Zen By Cat is dedicated to raising both awareness and money in the fight against FIP to help save cat’s lives. When Peter, the founder of Zen By Cat, bought his house in 1998 two cats were already living in his yard, and he adopted them. Over the years the adoptions continued and the number of cats grew to 24, the number it is today. Peter, having an extensive background in construction, transformed his home by installing intricate, colorful catwalks on his walls. These additions also continued over the years and now there are catwalks in all the rooms in his home, along with other features such as a coy pond and a ‘kitty room.’ Peter’s home has also been featured in Netflix’s “Amazing Interiors.” You can learn more about the foundation here.
I recently photographed rapper and songwriter BIA for HYPEBAE, HYPEBEAST’S female editorially driven site, and it was an absolute pleasure. BIA is currently signed to Pharrell's i am OTHER record label as part of a collaboration with RCA Records.
While BIA's presence is quite commanding and bold, we slowed things down a little and captured some quiet moments that day.
I came into the shoot with an open mind and approach. We started with a clean slate and started layering emotions and fragments of stories that we came up with together. At some point during our shoot, I started to see emotions and feelings coming through Allie that I had just experienced myself--things that I'm still working through.
When you start to see yourself moving, feeling, and reacting right in front of your eyes through somebody else it feels so magical.
I recently filmed Los Angeles based musician Graham Shafer performing two songs from his debut album, Where the Light Came Through. In between takes, I was able to capture this still of Graham. It's a great album and it was beautiful to hear him sing live.
Ethan is a realtor based in Westlake, California. He was interested in a portrait that captured a little bit of his personality for some promotional materials. We shot this fairly close to where Ethan grew up and since he loves being outdoors and hiking, we thought it would be fitting to shoot in the mountains. As a bonus, we spotted some beautiful deer along the way.
I just had the privilege of photographing this year's PRIDE festival in West Hollywood. It was an incredible experience and I can't begin to describe what a great sense of love I witnessed and FELT. How wonderful would it be if everyone could always feel this free to be who they are, wherever we may be.
I was commissioned to make some portraits of hair stylist extraordinaire Julie Daniel, who also works as a national design artist for Neuma Beauty. You can get in touch with Julie through her website www.JulieDanielHair.com.
I shot the cover for the new issue for Liner Magazine which was released today. View the issue here: https://issuu.com/linermag/docs/volume_nine or purchase the print version at Skylight Books.
Models: Isao Hashimoto & Laura Hand @ Q Model Management
I was recently commissioned to photograph individual and group portraits of the Fall 2015 Environmental Design students of Art Center College of Design. Congratulations to them for graduating today!
