by dominikwurnig | Apr 13, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Ivan, the Shaman Who Doesn’t Want to Be Seen As a Freak – by Dominik Wurnig In Palisades, NY, lives Ivan Szendrö, a modern day shaman who reveals “your legend” for $75. Knowing your legend, and subsequently your hero, heals you and helps you solve your...
by Mikhael Simmonds | Apr 11, 2013 | New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, Samantha Stark, SimonAssignmentOne
Vladamir Grasimovski was born in Macedonia (former Yugoslavia.) He has lived in New York City for the past 7 years. Since he was a teenager he loved and played Olympic handball, a popular sport in Europe. But 2 years ago he was diagnosed with BEHÇET’s CORNEAPATHY, a...
by kathleencaulderwood | Apr 11, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Flash Mob Queen: A cancer survivor’s new attitude – by Kathleen Caulderwood http://www.vimeo.com/64044358 Sharon Harris has been in over 40 flash mobs in just a few months, she often does two or three per week. She calls it her anti-chemo. A cancer...
by Rebecca Sesny | Apr 11, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, Where does this go?
Take a Squeeze of Charmagne Aultra – Life In the World of a Drag Queen – by Rebecca Sesny http://www.vimeo.com/63802228 Charmagne by night, Kevin by day. Charmagne is a leggy sexy “Real Housewife of Sunnyside, New York” who dresses to the...
by Jeannie Choi | Apr 11, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
DJ Esquire Fights for the DMC Hartford Regional Title – by Jeannie Choi http://www.vimeo.com/63794968 With the flick of his wrist, DJ Esquire—a club and competitive DJ—can always get the party started. Esquire heads to Hartford, Conn., to reclaim his first-place...
by Michelle Gross | Apr 11, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Bunn: Harlem’s Master Milliner – “Michelle Gross” His name is Bunn, and he’s bringing millinery back to New York City one custom design at a time. Based in Harlem, NY, Bunn has been making hats for more than three decades and has a loyal client base...
by bob.sacha | Apr 11, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Ivan, the Shaman Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Freak by Dominik Wurnig http://www.vimeo.com/63711300 In Palisades, NY, lives Ivan Szendrö, a modern day shaman who reveals “your legend” for $75. Knowing your legend, and subsequently your hero, heals you and helps you...
by Shannon Firth | Apr 11, 2013 | 2013 Spring, BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
http://www.vimeo.com/63964197 Charmagne Aultra: The making of a drag queen by Shannon Firth When Kevin McIntyre, 34, an actor, told his boyfriend David Fisk that he wanted to perform in drag, David gave his blessing. He accompanied Kevin a.k.a. “Charmagne Aultra,” to...
by craiggiammona | Apr 11, 2013 | New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, SimonAssignmentOne
Arthur Arbit: Art and Fashion in Williamsburg by Craig Giammona Arthur Arbit, tailor and founder of Williambsurg Fashion Weekend, talks about his craft, making clothes, his velvet tuxedo and his ambitions for the future. See transcript Read Transcript: I grew up...
by Zara Katz | Apr 10, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Complete Each Other: Low Vision Artist Bolstered by iPad – by Zara Katz http://www.vimeo.com/63790948 Fotis Flevotomos, a Greek artist living in New York, struggles to draw portraits due to a visual impairment that causes low vision. With the help of a new tool,...
by Ajai Raj | Apr 10, 2013 | 2013 Spring, BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Imitating Life by Ajai Raj http://www.vimeo.com/height=450” Nikki Romanello enlists bones and bacteria to make art that reflects the transience of existence, the haphazard nature of evolution and the connections between all living creatures. See transcript Transcript...
by Gwendolyn McClure | Apr 10, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
New York City’s Hat Maker : Bunn, a Harlem fixture, on hats and why he’ll never leave NYC by Gwen McClure http://www.vimeo.com/63796550 Bunn started making hats for New Yorkers 30 years, and he hasn’t looked back. Now he has a shop in Harlem, where he’s become a...
by Lindsay Armstrong | Apr 9, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Living for Myself & The Anti-Chemo: How Flash Mobs Helped One Woman Cope with Cancer http://www.vimeo.com/63809103 More than 230,000 U.S women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Sharon Harris is one of them. In addition to medical treatments, Harris has...
by lisarinehart | Apr 7, 2013 | BobAssignmentOne, New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013
Neighborhood Shaman Tells Personal Mythology by Lisa Rinehart http://www.vimeo.com/63764177 A neighborhood shaman asks six questions to discover my personal mythology – what he calls the Legend of You. It’s talk therapy for the mystical minded, but I’m...
by ilie mitaru | Mar 24, 2013 | New York Stories of Fascinating People, Spring 2013, SimonAssignmentOne
Arthur Arbit’s parents escaped communist Ukraine in the late 1970s and came to New York. They arrived in Brooklyn in 1979, and began searching for a way to make a living in their new home. The family eventually started a Laundromat. It was here, working...