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"Welcome to Manhattan... welcome to my place" Mark Reay introduced the documentary about his life with these first two sentences. He's sitting on the top of the house he lives in or actually... on. Mark works as streestyle and fashion photographer in New York City one of the biggest Fashion-capitals in the world. He works with Agencies like Wilhelmina Models or IMG Models, is invited to hip parties and fancy cocktails. A Suit and button down shirt are his daily attire. There is only one thing which does not fit the fashionable perfect picture - Mark is Homeless. Mark lives on the Rooftops of New York buildings. Mark looks stunning (52 years old) for his age. He has a very lively personality and his social skills are a perfect tool to get along with - and needed - to be able to work in an industry like fashion. He shoots for Magazines like ELLE Korea and DAZED AND CONFUSED. I kinda thought that his documentary by Thomas Wirthen...

Though the Christian church my Korean mother grew up in discouraged the exploration of other religions, she found meaning as a young  woman  in the intersections between Christianity and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Shamanism.  She studied to be a Christian missionary, but ultimately became a therapist and a teacher of Pungmul, a Korean shamanistic ritual music and Salpuri, a healing dance.  I grew up watching her dance, understanding instinctively that the bodily practice of ritual might heal the failures of language and logic.  "My art draws upon diverse spiritual texts and practices and seeks to heal the rifts between eastern and western religion through bodily transcendence." In my videos, I perform ritualistic meditation ceremonies. My head is shaved and I meditate with my back to the camera, embodying the detachment from gender, culture, time, thought, and ego inherent in meditation.  The immersive quality of film in ...

New york has a lot to offer sights, music , fashion, culture(more the variety of people then the city it self). And once more we stay with fashion. Designer Ronit Genik lives in new york and we love what she does. without further introduction: On your homepage it says that you are from Israel, does your background give any point of influence to you? influence on your designs? I was born in Israel, grew up in New York with a Russian background as well. All of these backgrounds definitely influenced me and my designs at some point. Growing up in a place as culturally diverse as New York is still an influence on all my current collections as well. Now, when I look @ your designs I find a lot of modern chic in it. A lot of black, nice feminine cuts - strong cuts. How would you describe your current 2009 collection? I would say my collections have much in common, like strong silhouettes, great fabrics and interesting details. The designs are easy to mix and match with anything in your clo...