SoHo Blues - Photography by Allan Tannenbaum - Recent Work
Recent Photographs by Allan Tannenbaum:
Occupy Wall Street protesters occupy Wall Street in a Day of Action, confronting police and getting arrested, November 18, 2011. Click image above for a web photo gallery with more images. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters occupy Times Square, October 15, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
President Obama blocks the face of the president of Mongolia while waving at Transparency in Government conference during the U.N. General Assembly, September 20, 2011. Photographed as White House pool photographer on assignment for Polaris Images.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves letter demanding statehood at the UInited Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Grief-stricken 9/11 Victims family members attend the 10th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial., September 11, 2011. Photographed as pool photographer on assignment for Polaris Images.
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, June 21, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Published as a double page in Newsweek.
Revelers at the 2011 Coney Island Mermaid Parade strut their stuff., Brooklyn, NY, June 18, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click image above for web photo gallery.
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Ciourt to charges of sexulaly assaulting a hotel maid, New York City, June 6, 2011. Photographed as lone pool photographer on assignment for Polaris Images. Click image above for Paris Match double page.
President Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero days after the bin Laden killing , May 5, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
On the day that the White House released his long form birth certificate, President Barack Hussein Obama speaks at a Democratic Party fundraiser in New York City., April 27, 2011. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Flanked by first responders, activists, and politicians, Mayor Bloomberg and Senator Gillibrand answer a question at conference in the Capitol supporting the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Washington, D.C., November 16, 2010. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click image above for web photo gallery.
World Trade Center Tower 1 under construction while Mayor Bloomberg plants the 50th tree at the 9/11 Memorial site. Photographed in High Dynamic Range. Assignment: Polaris Images. Click image for a web photo gallery of the event. New York City, October 26, 2010
The Coney Island Dancers pose for a group portrait after rehearsing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" on the boardwalk. New York City, October 23, 2010.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Yoko Ono outside the Dakota befora a Central Park press conference annoumcing a special free screening of "LennoNYC" in the park. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. NYC , Sept. 24, 2010
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Former paramedic and 9/11 first responder Freddie Noboa displays all the medications he must take for his WTC-related illnesses at a rally for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health Bill at the Capitol, Washington, D.C., September 15, 2010. Click image for more photos of the event. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Dutch politician Geert Wilder speaks at the anti-Ground Zero mosque rally, September 11, 2010. Click image for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Queen Elizabeth arrives to lay a wreath at Ground Zero in memory of British victims of 9/11. Photographed 7/6/2010 on assignment for Polaris Images. Click on image for web photo gallery.
Reality TV Star Kim Kardashian poses with her wax likeness at Madame Tussaud's in Times Square. Photographed 7/1/2010 on assignment for Polaris Images.
Demonstrators protesting the proposed 15 story mega-mosque at Ground Zero. Photographed 6/62010 on assignment for Polaris Images. Click on image for web photo gallery.
A frantic trader at the New York Stock Exchange the day that the Dow Jones fell almost 1000 points. Photographed May 6, 2010 for Polaris Images.
Construction of the 76 story Frank Gehry designed Beekman Tower proceeds with the placement of the curved aluminum curtain wall. Photographed 4/28/2010 on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click on image for web photo gallery.
Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band are joined in concert by her son Sean Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Klaus Voorman at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Photographed on assignment for Yoko Ono, February 16, 2010. Click on image for web photo gallery.
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange the first day after the Goldman Sachs scandal broke. Photographed April 19, 2010 for Polaris Images.
The Freedom Tower, or One World Trade Center, under construction, aas seen from the September 11 Memorial. Photographed March 8, 2010 for Polaris Images. Click on image for web photo gallery.
Staple Street in Tribeca looking south during the snowstorm of February 26. 2010. Photographed for Polaris Images. Click on image for web photo gallery.
The West Side Railyards, a coveted development site, on a snowy December 31, 2009. Photographed for Polaris Images.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas on the Brooklyn set of "Her Name Was Sarah" Photographed on assignment for HK Paris via Polaris Images.
With steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, The USS New York docks in Manhattan after her maiden voyage. Photographed November 2, 2009 for The Tribeca Trib.
