David Muller
I began as an actor in NYC. I also pursued commercial print and I would save money by trying to take my own pictures. Not an easy task but I managed to get a few good ones (with the help of my mom who clicked the shutter for me). Having been in front of the camera often, doing commercials and print work, I had a natural affinity for taking pics but lacked the technical knowledge to do any good work. Read More>>
Cruz
My story starts off being the oldest of six kids from Sioux City Iowa. Growing up in the Midwest made me want to have a big city experience. So one of my biggest dreams was to move to Los Angeles California, Hollywood to be exact. I wanted to grow and create things in the hair industry but I’ve never seen or thought could be possible. I’m still pushing further to pursue creating things in this industry. Read More>>
Victor Saint James
I started photography as a hobby, mostly taking photos of my son. I started sharing them, and family and friends would tell me how good they are. I would just assume they were being nice, but I kept shooting more, and they would keep saying the same thing. I started getting friends wanting me to take some photo for them. and soon after I starting pursuing photography on the side. Read More>>
Agne Skaringa
I have been an artist since my childhood. I have always loved creating beautiful things with my hands was drawn into fashion and beauty. In my foreign country, Lithuania, I graduated from three art schools and got my bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Architecture. Read More>>
Sean M. Flynn
Sean M. Flynn is LA based a fine art photographer/ music video director. At 16 Sean discovered the healing aspect of film. He traveled with his family to Kenya and Tanzania to work as a camera assistant on the Red Cross documentary Disease of the Wind about the dire necessity for measles vaccinations. Spending time with his brother Kalen, a USC film student at the time, Sean discovered that filmmaking is more than a job and can be something meaningful and expressive. Read More>>
Mirza Hasanefendic
Well, my story starts like for so many others – as a failure. I actually failed my photography exam while attending Fine Arts Academy. I failed by accident to which I am now grateful for. My mom tossed my final work that morning by accident, and I had nothing to show for. It ended up with me spending days locked inside the dark room, developing photos from beautiful grainy Ilford 400 black and white film, and I fell in love with the whole process. Then came the digital photography and bridged the gap between classical art and my love for technology and design. Read More>>
Carlo Alberto Orecchia
I was born in Mantova, Italy. I studied business and marketing at the University of Parma, Italy. I’ve been very passionate about filmmaking and photography since I can remember. Read More>>
Ace Fillmore
I was born and raised in southern California. Directly out of High school while in college I began to develop a desire to work in some creative field. My passions led me all over the place within the arts but I settled on Filmmaking as my true passion. I began shooting photography in 2007, I started as an alternative to my Filmmaking career that I was beginning. Read More>>
Teresa Cliff
I got a job offer in Beverly Hills right out of hair school. So, I packed up and moved to LA to work at Juan Juan. After that, I built a brand and a clientele for on screen hair color and makeup. Read More>>
Yasmim Castro
I’m originally from Brazil, one of my first contact with photography was in 4th grade when I saw the exhibition “Genesis” of Sebastiao Salgado, it really impacted me how powerful his photographs are but never had thought of being a photographer till later. Read More>>
Sara Kuhl
Growing up in Cincinnati, I never realized that I could have a career in my passion for beauty & makeup. Realizing there’s a giant world out there with lots of opportunities, I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my life as a makeup artist. I arrived at the start of the writer’s strike so production was slim to none. Read More>>
Orada Jusatayanond
I’ve always loved photography as a child since my grandfather loved taking photos, capturing every moment with me and my Grandma. I received my first camera when I was 15 and it became just a fun hobby at the time. When I turned 19, I came to America to study music and sound design at Berklee College of Music. Read More>>
AJ Trepanier
I started out as a street photographer in Downtown LA. At the time, it was less about the photos and more about using the camera as an excuse to meet people, hear all the interesting stories and get involved with the community. Had so many exciting adventures and it was a fun way to learn how to photograph people. I soon expanded my repertoire taking pics of friends’ bands and tons of live shows. Read More>>
Stephanie Puleio
My interest in beauty began at a very young age, but there were a few detours along my journey before I became a working makeup artist. From the time I was in elementary school, I experimented with makeup by practicing on my friends. As the end of high school drew near, I knew I wanted to go to college and hoped to find a way to incorporate my interest in beauty into a viable career plan. Fortunately, at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, I designed a concentration analyzing the impact media has on women’s perception of beauty. While in school, I interned at several boutique beauty public relations firms and realized that beauty PR was a perfect fit. Read More>>
Bianca-Vania Baranda
