Category: Past

Danielle Bennett

Danielle Bennett

Photographer of the Month for February 2023 Facebook Twitter Instagram Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Born in Brooklyn, New York, photographer Danielle Bennett is a lifestyle event photographer.  The sounds of salsa, merengue, and soca-driven family events nurtured her love for capturing memories.  Seeing through the lens was a way for her family to stay connected […]

Michael Scott

Michael Scott

Photographer of the Month for January 2023 Mouse-pointer Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Michael Scott is a fashion advertising photographer turned event photographer that has been capturing special moments since his start in photography. Growing up, Scott found a love for photography fairly quickly. Having grown up in the Rock & Roll […]

Sean Bell

Sean Bell

Photographer of the Month for December 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Originally from Bronx, New York, photographer Sean Bell was an only child that found himself expressing himself through art and hip-hop from a young age. Originally a lyricist, he found power in content creation. Over the years, his love for art evolved into a […]

Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam

Photographer of the Month for November 2022 Instagram Twitter Bio Gallery Bio Born in 1984 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Marcus Yam is a photographer and war photo reporter whose work has been recognized all over the world. In 2022, Yam won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for images documenting the U.S. departure from […]

Salma El Kashef

Salma El Kashef

Photographer of the Month for October 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Salma El Kashef is a cinematographer who creates visually stunning images that play with light and show people in intimate, personal moments. While the photographs depict stories of love, depression, heartbreak, and hope, her subjects frequently appear to be living in their own worlds […]

Jose Mendez

Jose Mendez

Photographer of the Month for September 2022 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio As a young adult growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the late 80s, Jose Mendez was always fascinated by photography. His passion for photography was put on the back burner for years. It was not until Father’s Day 2017 that he was given […]

Ally Green

Ally Green

Photographer of the Month for August 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Photographer, Ally Green, was born and raised in Houston, Texas, before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her career in photography. Green is a self-taught photographer who credits her parents for her love for photography, as they always took pictures of her and her […]

Marilyn Mugot

Marilyn Mugot

Photographer of the Month for June 2022 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Mugot is a French photographer, who grew up in the suburbs of Paris. Her passions for drawing, cinema and graphic design eventually led her to discover how well this translated into photography. She describes that her work’s “ethereal and saturated landscapes diverge from […]

Deborah Copaken

Deborah Copaken

Photographer of the Month for May 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Imdb Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Known for war photography and documentary photographic journalism, Deborah Copaken has paved ways to bring emotional depth to her images. She was born in Boston and later moved to Adelphi, Maryland. She studied in Harvard with a focus in arts […]

Alice Gao

Alice Gao

Photographer of the Month for April 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Known for personal photography, professional portraits, and travel photography, Alice Gao is a breath of fresh air in the visual arts industry. Gao is based in New York and her photography stories focus on the simplicity of the art. Because her images are so parallel in […]

Julia Sariy

Julia Sariy

Photographer of the Month for March 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Bio Gallery Bio From Ukraine, Julia Sariy moved to Brooklyn several years ago to pursue studio photography. She collaborates with makeup artists to find the true beauty of her subjects. She enjoys taking women and male portraits and finds her models in social networks. Beautiful […]

Sirui Ma

Sirui Ma

Photographer of the Month for February 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Sirui Ma is a London based photographer. She made her way into the fashion industry while she was in school in New York. According to Sirui Ma it was a trial and error phase in her life,but she believes those are the best ways […]

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