Category: Portrait Photography

  • Sally Mann

    Sally Mann

    Sally Mann is an American photographer, best known for her large black-and-white photographs—at first of her young children, then later of landscapes suggesting decay and death.

    Sally Mann (born in Lexington, Virginia, 1951) is one of America’s most renowned photographers. She has received numerous awards, including NEA, NEH, and Guggenheim Foundation grants, and her work is held by major institutions internationally. Her many books include Second Sight (1983), At Twelve (1988), Immediate Family (1992), Still Time (1994), What Remains (2003), Deep South (2005), Proud Flesh (2009), and The Flesh and the Spirit (2010). A feature film about her work, What Remains, debuted to critical acclaim in 2006. Mann is represented by Gagosian Gallery, New York and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York. She lives in Virginia.

    “Few photographers of any time or place have matched Sally Mann’s steadiness of simple eyesight, her serene technical brilliance, and the clearly communicated eloquence she derives from her subjects, human and otherwise – subjects observed with an ardor that is all but indistinguishable from love.”
    – Reynolds Price, TIME

  • Lachlan Bailey

    Lachlan Bailey

    Lachlan Bailey is a fashion and portrait photographer currently based in New York City. Originally from Australia where he studied both film and photography Lachlan moved to London in 2001 then to New York in 2008. After assisting other photographers he broke out on his own in 2004 with work in Vogue, i-D, POP and Arena Homme+. Influenced by great filmmakers, his beautifully lit fashion images capture great drama and storytelling. His campaigns and editorials include Avon, Audi, Burberry, DKNY, Ebel, Endless, Louis Vuitton Mens, Cerutti Fragrance, J Crew, Jaeger London, Paul Smith Fragrance, Links Of London Jewelry, Joe Cosmetics, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tory Burch, Uniqlo, Victoria’s Secret, Vidal Sassoon, American Vogue, British Vogue, French Vogue, China Vogue, The Last Magazine, Muse, Harpers Bazaar US, and Twin Magazine.

  • Michele Laurita

    Michele Laurita

    Photographer/ Cinematographer / Director Michele Laurita began her career over a decade ago shooting for musical artists shooting album covers. Starting as a child actor, she promptly started to document the cast members around her with a second hand still & movie camera and a new career started. Her style has attracted a broad range or artists, actors, musicians, directors, writers and designers. Most recently her work will be featured in the upcoming DOLCE & GABBANA Anniversary book and adding the latest Target with GWEN STEFANI, Woman’s FRUIT OF THE LOOM Campaign. House of ALOXXI and directed the commercial for the campaign, HALIBURTON LUGGAGE, Neutrogena / CLEAR with MARIA Sharapova. Other artist’s recently include Adrien Brody, Boardwalk Empire’s, Charlie Cox, Ben Affleck, Ice Cube, Selma Hayek, Jessica Biel, Mark Wahlberg, Terrence Howard and Nicholas Cage. Her unique strength is in her ability to create intimate and honest portraiture and fashion images in a mellow and collaborative environment. Her perspective in shooting is driven by her background and eye for directing.

  • Kirsty Mitchell

    Kirsty Mitchell

    Kirsty Mitchell (1976) is a fine art photographer and fashion designer based in the UK. Following the tragic loss of her mother, Kirsty turned to photography to help deal with her grief and embarked on her now revered three year series entitled ‘Wonderland’, created in her mother’s memory – inspired by the fairy tales her mother read to her as a child. The international acclaim for her work led Kirsty to leave her fashion career in 2011 and pursue her future as a fine art photographer. Kirsty’s belief in beauty and fascination with folklore has become the root of her inspiration, with work that has led her to be described as a multi-faceted artist with talents and artistic direction that combine to produce beguiling, dream like images – which Kirsty calls ‘fantasy for real’.

  • Matthew Rolston

    Matthew Rolston

    Matthew Russell Rolston (born 1955) is an American photographer, director, and creative director. Rolston is known for his signature lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design, and has been repeatedly identified throughout his career with the revival and modern expression of Hollywood glamour.

  • Arnold Newman

    Arnold Newman

    Arnold Newman (1918 – 2006) was born in New York City. Generally acknowledged as the pioneer of the environmental portrait, he is also known for his still life and abstract photography, and he is considered as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century.