It all started when I graduated high school in 2010, initially, I was going to go to FIDM for fashion design. All it took was a delayed fasfa then I decided I wanted to take up cosmetology in the meantime. After graduating from Form Academy (cosmetology school) I knew I wanted to be a makeup artist. I started my freelance journey in 2011, working with as many designers and photographers as I can. Until this day I continue to update my portfolio, in hopes to eventually be in an agency. Read More>>
Jerel Mascarinas
Once upon a time, Jerel aka jmOcak and his dance crew, “Stepboys”, auditioned for a not-so-popular-show-anymore, America’s Best Dance Crew. Stepboys were ecstatic to make it on to the show because of their poor dance skills but hilarious comedic performances. Shortly after the first episode they were kicked to the curb and eliminated from the show. But that did not stop young jmOcak from pursuing his dream to become an industry dancer in Los Angeles, CA. Read More>>
Shelli Wright
I’ve been shooting as long as I can remember. I got my degree in photojournalism and while on a summer program in Paris I fell in love with fashion photography. Back then, we shot film and there wasn’t an overpopulated talent pool as there is now. That era was conducive to proving yourself before rewarded. Read More>>
Michael Pizzoli
I’ve been shooting since I was a kid. In Junior High, I took my first photography class, shot for the yearbook, worked in the darkroom, and I’ve pretty much been doing it ever since. Looking back I realize I was fortunate to learn on film but I was also a computer nerd (my father worked in the industry), so once everything turned digital I had a real professional advantage. But I’ve always tried to be an artist first and I hope that comes across in my work. Read More>>
Michael Sanville
I was born in New York City, raised in New Jersey, and currently reside in Los Angeles primarily.
I began as an actor at the age of 5. Six years later, at age 11, I took a much-needed sabbatical from acting to pursue more fulfilling adventures on the playgrounds of New Jersey! Read More>>
Bri Jackson
I grew up in a family where you could count on the women to be fashionable and this drove my passion. From the age of 5 or 6, I would play in my mother’s make-up, clothes and shoes. I would take any opportunity with my sister, cousins, and friends to throw a fashion show at gatherings! Read More>>
Jeff Kulig
It wasn’t until fairly recently that I stumbled upon my interest in fashion photography. I grew up on the East Coast, about an hour outside of Boston, and developed a passion for videography from an early age. End of high school having ruled out any sort of career involving mathematics, but with a large catalogue of funny video projects to show for myself, I took a tour of some schools out in LA to get a sense of what the film industry might have in store and fell in love with the city. Read More>>
Melanie Karapetian
I’ve always had a fascination with creatures/monsters/the like, and eventually, I realized that was an actual thing that people create, thus starting my exploring the world of makeup! Read More>>
Luis Ramos
I really started when I was 8 and I asked Santa for a polaroid camera. But then I guess we can skip to when I decided to move to LA from Mexico. I had a studio in Monterrey Mexico and I was getting good clients and recognition in town, I did a couple shows and was doing fashion editorials but I decided I need more, so then I packed my camera and a bag and drove to Hollywood, just like that. Read More>>
Daniel Schaefer
I grew up in an industry family, both of my parents work as writers, and my father and uncle have both worked as photographers since they were kids. I fell into Photography in the eleventh grade, I was a theater student at the time. Our cast needed head shots, and knowing my father had a camera I could borrow, I volunteered. Read More>>
Noam Kroll
I’ve always loved filmmaking and storytelling and started making little short films using my parent’s old VHS camcorders as a very young kid. Even though I knew early on I wanted to work in the film industry, I never pursued film from an educational standpoint. I was always a bit worried that studying film would take the fun out of it for me, so I ended up getting a degree in Psychology instead – all the while still shooting and editing my own films, and teaching myself how to edit on very early versions of Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere. Read More>>
Taner Tumkaya
I was born in Turkey, in a Mediterranean town called Iskenderun. Grew up in an environment where art, architecture, and crafts had much importance. So as a kid I already knew that arts was the way to go. I have obtained my BA degree (Ankara, Turkey) in sculpture and MFA degree (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) in inter-disciplinary arts. I started making animations and short films during my studies and moved to LA to take it further after I graduated. Although I love film-making, fashion photography fascinates me at the moment. As a matter of fact, I don’t see this type of storytelling much different than the narrative possibilities of cinema. Read more>>
Brandon McCulloch
I started out working for Spin magazine and was hired to document the LA music and party scene. I would basically go out on the town each night, and took over 10,000 photos in the 3 years I was there. I’d get home at 3am and edit all night to get them to the Spin office by 6am NYC time. I’d deliver 3 installments a week for my Spin.com blog “Brandon’s Big Night Out” and for the magazine itself. Next, I shot for Nylonmag.com. Read More>>
