FÖK: Merlin Bronques

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Bronques is the founder of Last Night’s Party, a site that answers the question, “where were you last night?”. Chances are, if you’ve been to a club downtown anytime over the last six years, it’s more than likely that Bronques has snapped your photo.

FÖK posts by Merlin Bronques

  • December 23, 2011

    Last Night's Party's Fashion Therapy


    Looking back on the year of endless parties, fuzzy memories, and tons of delicious cocktails, it's hard to pinpoint some of our favorite moments.

    Luckily for us, we have some talented FOKs in our midst that take care of capturing the nights for a living. Sweet job, right? Case in point – this video by our friend Bronques of Last Night's Party gives his take on New York Fashion Week. From drinking Kanon with Tyler The Creator at Alexander Wang's epic after-party to taking in show after fashion show (think Jeremy Scott and Charlotte Ronson) and cocktail after cocktail, Bronques was there to make sure we could relive every last awesome moment. He even made sure we were plugged into the Iceland Fashion Festival. 

    As the video says, "anywhere there's models, there's Jared Leto" – and anytime there's awesome cocktails, there's Kanon.

  • July 21, 2011

    4 Questions With...Merlin Bronques

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    It’s Thursday and you know what that means- it’s time for the Hudson Sky Terrace! This week we’ll be joined by one of our favorite FOKs, Merlin Bronques from Last Night’s Party. When he’s not making nights memorable, he’s the one capturing it all on film answering the question “where were you last night?” Thank goodness for him, sometimes we need actual documentation of those crazy nights out on the town. He’s made some pretty amazing videos for us including our Coachella video- watch it and we swear you’ll be making plans for the music festival faster than Bronques’ camera shutter.

    Speaking of fast- it's easy to RSVP each week. Every Thursday, all you have to do is tweet @kanonvodka and @hudsonNYC with the hashtag #kanonskyterrace before 3 PM and we’ll put you on the list.

    Tomorrow when we’re asked where we were last night, we’ll tell them we were overlooking the Hudson and sipping a Kanon cocktail- not too shabby, we think. 

    1. If you weren't a nightlife photographer/videographer, what would you be doing?
    I would be trying to figure out how to be a nightlife photographer/videographer and make it a career.

    2. You're quite the expert when it comes to parties. What's the most memorable one you've ever been to?
    People that party a lot are usually jaded. They sometimes don't even notice when an amazing party is happening right around them. That said, I always feel like the best parties are just ahead of me. Otherwise, why even go out?

    3. Best part about your job?
    1.The archives of photos I have that no one has seen... (yet)
    2. Going to a place I've never been every few weeks.
    3. Knowing that most of my friends are so talented that I'm just documenting their rise to stardom.

    4. What's the last thing that made you say "I love New York"?
    After traveling so much in the last 6 months, getting back and seeing that an ordinary night in NYC still beats special nights, anniversaries, openings, and closings from everywhere I've been in the world.

  • April 24, 2011

    Last Night's Party Takes Coachella

     

    We're still not over Coachella. Deal with it. But while you think you've seen it all from the video by Mark The Cobrasnake we posted last week, get ready to witness an entirely new perspective on our amazing weekend out in the Indio desert. We asked our FOK Merlin Bronques, who also happens to be the man (and most importantly, the eyes) behind the go-to source for party coverage, Last Night's Party, to document our Coachella experience through his lens. He did all that and more. Watch it and see the weekend through his well-placed eyes.

  • August 1, 2010

    FOK Guest Blogger: Bronques from Last Night's Party

    Yesterday, we hosted a party for Saturdays NYC Surf's 1-year anniversary at our humble abode in Southampton, and just like our 4th of July soiree, it was a blast (to say the least). The Saturdays boys splashed into NYC with their rad beachwear/surf shop/espresso bar/outdoor garden deck experience in SoHo one year ago. They have since built a loyal community of generally awesome customers, friends and Kanon drinkers. Everyone hearts them, and it showed. A bus full of party people came rolling up to the house around 4 PM and by 4:07 PM there were Kanon Organic Vodka drinks served in coconuts, music blasting, people diving into the pool, pigs roasting, and loads of ridiculously attractive folks roaming around making eyes at one another. If you missed it, here's a wink for you..

    Since one of those attending happened to be our favorite 'photo instigator' Merlin Bronques, he became a FOK for the weekend (that's Friend of Kanon, for those of you who are new readers). Bronques is the founder and photographer behind Last Night's Party, the infamous website that documents the inner workings of NYC and global nightlife, no matter how debaucherous... Bronques shot a video for us, using nothing but his iPhone. IMPRESSIVE- It's artsy and real and fresh. Just like the man himself. Watch it over and over and yes, she is flirting with you..just you.

  • April 27, 2010

    Last Nights Party

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    Bronques from LastNightsParty paid us a visit at our Coachella pool party.   Here are a few of his pool snaps.

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