Archive for the ‘editorial photographer interview’ Category

Jonathan Saunders is an editorial portrait photographer and fine artist referred to me by photographer Timothy Archibald. Well known for his portraits of notable business and entertainment personalities for Texas Monthly, Time, Barron’s, People, Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, Money, FSB, MSNBC online and Business Week among others, he is perhaps equally well known for his personal […]


Matthew Turley is an advertising and editorial photographer based in Salt Lake City, Utah and represented by Bay Area agency Marianne Campbell Associates. In the six years he has been shooting professionally, he has built an advertising and editorial client list that includes The Home Depot, RAM Trucks, IHG, and Bollé, as well as Men’s […]


This interview features an anonymous source. An in-house photographer at a magazine and web publishing company. Most of my interviews feature commercial, freelance photographers and the discussions revolve around inspiration, personal vision, the road to success and specific jobs. For a primarily editorial shooter, and even a catalog or commercial photographer, an in-house gig could […]


Lou Mora is an LA advertising and editorial photographer who specializes in portraits and lifestyle photography for a client list that includes Ford, Bank of America, Asics, Nike, Intel, Shure, Hill Holiday, Rue, Heeb, Huck, and Universal Music Group among others. I was referred to Lou by a colleague I met while working on Future […]


Jason Madara is a San Francisco-based advertising and editorial photographer who is best known for his trademark cinematic style and for bringing a conceptual and aesthetic sophistication to his images. Represented by Apostrophe, Madara has a roster of regular clients that includes HP, Sprint, Microsoft, Audi, Fast Company, Wired, New York Times magazine, Fortune, Interview […]


Melissa Barnes is a San Francisco advertising and editorial photographer specializing in food, travel and lifestyle work. Melissa has built a career around her passions and brings a talent for creating and finding beauty and for capturing skillfully composed spontaneous moments that reveal a magic, humor and warmth. As a result, she is tapped by […]


Ericka McConnell is a bi-coastal New York/San Francisco advertising and editorial lifestyle, beauty and kids photographer. With a large and diverse client list that includes T.J. Maxx, Frito-Lay, and Auberge Resorts, to name a few, McConnell shoots for some of the biggest and most well-known lifestyle brands on both coasts. A Bay Area native, McConnell’s […]


I believe in coincidences and in following a path lit more brightly by their prescience. Last week I had a conversation with a rep in which we discussed, among other things, how San Francisco tends to isolate itself from the larger art and commercial art worlds, to its detriment. In thinking about this afterwards, I […]


Several months ago I was at an art opening, and met and was completely charmed by a very smart, funny and nice young married couple who work as a photographic team, collaborating on everything from concept and taking turns shooting on set through final image selection. Very patient, they let me question them endlessly about […]


Erin Kunkel is a very busy San Francisco based editorial and advertising photographer specializing in food, travel, lifestyle and portraits. Her client list includes 7×7 magazine, Sunset magazine, National Geographic Adventure, ReadyMade, Ski Magazine, and Men’s Journal and advertising clients Auberge Resorts, Chronicle Books, Williams-Sonoma, Delta Airlines, Starbucks, and Carve Designs amongst many others. Kunkel […]