What We Do in The Shadows at Comic Con for FX

9/11 Memorial and Museum Dinner at Cipriani's

Another year at Cipriani's downtown for the 9/11 Museum and Memorial Dinner. It was awesome to capture Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson.

Photographer Ben Hider

Celebrity Portrait Photographer

Reworking a section of my website to show more of my editorial portrait work. Put up a whole gallery of portraits I took for a TV. network.

Portrait Photographer Ben Hider

Youtube Party

The YouTube "Boom Bap" Back to New York party at Industria on January 26, 2018 in New York City.

New Years Eve in Times Square

I'm still trying to process everything that happened last night. It was really all so amazing a little bit like a dream, being right in the middle of Times Square for the whole evening in way below freezing temperatures with one of my favorite celebrities, Steve Harvey and covering the celebrity wedding of Maria Menounos. Here are a few quick selected photos from the evening. 

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Richard Gere at AOL Studios

AOL BUILD Series Presents:"Out Of Time"

It's always a pleasure to work in the AOL building, and especially when you get to hear such a great actor speak about his new film. Richard Gere plays a homeless man on the streets of NY and a lot of "Out of Time" was shot as candid footage of him actually on the street panhandling.

AOL BUILD Series Presents:"Out Of Time"

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09:  Actor Richard Gere attends AOL BUILD Series Presents:"Out Of Time" at AOL Studios In New York on September 9, 2015 in New York City.  (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)

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

Apple Store Soho Presents: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera, "Inside Out"

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 29: Film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor Pete Docter attends the Apple Store Soho Presents: Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera, 'Inside Out' at Apple Store Soho on May 29, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/WireImage) Ben Hider - Event Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Mobile Kitchen Classroom with Adrian Grenier

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SHFT Mobile Kitchen Classroom is a new nonprofit organization that provides high school students in New York City with the opportunity to learn basic cooking skills and prepare healthy, affordable, and delicious meals. Under the effort, SHFT will operate a fully-equipped, mobile teaching kitchen that will travel to schools, health fairs, and other sites in order to teach about food, nutrition, and cooking. The mobility of our kitchen classroom will also allow students to connect with the broader community through cooking demonstrations and other food-focused events.

The #DEFENDFREEDOM Concert

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Bill Plympton at Village Cinema

Ben Hider Photography Event Photojournalist New York NYC Professional corporate Food commercial tristate Hudson Valley Westchester

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 03: Artist Bill Plympton attends the 'Cheatin' New York Premiere at Village East Cinema on April 3, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)

If you don't know Bill's work take a look at this animation. I love it!

About "Cheatin'" - In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of Romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.

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