For the past month I have been working on a personal project that I’ve titled the NY Fighter Project (tentative title). Although it is still in the very early stages, I thought that I’d give a preview into the project and show a few portraits. I have photographed 10 mixed martial arts fighters for this project so far and have an end goal of at least 50 portraits, so there’s a lot more work to be done. To give a very brief explanation of what I’m doing, I’m creating portraits of NY based MMA fighters and showing more than just a fighter in their portrait. I have a lot of shooting planned this month for the project and am very excited to continue working on this. The project has been gaining a lot of interest from the New York MMA community so I’m focused on making sure that I do the best that I can to help bring MMA to New York. As a huge fan of the sport since the early 90′s, I am really looking forward to being able to see an event at Madison Square Garden very soon.
Ryan Needle – Long Island MMA
Ryan LaFlare – Long Island MMA – Ring Of Combat Welterweight Champion – 6-0
Dennis Bermudez – Long Island MMA – The Ultimate Fighter Finalist – 7-3
To get more information on the progress of legalizing MMA in New York, keep an eye on The Fight Lawyer and NY MMA Now – Coalition to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York.
