2015 - We first worked with Norm in the middle of the winter, nearly a year ago. It had been the 18-year-old's first profession...
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Retreating to a Sanctuary in the Berkshires
November 29, 2015 - As fall draws to its inevitable close, it’s nice to revisit one of the last photo shoots of summer. This one is especial...
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The Cajun from Colombia
October 20, 2015 - This native Colombian made his way to the studio via a home deep in the heart of Cajun country. " Iggy " is a friend of...
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Two Dancers Two
August 29, 2015 - I have written before of my love of working with dancers. The poise, grace and game that they bring to posing is unmatch...
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The New New Yorker
June 30, 2015 - Timothy and New Manhattan Studios have a history together stretching back to the summer of 2013 when Tim, then 21, ventu...
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Germany Knocking
June 20, 2015 - We closed the studio at the end of April for three months to catch up on a growing pile of unedited work: photo sessions...
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Gym Buddies
March 08, 2015 - Norm could win the contest for the best youngest physique in the studio’s portfolio. This avid body-builder and natural...
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All in the Family II. (The Second Family)
January 31, 2015 - It is not often that one model refers another one to the studio. It is rarer still wh en a model recommends a family mem...
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Why Did This Take So Long to Happen?
January 19, 2015 - Phil came close to falling between the cracks on the studio's calendar. This 18-year-old had been waiting patiently for...
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Ringing in the New Year the Ukrainian Way
January 01, 2015 - We are ringing in the New Year on January first by opening our newest gallery and debuting the work of one of our top mo...
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Buon Natale - Christmas in the Italian Mode
December 25, 2014 - With several major projects in the works at the end of the year, December has been a light month for opening new model g...
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A preview of our first model for 2015
December 22, 2014 - The studio's 2015 calendars have gone on sale. And this is Oleksandr, a kick-boxer and model from the Ukraine. This 23-y...
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Yet Another Small-World Tale
November 30, 2014 - Michael was new to New York City when we had the opportunity to work with him this fall. Recently out of school, he had...
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Cell Phones are good for more than just selfies
October 25, 2014 - It became apparent in our initial correspondence with Jake that the trickiest part of scheduling a session with the 21-y...
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And those who were seen dancing. . .
September 30, 2014 - If New Manhattan Studios had an award for best defined abs or most toned body, Moses would certainly be in the running t...
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Searching for the young James Dean
August 12, 2014 - Victor is one of those models who show up periodically to remind me how bad I am at prejudging how someone will look on...
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All in the Family
July 31, 2014 - Our newest gallery is a special one. We have been waiting since January to introduce the studio’s latest model; a 21-yea...
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Dancer On the Paper
July 14, 2014 - Luca is one of several international models that we have worked with. He is more unique in that he is only one of two pr...
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"Hutzpah." It's a Yiddish term for audacity and nerve.
June 24, 2014 - Perseus and I had corresponded for several weeks before we met. Photos had been exchanged from our respective portfolios...
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Small World Getting Smaller
June 13, 2014 - Late in the winter I did what many New Yorkers do, I bolted for the sunny climes of Florida. Don’t get me wrong; I love...
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First-time Modeling Session
June 03, 2014 - Adam is a friend of the studio’s stylist and production assistant, Alex. Living near each other in neighboring towns on...
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A Victorian-Era Mansion and Our Most Expensive Session Yet.
May 16, 2014 - Luis ’ photo shoots easily qualify as the most expensive sessions the studio has mounted. It’s a shame the 20-year-old's...
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Two years in the making
April 19, 2014 - Claudiu is one of the very first models with whom I started corresponding, shortly after the studio opened its doors in...
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Mark Twain meets Norman Rockwell
March 17, 2014 - Shawn was one of eight models that made his way through New England last year to shoot with us in the Berkshires, in the...
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Summer Souvenirs
March 10, 2014 - As the long, bitter winter of 2014 drags on in the northeast, it is a pleasant diversion to be working on files taken in...
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Two new models
February 22, 2014 - We welcome two new models to the NMS fold this week.
1. First up is Dimos, a new-to-modeling 23-year-old New Yorker, or...
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Bond's First Photo Session
February 12, 2014 - Posing Pointers.
This was our new model's first professional photo session. And our first session in our new Long Islan...
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