New York Yankees MVP Hideki Matsui waves to fans during the ticker tape parade honoring the team's World Series victory. Photographed November 6, 2009 for The Tribeca Trib.
President Barack Obama stares from the podium as he campaigns for Governor Jon Corzine in Hackensack, NJ. Photographed October 21, 2009 for Polaris Images.
Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi gesticulates while delivering a rambling speach at the United Nations General Assembly. Photographed September 23, 2010 for Polaris Images.
A mother holds a portrait of her son who was killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 at the 8th anniversary of the event. Photographed September 11, 2009 for The Tribeca Trib.
Salvatore and Christina Rao of Brooklyn have wedding photos taken in Times Square. Photographed July 5, 2009 for Polaris Images.
A passenger jet flies under strange mammatus clouds after a summer thunderstorm over Manhattan. Photographed June 26, 2009 for Polaris Images.
The Gonzales Sisters dress and dance like Michael Jackson paying tribute to him at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, where the Jackson Five made one of its earliest performances. Photographed June 26, 2009 for Polaris Images. Click here for historic photos of Michael Jackson.
A Port Authority Police SWAT Team arrives during a terror-response training exercise simulating an explosion in one of the PATH train tunnels. Photographed May 17, 2009 for The Tribeca Trib. Click image for web photo gallery.
A man shows his first tatoo at the Tribeca Film Festival Drive-In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles event. Photographed at the World Financial Center April 23, 2009 for The Tribeca Trib.
World-famous D.J. Benny Benassi of Reggio Emilia, Italy, entertains the crowd at Cielo disco in Manhattan's trendy Meatpacking District. Photographed February 16, 2009 for Qubic New York. Click image for web photo gallery.
New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan view the Inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President. Photographed January 20, 2009 for Polaris Images.

The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 Airbus 320, which crash landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, on a barge after being lifted from the river awaiting transport. Photographed January 18, 2009 for Polaris Images.
Jubilant Barack Obama supporters celebrate his presidential election night victory in Times Square, November 4th, 2008. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click image above for web photo gallery.
The New York Burlesque Festival raged for four nights in September. Photographed on assignment for Panorama Magazine. Click Imgae above for Panorama photo gallery. Click these links for web galleries of the Teaser Party, Premiere, Saturday Spectacular, and Finale. New York City, September 2008.
The 26th Mermaid Parade, the nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events, starts on the Boardwalk in Coney Island, June 21, 2008. Click image above for web photo gallery with almost 300 images. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Renowned musician and artist David Byrne and Creative Time joined forces to announce a temporary 9,000 square foot interactive sound installation that will open in the Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building at the end of May, 2008. New York City May 12, 2008. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib.
Madonna, who produced the film about orphans in Malawi, on the red carpet for the premiere of "I Am Because We Are" at the 7th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. New York City, April 24, 2008. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click image above to see Tribeca Film Festival web photo galleries 2003 - 2008.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, with his wife Silda at his side, announces his resignation after being caught in a prostitution ring scandal. New York, City, March 12, 2008. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. March 10th announcement photo published in Portfolio.com. Ckick image above for more.
Yoko Ono's 75th birthday party at Joe's Pub. Yoko and Kate Pierson from the B-52s jam on vocals. Photographed on assignment for Yoko Ono and published in Rolling Stone. See more on Imagine Peace.
NY Giants Defensive End Michael Strahan and MVP QB Eli Manning celebrate their Super Bowl victory in a ticker tape parade on Broadway, February 5, 2008. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib.
Former Vice-President Al Gore at the VIP reception of International Emmy Awards. New York, City, November 19, 2007. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
The majestic Gold Falls in Iceland's Golden Circle. Photographed October 10, 2007. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. lick image above for more photos.
Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison dedicate the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 9, 2008. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click image above for more photos.
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, after a meeting of the U.N. Security Coucil. New York City, Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
A steam pipe exploded on Lexington Avenue, sending steam, water, and debris shooting into the air on July 18th, 2008. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Published in the New York Post and the New York Times.
Kirsten Dunst on the red carpet for the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Spider-Man III in Astoria, Queens. Photographed for the Tribeca Trib. Click on image above for web photo gallery. For Flash slide show, click here. New York City April 30.2007.
