New York Portrait Photographer

Demolition Derby Kid

Yellow Kid © Leland Bobbé

A county fair in upstate NY. I was attracted by the color, it was just a matter of seeing it . . . a shot just waiting to happen. He was just uncomfortable enough to give me an interesting quirky expression.

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July 20th, 2010

Nelson Lugo

Nelson Lugo © Leland Bobbé

Nelson is a Neo-Burlesque show host who is also a magician and escape artist. I love the antique hammer that he brought to our shoot to use as a prop . . . and those boxer shorts rock! One of my favorites.

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July 16th, 2010

Workbook Blog

The guys over at Workbook ran a really great piece about my Neo-Burlesque book project on their relatively new blog this week with a mention of my latest awards… Thanks WRKBK!

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July 10th, 2010

Px3 Photo Competition

Stormy Leather © Leland Bobbé

I’m pleased to announce that I won an honorable mention in the 2010 Px3 Prix De La Photographie Paris for my Neo-Burlesque book proposal.

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July 2nd, 2010

Owen

Owen © Leland Bobbé

I shot this portrait on the street: natural light, long lens, 1 reflector. Sometimes, simple is good.

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June 28th, 2010

Unisex Salon

Kenyon Phillips of Unisex Salon © Leland Bobbé

I spotted this very cool looking guy on 6th Avenue recently and asked him if he’d be interested in having his portrait taken. It turned out he’s the lead singer in Unisex Salon, a New York City rock band. I decided to do something tight and dramatic and this was the result.

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June 28th, 2010

Miss Saturn

Miss Saturn © Leland Bobbé

In addition to being a burlesque performer who integrates hula hoops into her performance Miss Saturn travels the country in the summer showing off her hula hoop skills at outdoor festivals. We shot this in Central Park, NYC.

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June 23rd, 2010

Albert Cadabra

Albert Cadabra is a sideshow magician who I originally shot for my Neo-Burlesque project. He also works at ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!’ in Times Square, New York City. For this shot Albert wanted to pay homage to a well known photo of Houdini. I think we pulled it off.

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June 11th, 2010

FotoFest 2010 Biennial

Robin and Leland Bobbé

Robin and I attended the portfolio reviews at FotoFest in Houston earlier this year showing the Neo-Burlesque project to gallerists, publishers, museum directors etc. We got great feedback from the reviewers and were spotted by CultureMap who interviewed us for their local news and culture website.

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June 10th, 2010