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Just having a little fun.

Sekou Luke, photographer

Jaffia Royes, digital retoucher

Jerome Petrisko, model

Jaffia

Here is a shot from a recent shoot with the artist, Jaffia. Absolutely stunning. Thank you Miss J. Make sure to check out her paintings at www.jaffia.com More images from this shoot to coming soon.

Introducing NEVILLE

Here are some images from a recent shoot with up and coming model, Neville. He has really intense and prominent features that translated extremely well on camera. Hope to see more of him in the future.

Summit on Race and Gender

So here is an image i recently shot for the report cover of a study entitled The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation & Inequality in the New York City Restaurant Industry. This research was conducted by The New York City Restaurant Industry Coalition & the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY). The study will be release at the 2009 New York City Summit on Race and Gender in the Restaurant Industry held at Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak Restaurant.

Everyone is invited to attend to hear about the results of our comprehensive study, The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation & Inequality in the New York City Restaurant Industry, which demonstrates the prevalence of racial, ethnic and gender-based inequity and barriers to advancement in the New York City Restaurant Industry, and provides best practices that can foster equality, greater opportunities for workers to support their families, and ultimately, a more profitable and productive restaurant sector.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Rosie Mendez, New York City Council Member, Rinku Sen, President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Publisher of ColorLines Magazine, Ed Ott, Executive Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Katie Grieco, Vice President of Operations & New Developments of Craft Restaurants, Dr. Marc Bendick Jr., Employment Economist with Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Inc., policymakers, press, and others to discuss the findings in this ground-breaking report.

For more information or to RSVP, please call the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York

(ROC-NY) at 212-343-1771 or email summit@rocny.org