On August 24th, mediabistro.com was able to coax some of New York's hottest photographers out from behind the camera to celebrate our first ever Summer and Heat Photo Contest. The Delancey rooftop served as the luscious backdrop for the mingling. And, oh yeah, we even managed to snap some photos of our own. Thanks again to contest sponsors Leica and Piola!

At The Delancey rooftop, August 24, 2005

Photos by Dannida Hodge

Fine art/fashion photgrapher and mb photo contest winner Susanna Thornton with contest finalists Cat Del Buono, director of Show Your Shorts; photographer Statia Molewski; and freelancer Gillian Crosson.

Diana Dumitru and photographer Francine Daveta

M.E. DuPont interior designer Caroline Arnold and mb director of education, East Coast Carmen Scheidel

Photographer Francine Daveta and Pinsky Studios owner Cathy Pinsky

Time Magazine photo editor Audrie Lawrence and Time Magazine designer Joanna Weiner

Canon web designer Rika Marubashi and photographer Kevin Downs

Allure photo director Nadine McCarthy and Allure assistant photo editor Gloria Dawson

Freelance photographer Eric Green and Cincinnati Studios president Robert Cincinnati

Canon web designer Rika Marubashi, photographer Kevin Downs, Slide by Slide photo editor Barbara Koppelman and photographer Lynne Cashman

Photographers Harald Franzen, Eric Green, Robert Cincinnati and mb photographer Brian Van Nieuwenhoven

Radical Media photographer representative Matt Seminara and Corbis account executive Stephen Schuler

Freelance photographer Vince Ponzo and photographer Emily Heller

Associated Press photo editors Suzanne Vlamis, Liz Schultz and Delia Castillo with MLB Advanced Medium photo editor Jana Crawford