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Icons of Cigars™ — Marvin Samel

I heard that Marvin Samel, Co-Owner of Drew Estate cigars was going to be in town at the Up in Smoke on Mckinney Avenue for an event over the weekend, so I thought I would stop by and see if he would be amicable to a quick portrait… I don’t know what I was expecting, [...]

Icons of Cigars™ — Manuel “Manolo” Quesada Jr.

Last week I was invited to an event at Two Brothers Cigars, a great B&M in Plano (and I would say, one of the best in the Metroplex) to meet and photograph Manuel “Manolo” Quesada, Jr. of MATASA, Casa Magna and Fonseca cigars, just to name a few. He and his nephew Terence Reilly, (who runs [...]

Icons of Cigars™ — Jorge Padrón

Last week, I had the pleasure of photographing cigar legend Jorge Padrón for my Icons of Cigars™ series when he made a stop into Dallas (actually Rockwall) at one of the best B&M shops around, En Fuego. Great atmosphere, great people and a great layout for the shop made for a wonderful time. Talking with [...]

Icons of Cigars™ — Sam Leccia

Last week, I posted some videos (taken by Jay “Cigarbuff” Bitzer) of the portrait shoot with Sam Leccia of Cain/Nub Cigars (you can see them here, if you have not already)…Sam was gracious enough to allow me a bit of time to photograph him (and even Hotboxed a Cain F!), and below is the final [...]

Portrait Shoot & Cigar Rolling with Sam Leccia of Cain/NUb Cigars

In my never ending quest to photograph portraits of all of the Icons of Cigars™, I asked Sam Leccia of Cain/Nub Cigars for 5 or 10 minutes in between rolling cigars at the Cain Event at my favorite shop, Cigar Shop and More in Addison, Texas… The great videos were photographed by another local photographer, [...]

Icons of Cigars™ — Benjamin Menendez

Late last year, Benji Menendez was coming to Dallas to promote his brand new cigar, the Partagas Master Series, as part of his “Benji Menendez Socials” when he had a medical issue that made it impossible to attend…He said he would be back this year to meet everyone, and last week, he made good on [...]

Icons of Cigars™ — Pete Johnson

When Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars came to Cigar Shop and More for an event, I asked to see if I could photograph him for my Icons of Cigars™ project…He said yes, and below is the resulting photograph…

Icons of Cigars™ — José “Pepín” García

Being a photographer by trade, I decided to try and start shooting portraits of some of the Icons of Cigars™ when I am able to get them in front of a camera. I went to a Pepín García event at my favorite cigar shop in Dallas, Cigar Shop and More in Addison last week, and [...]