This week’s members post features a new portrait series by Avery Alejandro, made during our October Natural Pursuits gathering. Avery came with a goal to make portraits and knew he was stepping into a world of unknowns. The one thing he knew for sure was he’d find people who wanted portraits and were ready to

When photographer Michael Weinberg joined one of our 2022 gatherings, he came with an idea that had been sitting in his mind for years. He wanted to create a series that would connect the most visible, the most vulnerable, and the most private parts of the body. “The first photo class I ever took included

Back in September, we turned a member’s Inwood apartment into a gay piano bar for this month’s shoot. The setting was fitting because the host, longtime participant Jake Oswell, has been a steady part of Natural Pursuits and is now preparing to premiere his own cabaret show in New York City. Since the show is this

We’re celebrating Halloween week with images captured by Avery Alejandro from our pumpkin carving event earlier this month. Avery brought along an Instax camera and was kind enough to scan the photos so we can share them with you. Since announcing the pumpkin-carving theme, we’ve received the same response a bunch of times: “Someone’s going

This month, Natural Pursuits invited people over to carve pumpkins. Last week we shared some candid photos from the day, and today we’re sharing photographs taken by Nico Kiray. Because it was a rainy day, we had to make the best of the one window with good light. Thank God the table we were using