Boston Conference

August 24, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

It was a pleasure to travel to Boston to photograph this conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. I had a really amazing couple of days in Boston covering this high profile meeting for the team who built the set. You can see more of the work that Proscenium produce here - proscenium.com

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

Stone Barns Portraits

August 19, 2016 in Photo, Portrait Photographer

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Portraits

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

Adriana Portrait

August 19, 2016 in Portrait Photographer

5WPR Summer Party

August 17, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

5WPR Summer Party

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

5W Public Relations (5W) helps some of the world's best brands to tell their story and build their following. 5W's smart, resourceful team works in the here and now while continuously keeping our eye on the future. This formula for success works: 5W is one of the 20 largest PR firms in the U.S. with revenues exceeding $22 million.

5W Public Relations is founded by entrepreneur Ronn Torossian. The Public Relations firm consisted of Ronn and one intern working in a 400 square foot rooftop office for three clients.

NYBG Concert on the Lawn - Mipso

August 14, 2016 in Photo

NYBG Concert on the Lawn - Mipso

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

Over the years the group has claimed various origins of the word "Mipso." In 2013 guitarist Joseph Terrell stated that the members "just came up with it." In 2013 bassist Wood Robinson claimed that the name referred to a now defunct Japanese appliance manufacturer, crediting Jacob Sharp's thesis research into post-war Japan with unearthing a reference to the company. Sharp confirmed this version of the story in an interview with Bluegrass Today. In a September 2015 interview with Raleigh's News & Observer, however, Terrell revealed a new origin story, claiming to want to dispel previous rumors. “There’s a phrase in Japan,” he explains, “it means something familiar, but there’s something a little bit off. And it roughly translates, or at least we were told, to ‘a little pee in the miso.’ And so we put a little P in the miso: Mipso.” This story has subsequently been published and re-confirmed in various publications.