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Cody Kinsfather, “Dom Blanchard”

Cody Kinsfather, “Dom Blanchard”

Cody Kinsfather is an internationally recognized and published photographer. He has worked with some of the top modeling agencies in the world. His home base is currently Austin, Texas; however, most of his time is spent shooting between Miami and New York City, returning to his home office only to edit the images he has captured abroad.

Cody Kinsfather describes his style as simple, clean, and balanced. He takes his time not only on set while capturing his work, but also perfecting each image in post.

Dancers: Marusya Night Club

Denis Sinyakov, “Dancers from the Marusya Night Club, Moscow”, Photo Shoot

Born in Moscow in 1977, Denis Sinyakov is a Moscow based freelance photographer and videographer. He has had twenty years of experience in still and film photography including four years with the Agence France Press from 2003 to 2007 and five years with Reuters from 2997 to 2012, both based in Moscow. He also has a history of freelance work as photographer and videographer. 

Sinyakov has done work for Der Speigel magazine; Helsingin Sanomat, Liberation, News week, Sunday Times, CNN, Al Jezeera, Geo, TV Rain, the Medoza Project, and Greenpeace, International. Sinyakov places an emphasis on social and environmental issues, with a particular focus on the former Soviet republics and Russia. 

On the 19th of September in 2013, Denis Sinyakov and twenty-eight crew members of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise were captured by Russian Federal Security Service agents in an international waters. He had been covering protest actions against oil exploration in the Arctic. Sinyakov, another journalist and the crew members were accused of piracy and then of hooliganism. Sinyakov was sentenced to two months in prison in Murmansk and then in Saint Petersburg. On the 24th of December in 2013, Russia granted amnesty to all thirty hostages from the Arctic Sunrise icebreaker.

Note: The Marusya is a nightclub-cabaret for women that is located in central Moscow. In addition to dancing routines and drink, special entertainments are arranged for single prosperous women willing to pay for private attention and time with a handsome male employee of the club. According to club rules, a man is required to stay with the female guest anywhere between half an hour to a couple of hours, depending on how much she pays.

Sal Mineo: Film History Series

Sal Mineo

Twice nominated for an Academy Award for “Rebel Without a Cause”, and “Exodus”, Sal Mineo was the youngest actor in history to be nominated for an Oscar up until that time for “Rebel.” He won the Golden Globe award for Best Supporting actor in, “Exodus’ and also won the Golden Laurel award for “Exodus.” Sal Mineo was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Best Single Performance by an actor in 1957, “Studio One in Hollywood: Dino.”

Sal Mineo also had a very prolific and acclaimed stage career on and off Broadway, including starring in and directing and producing the ground breaking off-Broadway production of “Fortune and Men’s eyes.” He also had a short stint as a pop singer, which spawned a huge hit solo album, and 3 major top 40 singles.

Sal Mineo was an artist and visionary. A cultural icon, and also a humanitarian that supported gay rights, but didn’t like to be confined to being labeled, he was open about his sexuality long before most mainstream celebrities chose to be.

Sal Mineo’s brilliant career spans three decades of magnificent work, cut short in 1976 by his tragic murder. Playing the role of a gay burglar in a San Francisco run of the stage comedy ‘P.S. Your Cat Is Dead,’ he received substantial publicity from many positive reviews and moved on to Los Angeles with the play. Arriving home after a rehearsal on February 12, 1976, Mineo was stabbed to death in the alley behind his West Hollywood apartment building. He was stabbed just once, but the blade struck his heart leading to immediate and massive internal bleeding. He died shortly thereafter at the age of 37.