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photo session – Modern Gypsies – Bird Girl

July 7, 2010 Neil vN 11 Comments

Before we went in to Times Square with the Modern Gypsies, we did a quick portrait session with one of the Modern Gypsies performers, Bird Girl ...  Read more inside...

photo session – Modern Gypsies – Times Square, NYC

July 5, 2010 Neil vN 26 Comments

After the photo session where we played around with banners of fabric on the rooftops, we went to Times Square with the Modern Gypsies ...  Read more inside...

photo session – Modern Gypsies – Fabric

July 3, 2010 Neil vN 10 Comments

Sometimes photo shoots are just work; sometimes photo shoots are fun.  Really fun.  And then there are photo shoots that also feel like it's a privilege just to be a part of it.  And fun!  I had the opportunity to work with the Modern Gypsies during the past week.  They are performance artists based in New York.  I had met Michael Saab last year sometime while photographing an event, and we kept contact, with the idea of working together on some photo shoots, expanding their portfolio for their website. Above are two of my favorite photos of the initial part of the photo session. (Later  Read more inside...

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