A James Brown look-a-like thrills the crowd at the the Apollo Theater in Harlem where thousands of people waited in line to view the body of soul singer James Brown, whose body arrived in a horse-drawn hearse. New York City, December 28, 2006. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Hilary Clinton campaigns for the U.S. Senate with the help of her husband, former president Bill Clinton in The Bronx. New York City, November 6, 2006. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Patti Smith greets fans and the press outside CBGB before playing the last gig on the club's last night of existence. New York City, October 15, 2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Framed by the Brooklyn Bridge, The Towers of Light commemorate the terror attacks of 9/11/2001 that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center. New York City, 9/11/2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Published in New York Magazine.
WIth a moment of silence at 8:46 and 9:03 near the door of Ladder 18, a FDNY truck destroyed when the WTC towers collapsed, President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush commemorate the terror attacks of 9/11/2001 that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center. New York City, 9/11/2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Sailboats race off Lower Manhattan in the Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge, designed to promote international goodwill through friendly competition. Photographed for the Tribeca Trib. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York City 8/24/2006.
Emmy Rossum at the Gala Screening of "Poseidon" at the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, 5/6/2006. Click on the image above for links to all of the TFF web galleries. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib.
Thousands of immigrants protest the immigration legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress at a rally at City Hall in New York City, 4/10/2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Published in Le Figaro magazine.
NYPD ESU cops join FDNY and EMS in a terror attack drill simulating a chemical bomb on a freight train next to a commuter passenger train. Queens, New York, 3/26/2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
Family members and colleagues at the funeral for FDNY Paramedic Deborah Reeve who died of mesothelioma from working at Ground Zero after 9/11. The Bronx, New York, 3/20/2006. Click image above for web photo gallery. Other funeral photographs published in the New York Post and the Daily News.
The body of Harold Hunter, internationally famous skateboard star, who gained notoriety for his role in "Kids", the 1995 film by Larry Clark, leaves the funeral service for burial. Harold died in his sleep at age 31. Click image above for web photo gallery. New York City 2/24/2006. Photographed for Polaris Images.
Greenwich Street in Tribeca during the Blzzard of 2006. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York 2/12/2005. Photographed on assignment for The Tribeca Trib. Photograph published in New York Magazine.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in Lower Manhattan to dedicate a stone at the British Memorial Garden in memory of the British vicitims of 9/11/2001. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. New York 11/1/2005. A photograph of Camilla was published in New York Magazine.
The Meow Mix Kitties participate in a parade of advertising icons in Times Square to kick off Advertising Week in New York City. Images available for licensing from Polaris Images. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York 9/26/2005.
Participants in the SoHo Art Parade sponsored by Deitch Projects. Images available for licensing from Polaris Images. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York 9/10/2005. Published in the SoHo Journal.
The crew of a vintage Dornier Do-24ATT Flying Boat celebrate their arrival in New York Harbor exactly 74 years after the arrival of a Dornier Do-X in the same place. Commander Iren Dornier is the grandson of Claudius Dornier. Photographed for the Tribeca Trib. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York 8/27/2005.
View of Ground Zero, site of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center, killing 3,000 people, from the 47th floor of the new 7 World Trade Center. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click on image above for web photo gallery. New York 8/15/2005.
Nicole Kidman fixes her hair as she arrives for the premiere of her new film, "The Interpreter", opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click image above for web photo galleries. New York 4/19/2005
"The Gates", Christo's conceptual art piece that was 25 years in the making, finally opens in New York's Central Park, February 12, 2005. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Published double-truck in Immagini. Click on image above for web photo gallery.
2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch holds the Nextel Championship Series trophy by his winning cars before the start of a drive with other NASCAR drivers through the streets of New York, December 2, 2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images.
President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney, and Vice President Dick Cheney at the close of the Republican National Convention in New York City, 9/2/2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Click on image above for web photo gallery.
Newark Police Department ESU officers on alert for terrorist attacks against the Prudential Insurance Co. offices, 8/2/2004. Photographed on assignment for Newsweek Magazine.
Andreas Rommel begins his attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod to England, 7/11/2004 . Follow his progress here. Photographed on assignment for Stern Magazine.
