Photographers DIRECTORS

Mike Sakas

I’m a seeker. I crave new experiences because I believe each new language we hear, new friends we make, or new mountain we look down from offers a greater understanding of the world around us. The world is a complicated place, and we need a complex vision to match. And so with each new shoot that I do, I bring a seekers eye, a longing to connect, a desire to try a new thing and to see not just the visible but the incorporeal as well: the enthralled musician, the athlete inflow, the confidence and verve of the fashionista, or the concern of the kind-hearted. People and places around us can inform and inspire us with their wonder to see the world more richly. I like to share that.

Keith Tsuji

Never content to do one thing at a time, photographer Keith Tsuji is a true multi-talented artist. Keith’s passion for graphic design and illustration have, in recent years, evolved to embrace the art of photography. His work journals the places he has lived, including: Taiwan, his birthplace; Hong Kong, where he received his design diploma; Los Angeles, where he spent most of his time and earned his bachelor’s degree. Keith is now splitting his time between Tokyo and Hong Kong and continuing as a contract photographer for Getty Images. He also provides lifestyle, family and animal photography services.

Gareth Brown (Blow Up Studios)

Gareth is originally from Swansea in South Wales but moved to HK in 1996 and set up Blow Up two years later. When Gareth isn’t shooting he enjoys taking his kids around Hong Kong’s breathtaking landscape, hoping to discover new places of interest for his art projects. He’s also a post-punk aficionado and played guitar very badly in an early Punk band, however he’s now banned from playing guitar in the studio and at home.

Seth Powers

Seth Powers is a Shanghai-based photographer specializing in architecture and interiors. He works primarily with architects and designers to render their vision with care and a keen eye for composition. Since 2012, he has photographed architecture and interior projects for dozens of international firms, local boutique design practices, as well as many well-known international brands.

Lee Starnes

Lee travels, eats and tells stories. Currently based in Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon, Vietnam he shoots food, travel stories as well as commercial product photography. Travel and food are both about forming bonds and sharing stories. Traditions as old as humanity. Working in the food and beverage industry for over a decade gives him a deep appreciation of breaking bread, story telling, and the power of sharing cultures through food and travel. He now takes the same approach to make use of the camera to help tell these stories and bring people closer together. Using the visual medium of photography has given him the opportunity to share experiences and build relationships with people all over the world, and it’s this common respect and curiosity that forms the backbone of his work. That, and he’s always keen for a bowl of noodles and a cold beer with strangers and friends alike.

Mark Farwell

Travel photography, SCUBA, and culture are all passions. Mark has a degree in Biology from UC Santa Barbara and studied photography, advertising, and design at Art Center College of Design in California. Mark lives in Vietnam and works throughout Southeast Asia and worldwide for commercial and personal photography projects.

Tim Gerard Barker

Tim Gerard Barker is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Vietnam since 2012. Tim was based in Hanoi until early 2016 when he relocated to Ho Chi Minh City. He has extensive experience working throughout Asia and he is available for assignments worldwide. Tim has experience working on a wide range of photography and videography projects including: travel, documentary, portraiture, hospitality, corporate and industrial. Tim’s desire to explore the world and to understand different cultures drives his work. His images capture real people and real places with a colourful, graphic style. Tim’s travel imagery is represented by the Lonely Planet Images collection at Getty Images, for commercial work he is represented by NOI Pictures and Studio @ Getty Images and he is also on the roster at Wonderful Machine. Tim’s work has garnered numerous awards over the years, with citations in the International Photography Awards, Australia’s Top Photographers and Travel Photographer of the Year.

Bruce Vincentiis

I am an architecture and interiors photographer based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, specializing in luxury resort photography. I’m passionate about delivering inspiring images that elicit the feelings of luxurious travel; escape, retreat, culture, adventure, and wellness.   I’ve been described as curious, flexible and creative. I love to travel to out of the way locations and solving complex puzzles. I am happiest when I am in a desert, jungle, or remote island, being one with nature and creating something beautiful. I am a devout animal lover who has visited 28 countries and am quite happy having a conversation in English or Tagalog.

Nicolas Axelrod

Nick specialises in documenting the adverse impacts of development on local communities and the environment. He has worked for a number of international humanitarian organizations such as UNICEF, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. His journalistic work has been published in various local and international publications, including The International New York Times and Time Magazine. He has produced video content for clients such as National Geographic, CNN, and NBC. Nick has been based in Southeast Asia since 2008 and is a founding member of Ruom. He is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. He is fluent in English and French.

Cherry Li

Food photographer based in LA & HK via Paris and Beijing. Before moving to France, all my journals were in Spanish. Family and friends find amusement in hearing me struggle in Italian and Portuguese. I should be able to communicate fluently in English, French, and Mandarin Chinese. I communicate best in images. Second dearest language is food. I love to play with it. I love to light it. I love to style it. I love to eat it. I love to travel on assignment. Anywhere.

