South Beach Hostesses: A Photo Essay

[Scott]

I went on a mission. It was to take photos of hostesses working at restaurants in South Beach. Presented here is the culmination of that work. It's not quite complete as there are some restaurants that didn't want to participate (why, I'll never understand) and some, I just didn't get to (I'll come soon, Espanola Way, I promise). The primary goal was to shoot hostesses, but some hosts did sneak in because that’s how the establishment staffs their restaurant.

And so here are the photos of this escapade. Information on all of the establishments represented in this essay should be found here.

Also, thanks to ALLLLL of you for taking part in this and being so good about it. And if you aren't represented here and would like to be, contact Gus, and we'll schedule a shoot.

Appearing in the first set, hostesses from:

Atlantic Cafe, Oriente, Fox Cafe, Mangos, Cafe Milano, Rendezvous, and Sea Cafe...

[Scott]

... Barton G., Dokaru, Tuscan Steak House, China Grill, Aura, CJ's Crab Shack, Venezia...

[Scott]

... Tantra, Paninoceta, Mangos (the first hostess that I was "officially" allowed to photograph), Rumba Palace, Chef Vincent, News Cafe, Primetime ...

[Scott]

... Medi, Tiramisu, Books and Books (not really hostesses, but they were enthusiastic about posing, so sure, why not!), Pasha, Van Dyk Cafe, Nexxt Cafe (same: no real hostesses when I was there, but they posed; very friendly), Sushi Samba (one of what appears to be 638 hostesses on staff) ...

[Scott]

... Le Bon, Soprano Cafe, Joe's Stone Crab, BED, Balan, Tide, Mangos (I was told I should come back to get more; how could I say no?), Primetime, and the Starlite Cafe.

Thank all of you so much for taking part. You're the coolest!

Full size versions of these images can be seen in my South Beach Hostesses set on flickr.

[Doug]

Great shots, Scott! You have a gift for taking portraits! You could make a mint photographing all these South Beach models!

[Bradaschenck]

Excellent photo shoot-

My vote for Hostess of the Year

Ingrid from Tuscan Steak

but I might be a little biased

[Doug]

My vote goes to the Tide hostess...I think...!

[Maria de los Angeles]

AWESOME photo essay Scott! I agree, you really do have a gift for portraits!

[Scott]

Brad, Doug, Maria,

Thanks. I really do enjoy photographing people, candidly OR posed.

[Doug]

The Primetime hostess is also very cute.

[MD_to_MIA]

Thanks for letting me know where not to look for a second job.

[Scott]

Thanks for letting me know where not to look for a second job.

What exactly do you mean?