Concordia host former Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend

Concordia host former Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend

Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center

9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center in New York City

AOL Build Speaker Series

Batali Dinner at the Botanical Gardens

Batali Dinner at the Botanical Gardens - Priceless New York presents a special series of four al fresco Family Dinners to celebrate and support the Edible Academy. Enjoy a garden-to-table meal prepared by chefs from the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group’s acclaimed restaurants featuring a three-course, family-style menu designed by a featured chef using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Also enjoy hands-on gardening and craft activities alongside live cooking demonstrations by top chefs in the outdoor Whole Foods Market® Family Garden Kitchen. Programming geared for kids ages 4 to 12. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit nybg.org/priceless. In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden

Bluestone Lane Upper East Side Location

Bluestone Lane are a relatively new Australian specialty coffee shop that now have 6 locations across NY. Their newest location is inside the "Church of Heavenly Rest" on the Upper East Side (90th and 5th) and the space is incredible, designed by Julia Sullivan of Caswell Design. For examples of their other locations please see here and here.

Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

New York Botanical Gardens Portraits for Lewis Cullman Documentary

This week I had the fortune to meet some more of the incredible scientists who work behind the scenes at the New York Botanical Gardens. I wish I had more time to spend talking with them, but unfortunately we were on a tight schedule. Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

AOL Build Speaker Series

Some great people today spoke at the AOL Build studio near Astor Place including Omar Sy and Joshua Oppenheimer. Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Frida Kahlo Look Alikes at the New York Botanical Gardens

Keith Saari and Lucrecia Novoa dress as Frida Kahlo for the first LGBT Frida Look Alike competition at the New York Botanical Gardens in The Bronx.

Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Proscenium Portraits and Office Interiors

   It was unfortunate that the weather ended the day so abruptly, but that's the risk of portraits on the roof mid summer. See more about Proscenium here - www.proscenium.com. I thought I'd wear the loudest shirt possible.

Ben Hider - Event and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

FX Premiere for "Married" and "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"