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New at this. . .

September 22, 2023 - Dillon was new to modeling when we first worked with him this summer. We'd never met, but we knew him. It's was though...
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Bull in the China Shop

November 28, 2022 - Matt’s folder has been patiently riding out much of the pandemic. His was one of the first sessions we shot indoors at t...
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Golden Hour on the Hudson

August 15, 2022 - Once again, we are grateful to be based in New York City. This session fell into our lap and we were amply rewarded for...
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Central American Beauty

March 21, 2022 - Jathnnao 's photo shoot was challenging for a variety of uncommon reasons. Through the first half of the session we stru...
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The Manhattan-view Balcony

October 24, 2021 - It was Brenden's idea to edit the session in black-and-white. In fact, he requested it about a third of the way into the...
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Fire Island Summer

September 24, 2020 - The summer of 2020. The summer of Covid. (More likely, the first summer of Covid.) The beaches of Fire Island beckoned...
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Grant. Interrupted.

April 12, 2020 - It has been one month since Grant's session in the studio. The world has changed. After weeks being sidelined by mino...
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Ringing in a New Decade with Trevor

December 31, 2019 - As is our tradition, in featuring Trevor as the first post of the year we are looking both forward and back. We honor on...
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Shadows of Hogwarts

December 17, 2019 - At first blush, Felipe is the (cute) boy next door but the resemblance to a popular cultural icon was striking. It caugh...
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Stonewall Was a Riot

July 10, 2019 - Joshua was one of two models that I shot on my birthday. It was more than a red-letter day for me though. The month was...
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Contemporary Classic

May 31, 2019 - Alejandro is the first of four Dominican models who have passed through the studio this year. It is not entirely uncoinc...
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Southern Charm in New York City

May 23, 2019 - It's pretty obvious from his demeanor and attitude that Javier is not one of the city's professional models. He exudes a...
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Smoldering Glances

March 31, 2019 - Neither model mentioned it, but I'm quite sure that Charlie learned of New Manhattan Studios while working with Alex on...
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At last. Realizing the Bond Fantasy

February 28, 2019 - At last. The inspiration for this collection dates back to the January night we met Bond. At the end of what was his fi...
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Exuberant Passion Contained

November 28, 2018 - The variety of energy levels that models bring to their photo sessions is vast. It's a reflection of their own, unique,...
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Tease

August 25, 2018 - We are happy to open a special gallery to celebrate the next chapter of the Bond saga on Favorite Hunks. Over 4 years ag...
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In the City

December 30, 2017 - Few models have stood before our cameras more often than Norm but this may be the last chapter. He first worked with us...
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Bond: Brooklyn

December 26, 2017 - We have not forgotten that when we opened Bond’s New York 2017 gallery earlier this year that we promised to update the...
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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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Bond's Return to New York

September 24, 2017 - Summer on the Brooklyn waterfront. It felt like we were back where we belonged. For those just entering the conversation...
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Homecoming to a New Neighborhood

June 12, 2017 - In the last post we promised to share some pictures of the neighborhood around our springtime studio along with some cur...
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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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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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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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Dancing at the Bridge

July 28, 2016 - We first met and worked with Gabriel in California last summer. A professional dancer, trained in contemporary dance, he...
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Waving a Flag of Diversity

July 03, 2016 - When we first shot Adoniis in the spring of last year we had the foresight to do a bit of work with a red-white-and-blue...
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Captured Shadows #3 - Spring 2016

April 30, 2016 - We celebrate the arrival of spring by slapping a picture of a snowstorm on the cover of Captured Shadows #3. It’s a way...
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It was a Dark and Stormy Night

April 28, 2016 - In what is a new twist for our art, we are debuting a photo fantasy series in the third issue of Captured Shadows. The m...
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Viva l'Italia!

March 31, 2016 - For those of us of a certain age, many of the brightest stars in the firmament of international media celebrities have I...
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A Colombian Leprechaun

March 15, 2016 - After the well-received feature starring Norm on Valentine’s Day, the powers-that-be at Favorite Hunks suggested that we...
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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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2016's Valentine's Day Hunk

February 12, 2016 - In 2014, Claudiu carried the studio's big box of Valentine's chocolates. Last year Bond earned the title of the romantic...
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The Gotham Guy - Our New Year's Model for 2016

January 29, 2016 - This has been a busy month what with the unplanned early publication of Captured Shadows #2. That rush job totally up-en...
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Captured Shadows #2: Model & Photographer

January 14, 2016 - It came as more than a bit of a surprise to realize this week that there are more of the studio’s pictures of Alex Corso...
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The Cajun from Colombia

October 20, 2015 - This native Colombian comes to us from a home deep in the heart of Cajun country. Ignacio (" Iggy ") is a friend of the...
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Now and Then

July 31, 2015 - Everyone loves “before and after” shots, and we’re no exception. However, in this case we’re not talking about the makeo...
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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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Just Passing Through

June 13, 2015 - When we worked with Sean this spring we had hoped that this would be the first of several sessions. A model since his te...
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The Dancer-Banker-Model.

April 30, 2015 - Most actors, actresses and models in New York City have four things in common: exceptional good looks, a full-time gym m...
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A Valentine for the Studio's (and Bond's) Fans

February 13, 2015 - It’s rare that we have the opportunity to work with a model over the course of a full year. And it's unprecedented to sc...
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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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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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Dancer, Actor, Director and Native New Yorker

November 22, 2014 - Lamar came to the studio by the route that a number of recent models have travelled: he's a friend and acquaintance of t...
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Halloween Treat - Bond's Return

October 31, 2014 - There are several stories here, but we'll lead with the news that this weekend our latest work with Bond, a 2014 New Man...
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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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First Time in New York

September 23, 2014 - Timothy, an actor in regional theater productions in New England and Florida, made his first-ever trip to New York this...
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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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"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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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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Bond at Sunset

Bond retired from modeling with a 3-day extravaganza of a photoshoot.  These are the images from his last afternoon and evening as a model.  The final work of a 5-year career.  60 images, NSFW. Hard copy magazines or instantly-downloadable PDFs. 

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