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen arrive by taxi for the premiere of their film, "New York Minute" at the Tribeca Film Festival. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click image above for web photo galleries. New York 5/4/2004.
The Cunard oceanliner Queen Mary II, the largest passenger ship in the world, arrives in New York City for the first time on April 22, 2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris Images. Double page in Stern Magazine 8 July 2004.
Thousand of would-be apprentices line up all night to audition for Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice 2, March 18, 2004. Click the image above a for web photo gallery. Photographed on assignment for The Tribeca Trib.
Former Worldcomm CEO Bernard Ebbers in handcuffs on his way to court for his arraignment on federal charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and making false statements to the S.E.C. in connection with the collapse of WorldCom. New York, March 3, 2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris.
Senator John Kerry campaigns for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in New York City, February 23, 2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris.
Senator John Edwards campaigns for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in New York City, February 19, 2004. Photographed on assignment for Polaris.
Arriving back in a blacked-out Manhattan after midnight on 8/15/03 from an assignment in the Mississippi Delta, I went back to the same location where I'd photographed the 1977 blackout. Photographed on assignment for Newsweek and and used on the cover.
A gunman opened fire 7/23/03 at City Hall, killing City Councilman James Davis. Heavily armed NYPD ESU teams responded. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click photo above for the web photo galleriy.
Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor at the premiere of "Down With Love" at the Tribeca Film Festival, NYC, May 6, 2003. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click photo above for TFF web galleries.
New York City Emergency Responders search the Broad Street subway station during a mobilization drill for a simulated terrorist attack, 4/27/03. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click photo above for web gallery.
Support The Troops rally at Ground Zero reminds participants and anti-war demonstrators why U.S. Forces are in Iraq, 4/10/2003. Click photo for gallery.
Daniel Libeskind, the architect whose design was selected for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, at Ground Zero, 2/14/03. Photographed on assignment for the Tribeca Trib. Click on above image for web photo gallery.
Double-truck in Newsweek International , February 10, 2003, illustrating cover story "Why Business Wants War". Link further down this page for more photos.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld received the Intrepid Freedom Award in New York City, 2/14/03. General Tommy Franks placed the award as Col. Tom Tyrell officiated. Photographed on assignment for Der Spiegel.
Anti-war protestor from Germany wears a kaffiyeh and waves an Iraqi flag at the demonstration in New York City, 2/15/03
Homeless 19 year-olds outside the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen in Chelsea, New York City, 5 November 2002. Click here for web gallery
Steve Case, Chairman of AOL Time Warner, leaving an analysts' meeting where it was announced that AOL ad revenue would drop by half next year. The DJIA dropped 120 points on this and other bad economic news. NYC 12/3/2002 Published in US News & World Report and Fortune Magazine, January 2003
Mayor Bloomberg, Nelson Mandela, and Robert De Niro share a joke at the City Hall Opening of Downtown New York's Tribeca Film Festival, May 8, 2002
Andy Jurenko and Pat Moore are still cleaning up their Cedar St. loft over one year after the terror attacks on 9/11 destroyed the World Trade Center twin towers which were across the street.
U.S. President George Bush tells Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that "You're either with us or against us" at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, 10 November 2001.
USAF NJ ANG 108th Air Refueling Wing refuels USAF ANG F-16 Fighters on Combat Air Patrol in the Northeast Corridor. Click here for web gallery
Trucks drop off empty containers for storage or pick up empty ones for use. Depots resemble cities or monuments, blocking the skylines of Newark, N.J., and New York City. 06/2001

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Shipping containers piled high in depots near ports in the U.S.A. illustrate America's trade deficit. Near Port Newark, New Jersey, container depots use special equipment to stack containers up to eight (8) high.
The last flight of the Concorde takes off from JFK airport, NYC, September 2000. Photographed on assignment for Paris Match. Click photo for archive gallery.
After crossing the Panama Canal and leaving the Gatun locks, a container ship heads for the Caribbean Sea, July 1999. Photographed on assignment for People Magazine.
The last days of Harry Wils Co.on Duane St., a last remnant of the Washington Market, NYC, Summer 1998. The business moved to New Jersey. Photographed on assignment for Harry Wils Co.
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