entrepreneur – Harvest Life

Small Business: Howard, B&B Owner

Howard’s personality and home provided the perfect opportunity to practice capturing personality and energy through my lens. He and his bed & breakfast are full of vibrant color and eclectic personality.

Test Shoot: Get It Right & Tight Fitness

Lyndia Alvarez, known across social media as Coach Lyndia, is a certified personal trainer in Manhattan. She’s based in Harlem, but can accommodate personal clients around New York City.

Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas “The Black Russian”

Frederick Bruce Thomas was born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. When his father was brutally murdered, the teenaged Frederick fled the Deep South and headed for New York City where he worked as a waiter and valet.

Deploying charm, charisma and cunning, he emigrated to Europe, criss-crossing the continent to find employment as a multilingual waiter in locations as diverse as London and Leipzig, Venice and Vienna, before settling in Moscow in 1899. {Click to read more.}