Best Music/Performing Arts Photographers

Dominik Mentzos

Born in 1964 in Hamburg, he studied architecture in Darmstadt and photo design in Dortmund. Since 1990 he has worked as a freelance photographer in editorial and advertisement. His view and the sense of space is certainly influenced through his architectural studies. His special passion for capturing motion is based on his long lasting cooperation with the choreographer William Forsythe, which started in 1990. Dominik lives in Frankfurt am Main and runs his own studio.

Kai Tsehay

KaiYanna T. Washington "Kai Tsehay" is a Creative Entrepreneur and Freelance Photographer. She is Spelman Alumna with a B.A. in Psychology, originally from Washington, DC, and currently working in both Atlanta, GA, and New York City. Since her start in 2016, Tsehay has captured the Atlanta University Center's student-life, concerts, festivals, and visual projects across the Atlanta metro area, Washington D.C., London, and New York. She's worked as the Lead Photographer on the Morehouse College's Student Newspaper: The Maroon Tiger, as well as a Marketing Intern for T.I's Grand Hustle Entertainment and a Studio Representative for Atlanta's famed Cam Kirk Studios. Kai Tsehay's portfolio includes work of Killer Mike, Trouble, 2 Chainz, Mike Will Made-It, Michelle Williams, Amiyah Scott, Dinah Jane, etc. She has produced also produced work for Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, Rolling Out, Elliot Wilson For Tidal, The Peoples Station V103, Xfinity Black Film & TV: I Love My HBCU, Photographed cover for Westside Gunn's 'Fly God Is An Awesome God 2' Album 2020, and is a featured photographer in The Trap Music Museum.

Matthew Coughlin

Matthew Coughlin is an award-winning commercial and editorial photographer based in the southeast. Convenient to major markets and the rural small towns in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana, Matthew also travels across the U.S.—as long as there’s coffee and a good sports team to be had. Matthew’s unwavering passion for portraiture coupled with his innate talent and personable nature, have led him to work with many of the world’s most renown brands, agencies, publications and companies, including Nike, Oakley, ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

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Nate Ryan

Nate Ryan is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work is driven by a deep curiosity about the world around him and his desire to learn, and he finds joy in the surprising doors that only a camera can open. For 10 years Nate was the staff photographer for 89.3 The Current at Minnesota Public Radio, where he photographed and filmed some of the nation’s most popular musicians. With a degree in Geology and Studio Art from Carleton College, Nate brings a diverse range of knowledge to his projects. Keeping things easygoing is the goal - Nate specializes in portraying real people in inspiring ways. He loves to infuse advertising projects with the same depth and personality as he does with his documentary photojournalism and portrait work. Otherwise you’ll likely find Nate out on a bike on a trail or road around the Twin Cities.

Nick Guttridge

Nick Guttridge is a location photographer specialising in Corporate, Portraits, Architecture, Interiors and Dance photography. Working worldwide for clients like 'Tishman Speyer, Addison, Pentagram, Jaguar Landrover'. Nick also collaborates with well known dance companies like 'Rambert, Studio Wayne McGregor and Ballet Black'.