Alexander Manton

I’m an entrepreneur-photographer-filmmaker that wears many hats. Originally from New York City but with nearly 25 years experience working and being creative all over Asia – now based in Singapore, I bring an international perspective to everything that I do, with extensive experience in both China and India. motionpictures.asia is a multimedia production house specialising in shooting both photography and video for clients worldwide. We are developing a new specialty there of creating high quality marketing content for hotels and resorts in Asia. Asia Images Group is one of the first stock photography agencies specialising in Asian content for the global market. Film and video is our new passion and we are seeing that market grow rapidly.

Lauryn Ishak

Lauryn Ishak is a commercial and editorial photographer based in Singapore, though she’s frequently found bouncing around Asia and beyond. She shoots everything from architecture in China to posh Maldivian private islands, and from scraggly climbs up Indonesian peaks to all the hideouts that comprise the perfect day in her Lion City home. Lauryn has lived, studied and worked in Germany, Indonesia, Hong Kong, New York and Switzerland.

Ben Weller

I’m a photographer based in Nagoya, Japan. I specialize in industrial, travel, portraiture, food, news and documentary photography. Living in East Asia for 15 years, I have extensive experience photographing assignments throughout Korea and Japan. I am a contributing photographer with Cavan Images and AFLO, and a member of Wonderful Machine. If you need an editorial or commercial photographer in Japan, South Korea, or elsewhere, please contact me at [email protected] or call +81-80-8977-6855. Editorial clients and publications include: National Geographic Traveller (UK), The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, BBC, CNN, NHK, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Lufthansa Exclusive, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Virtuoso Life, GEO

Irwin Wong

Irwin Wong is a professional photographer based in Tokyo. He specializes in editorial portrait and documentary photography. Known for his punchy portraiture and insightful documentary photography, Irwin’s client list is truly international with names such as Amazon, Nike, The Washington Post, Carl Zeiss, Forbes, Shiseido, Mitsubishi Motors and more. His first photobook about Japanese craftsmanship is due out in Spring of 2020, published by Gestalten.

Christopher Jue

I was born and raised in sunny Southern California, went to IT school, and graduated with a B.S. in Network and Communications Management. I worked in the IT industry in California and Japan for a short time when I realized this is not for me. The decision to leave that secure full-time job in IT, even when more money was offered to stay, was a choice that not many people would probably endeavor. I wanted a life and that’s what photography has given me. My passion for pictures turned into a career that I never thought possible in a foreign country that still amuses and confuses me until this day. I’m surrounded by wonderful people all over the world and often find myself getting on planes more than usual, creating pictures for myself and viewers like you. Believe it or not, but I suck at Photoshop, which is why my work is, what it is. Just clean, simple and straightforward storytelling. I guess you could say I’m most regarded as being a photographer rather than a digital artist.

Gembong Nusantara

Gembong Nusantara is an Indonesia-based documentary photographer and filmmaker who focus on socioeconomic, sociocultural, human right and environmental issues. While studying English Literature and Linguistics, he found a medium for his storytelling: visual storytelling. He started his professional career as a stringer for Associated Press Jakarta Bureau in 2009. One year later, he got a scholarship to pursue the Photojournalism Program at Konrad Adenauer ACFJ Ateneo de Manila, Philippines. He also studied Advanced Visual Story Telling at the world-renowned Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark in 2015. Gembong is a part-time farmer and a lifetime father. His debut short documentary film, Agave Amica, is officially selected for Visions du Réel 2022. His ability to adapt and gain trust plays a significant role in the success of story production about sensitive issues that have made both subjects and clients happy and satisfied.

Martin Westlake

British photographer Martin Westlake has been living in Jakarta since 1988. A 3 year stint in Nigeria as a teenager sparked a passion for travel + photography. Martin studied Maritime Geography + hydrographic surveying and worked in the oil industry before setting up as a photographer in 1991. Since then he has traveled extensively throughout SE Asia and Indonesia working for a diverse range of editorial + commercial clients. Martin continues to shoot 4×5” print film for select clients + personal projects. He speaks Bahasa Indonesia fluently.

Anas Cherur

Dubai based professional photographer / videographer with more than 10 years of experience, I began my career as a graphic designer. However, my passion for lights, shades and colors led to me morphing into a photographer. Light is something that has always fascinated me. The same location seen at different times under different light conditions leaves the photographer in me amazed. Most of my photography inspirations are from cinema; cinematographer Roger Deakins is my all time favorite. Some day I hope to possess a portfolio – and a professional attitude – similar to that great man! Over the last 8 years in the UAE, I’ve contributed my photography skills to magazines such as BBC Good Food, CitizenK, WatchTime, InsideOut, Friday, Gulf News and Fatfeat, to name a few. I love meeting and interacting with people every day… some of them I take along in this journey called life.

