Hafele celebrate Oktoberfest

October 07, 2017

Photographer Ben Hider

Newmark School Middle School Party

April 29, 2017

Newmark School is an amazing place that I met through the CEO of the New York Stock Exchange who was one of the founders.

National Geographic LA92 Party

April 22, 2017

National Geographic LA92 after party at the Gallow Green Restaurant at the McKittrick Hotel

Event Photographer Ben Hider

Hafele Open in New Location

March 17, 2017 in Event Photographer

Häfele America Co. serves the U.S. market with innovative services and solutions by focusing on delivering functional hardware and specialty fittings to meet your construction needs. Our corporate offices and primary distribution center are located in Archdale, North Carolina, with regional distribution centers in Torrance, California; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Häfele is known internationally as a leading source of hardware, fitting systems, lighting and electronic locking systems.

NY Event Photographer Ben Hider

Whippoorwill Country Club Holiday Party

December 17, 2016

Whippoorwill Country Club hired me to update their archive of photos for their website. The first night of the holiday parties was a good place to begin.

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

Newmark School Dance

April 29, 2016 in Photo

Newmark School Dance in New Jersey.

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

Bluestone Lane Carmine Street Opening

January 22, 2016 in Photo

Winter Wonderland at NYBG

December 12, 2015 in Photo

Winter Wonderland Ball at the New York Botanical Garden

Now in its 17th year, the Winter Wonderland Ball remains NYC's most fashionable party of the holiday season, a blacktie event featuring cocktails, dinner, and dancing in sight of the Haupt Conservatory's twinkling holiday display. Begin the evening with cocktails under the dome of the Palms of the World Gallery, toasting the Holiday Train Show® amid an expanded exhibition of trains, bridges, and tracks—a New York landscape in miniature built on decades of tradition. Afterward, join fellow guests in the Conservatory Tent for a party unlike any other, with gourmet dining, followed by a night of swirling gowns and perfect playlists. This event supports the Garden's world-renowned Children's Education Programs, allowing children of all ages the opportunity to learn about nature through workshops and hands-on activities.

Madam Ambassador by Eleni Kounalakis

May 20, 2015 in Photo

It's not often you get to experience such an amazing New York City apartment. This one was straight out of the movies with a really nice Abelardo Morell in the entryway You can buy a copy of Eleni's book on Amazon here - Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest

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

About the book

In Madam Ambassador by Eleni Kounalakis a helicopter ride to visit troops in the Afghanistan war zone, a tense meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister, and…a wild boar hunt! Eleni Kounalakis was forty-three and a land developer in Sacramento, California, when she was tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During her tenure, from 2010 to 2013, Hungary was a key ally in the U.S. military surge, held elections in which a center-right candidate gained a two-thirds supermajority and rewrote the country’s constitution, and grappled with the rise of Hungarian nationalism and anti-semitism.

The first Greek-American woman ever to serve as a U.S. ambassador, Kounalakis recounts her training at the State Department’s “charm school” and her three years of diplomatic life in Budapest—from protocols about seating, salutations, and embassy security to what to do when the deposed King of Greece hands you a small chocolate crown (eat it, of course!). A cross between a foreign policy memoir and an inspiring personal family story—her immigrant Greek father went from agricultural day laborer to land developer and major Democratic party activist—Madam Ambassador by Eleni Kounalakis draws back the curtain on what it is like to represent the U.S. government abroad as well as how American embassies around the world function.

Biasi Catani Opening

May 14, 2015 in Photo

Ben Hider - Event Photographerbased in New York City and Westchester