Environmental portraiture professional#

One of Many kickstarted my career as a professional photographer. Like creative director Justin Shiels in New Orleans, here in the space above his studio. In each of these cities I interviewed and photographed around fifty creatives in their home or work spaces. I named the project One of Many to emphasize that we independent creatives are not alone, but rather part of a large family. I picked twelve of these cities and traveled for a year documenting creative communities in cities across the US through portraits and writing. They decided to leave behind the stress of working several jobs to make rent, and chose self-employment, remote work, or joined a smaller company in a more affordable city like Detroit, Nashville, or Denver. One of ManyР”Вuring the early 2010РІР‚в„ўs many of my creative friends started leaving New York City. Most of my client work revolves around environmental portraiture, and hereРІР‚в„ўs the story of how that came to be. HereРІР‚в„ўs an environmental portrait of hospitality legend Phila Hach at beautiful Hachland Hill, a family-run dining inn and retreat center outside of Nashville.Р”Р„n environmental portrait can be published as an editorial in a magazine, or used in commercial work for a marketing campaign.

The location is so important to the story that it becomes a second character. Imagine a painter in their studio, a chef in their kitchen, or an athlete on the field. An environmental portrait is a portrait of a person in the space that best helps tell their story.

Environmental portraiture