Siddharth Siva

Siddharth Siva is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has been in Dubai since May 2004 and is available for editorial and commercial assignments. Editorial clients include Forbes, The Sunday Times, Wallpaper*, The Guardian, Oryx, The Australian, Telerama, Conde Nast Traveler, British Airways High Life, American Lawyer, Businessweek, Le Figaro, Financial Times, Institutional Investor, The National, Grazia, etc. Corporate clients include Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Landmark Group, Dubai South, TwoFour54, Wardour, Landmark Group, Dolphin Energy, Etisalat, OmanTel, etc.

Mark Lehn

Mark Lehn has more than 15 years photography experience. Mark’s interest in photography stems from his love of travel and adventure, and as a means to create a narrative through imagery. From photographing projects in the remote regions of Mozambique to local tribes in South-East Asia, Mark’s wide scope covers commercial and editorial clients from around the world and his images have been featured in national and international publications and exhibitions. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Mark is currently based in Brisbane, Australia.

James Horan

Sydney lifestyle, editorial and tourism photographer James Horan is originally from Ireland now calls Australia home. James fulfills the needs of editorial, commercial and corporate clients with an eye for detail, a sense of humor and a style rooted in documentary photography. Much of his personal work focuses on the quirky side of life. When not on assignment or working on personal projects James loves spending time with his family, drinking big mugs of tea, eating cake and wishing he had hair, a dog and a field of Donkeys.

Adrian Brown

Here’s a dangerous question: do you love your work?? I asked my mentor that question years ago when I was just starting out, and only recently I’ve come to understand why it stopped him in his tracks. Up until recently, my work reflected a particular visual brand: ‘the backlit, happy, smiling lifestyle guy’. I’m really good at it and I’ve helped many clients like Tourism Australia, PayPal, Commonwealth Bank, Cochlear, Johnson & Johnson to set the tone for their brand. I’ve also honed my photographic and directorial skills along the way. Achieved in environments where delivering commercial projects is an art form in itself. Now I’m looking for projects I’d walk over hot coals to work on: clients secure in their vision (even if it’s just asking me for mine) and willing to take a risk; concepts that treat audiences as capable of interpreting a more complex vision of humanity; stories that run emotionally deeper; or beautiful moments that truly elevate the heart (regardless of how fleeting it may be). Madebybrown.com is not just about sharing with you what I’ve created… it’s more forward-looking and is designed for you to get to know me, my loves, and what makes me tick. Hopefully, you’ll appreciate the potential in allowing me to collaborate on your brand’s story. I invite you to challenge me.

Daniel Mahon

Peter Tarasiuk

Hi, I’m Pete. I am a photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. A love for story telling, being constantly curious and always searching for the next adventure has lead me to shoot for various editorial and advertising clients both in Australia and internationally. My work focuses heavily on photographing people and crosses over to the lifestyle areas of travel, food and interiors. I am equally comfortable photographing in a tiny town in Eastern Europe as I am directing large-scale advertising shoots. I’d love to hear from you, please get in touch.

Lynton Crabb

Born in Melbourne, Australia Lynton Crabb’s childhood was spent in India and Papua New Guinea. After finishing high school he returned to Melbourne to study photography at RMIT University before embarking on his career as a professional photographer. Working internationally, Crabb has created conceptual photographic campaigns for clients in the advertising and design industries and been commissioned to shoot projects for many recognised companies. Good at creating the moment, Crabb’s story telling style sees him shooting active lifestyle, property, hotel, business based projects. He is comfortable being sent anywhere in the world (or around the corner) to create suites of images encapsulating a company or organisations activities and message. Although carefully planned and executed his images often have the feel of candid moments. His understanding and clever use of light, as well as an ability to form a good rapport with his subject forms the basis for his graphic and engaging images.

Roman Rozenberg

Roman (Ronny) Rozenberg is an independent photographer and visual artist. His journalistic work was published in the New York Times, Die Welt, STERN, Guardian, Haaretz, Global Post, NPR, Huffington Post and other national and international publications. His personal work tends to blend layers of fictional and imaginative, in order to retrace and reimagine alternative realities that are hiding behind the ones revealing themselves to us as ‘facts on the ground’.

Christine Sommers

Yadid Levy

My name is Yadid Levy and I’m a photographer based in Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires. Ever since I remember I was fascinated by other cultures and far away countries. As a kid I used to read about the journeys of great explorers and travelers and dreamed about the day I would set off on my own to explore the different corners of the world. I feel very fortunate that my dreams became my reality. For 18 years now I’ve been traveling about 4-6 months a year around the world on assignments for various clients and until this day has visited more than 80 countries. I have shot corporate and editorial assignments for some of the leading companies and magazines around the world. I have a vast experience in traveling and understanding the different societies around the world. I speak English, Spanish, Danish, Hebrew, and can get by with Arabic. Perfectly at home working anywhere around the world I always manage the unexpected and get the job done.