Photographers DIRECTORS

Susan Seubert

A recipient of a Life Magazine Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, commercial and editorial photographer Susan Seubert is based in Portland, Oregon and Maui, Hawaii. She has recently twice been recognized with awards by the North American Travel Journalists Association for excellence in editorial photography. Susan brings technical and creative finesse to every assignment. She spends much of her time traveling around the world shooting for clients like USAA, Staples, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Lindblad Expeditions as well as National Geographic Traveler magazine and The New York Times. She is a National Geographic Photography Expert and travels with the National Geographic Expeditions aboard their ships. Susan also exhibits her personal work with various galleries around the United States. Susan is available for assignments, around the world.

Anthony Tahlier

My work spans many different genres – from shooting people to focusing on things we wear, the things we eat, to the places we live, to the things we love, and the things we crave. I love to capture it all. People ask me to help them tell stories through a lens. I can do that – I love it.

Doug Gritzmacher (GritzArts)

Doug captures the essence of people with images that evoke warmth and authenticity. With the aid of documentarian instincts, Doug enlists environments to inform his subjects’ stories. Settings are real, yet intentionally composed through Doug’s intelligent eye for graphic elements, creating a sense of intimacy for the viewer and placing them into the world of his subjects.

Luiz Maximiano

Photographer and Director of Photography based in São Paulo, Brazil. Twice a nominee for the Joop Swart Masterclass and winner of the Canon Prize 2007, in Holland, Luiz studied photography at the UofN, in Hawaii, portraiture at the ICP, in New York, and cinematography at the GCI, in Los Angeles, and Maine Media Workshops. He has photographed in more than 50 countries for several publications around the world.

Fernando Decillis

Fernando Decillis is an Atlanta-based photographer specializing in advertising and documentary projects. Fernando was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a teenage seamstress and an airport ramp agent. He spent his childhood roaming his town, Shangri La, asking local fisherman for advice and riding through Uruguay’s flat country roads as one of four passengers on his dad’s moped. In an effort to escape Uruguay’s military dictatorship, the Decillis family set out for the United States. At ten years old, speaking no English, Fernando attended public school in what is known today as the Dekalb International Corridor of Atlanta, or Buford Highway. His love of fútbol was his path to making friends with other immigrant children from all over the globe, who were simultaneously assimilating to life in the U.S. Fernando quickly learned to rely on nonverbal communication to foster a sense of oneness on the field with teammates who all spoke different languages. Fernando translates this skillset fluidly to photograph people from all walks of life, from world leaders to celebrities to local farmers. His award-winning photography teases a humanistic beauty out of everyday situations.

Chase Heilman, George Ferris (Starboard & Port)

star·board & port ˈstär-bərd & ˈpȯrt 1: a nautical term referring to the left and right sides of a waterborne vessel. 2: S&P is driven through George’s attention to detail and precision in conjunction with Chase’s creative visualization and communication. Starboard & Port was born on a sandy beach in New Jersey when two creatives came together through their fondness of travel and photography. With a clink of a bourbon glass, they headed out West to plant roots in Springfield, Missouri. The foundation of S&P is simple; innovators perfecting their craft while creating remarkable images. With over 20 years combined experience stretching from the Atlantic and Pacific, both Co-Captains of Starboard & Port bring something unique to the table. 3400 sq ft downtown studio Full kitchen, client lounge, conference & work space

Mike Gluckman

My passion for all things culinary drives my love of crafting stories and images for food and beverage brands. On location or in the studio, with a large crew, or just myself with a chef, I enjoy collaborating with brand managers, art directors or directly with clients to bring their vision to the screen or print.

Willie Petersen

Willie is an award-winning photographer based in Denver, Colorado. His past lives were spent growing up in Wyoming and working as an art director in New York City. He prefers bios to be in third person.

Alicia Stepp

Alicia Stepp is an internationally published, award-winning fashion, beauty and portrait photographer. At an early age, Alicia adopted fashion as a form of self-expression, and when she was gifted a Polaroid camera in the early ‘80’s, she discovered her ability to capture life’s moments and tell personal stories through photography. Her work today reflects that same sense of visual fascination and play combined with a sophisticated sensibility that allows her work to straddle the commercial and editorial line. Her images are elevated but fun, with adventurous moments and emotional stories living side-by-side with clean, structured silhouettes that reveal her instinctive understanding of color, light, and form. Ten years as a graphic designer helped her develop and hone the aesthetic sensibility that inspired her to launch a career in photography in 2007. Her engaging images are a testament to her natural ability to establish a genuine connection with her subjects. After earning a BFA in Photography from The Art Institute, Alicia worked in production assistance and marketing research and has over a decade of experience in the industry–from art direction and production to scouting, lighting, and casting.

Teri Campbell

Named one of the best advertising photographers in the world, Teri Campbell is the owner and Creative Lead at Teri Studios, a destination for consumer packaged goods companies, restaurants, beverage and travel-related businesses seeking original photography and motion work for advertising and packaging. When not in the studio, Teri is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events like the International Conference on Food Styling & Photography, PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo and the FoodPhoto festival in Tarragona Spain. He is also the author of Food Photography and Lighting: A Commercial Photographers Guide to Creating Irresistible Images.

Daniel Hager

We love to tell stories with pictures and moving images. We enjoy implementing concepts, collaborating and generating new ideas with our clients. Our experience, efficiency and can-do attitude enable us to master just about every type of production. We work as a team, and love what we do. Born in Switzerland, DANIEL HAGER is a Zurich based photographer, director and cinematographer. He likes to be outdoors. Loves cities, remote valleys and a good coffee. He likes traveling, enjoying the aura of the places and people he discovers, the lights, the magnanimity. All of these experiences has helped to built his artistic style.

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.

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.

Cayla Zahoran

Cayla Zahoran, a New York City food & beverage photographer, specializes in not only photographing food but eating it too. While working as a photo editor at Edible Allegheny and WHIRL Magazine (Pittsburgh, PA), her passion for local food & culture first began. Looking to broaden her palette, Cayla transplanted to New York City. Cayla’s creativity in the photography world is driven by her love of cooking, traveling, and the art of playing with her food. She also prides herself on being able to make the perfect Moscow Mule.

Matt Trappe

In between soccer practices or neighborhood baseball games Matt loved shooting photos on his parents old pocket film camera. As a kid it never occurred to him that photography could become a career but that little camera lit a spark. While pursuing a graduate degree, Matt traveled exhaustingly throughout Europe and found himself happiest while lost in the camera, observing and creating. Several years into an ensuing corporate career he was laid off after just 6 months into a new job. Even worse, the hammer dropped on his first day back to work after the birth of his daughter. As a new dad he was angry and confused but above all he was MOTIVATED. He immediately pulled the rip cord and gathered the courage to start trusting his gut. Matt busted his butt to self produce shoots, make promos and set up meetings in hopes of carving out a space in the industry. Since 2011 word has spread and photo shoots have grown to become integrated productions including motion content and director work in sports, fitness and outdoors.

Saam Gabbay

Saam Gabbay believes we tend to associate ourselves with our skills while overlooking our superpowers, those core unteachable qualities that are at the heart of who we are and what we bring to the world. Skills? Saam has acquired them in abundance and applied them with extraordinary creativity in a career that has spanned from his time as a pioneering motion-graphics designer to his current—and often concurrent—roles as still photographer, commercial director, and creative director. (And he’s a wizard with a drone.) But it’s his superpowers that allow Saam to marshal those skills meaningfully, that make him a unique creative force. In a recent appreciation of Saam’s “Touchless Birthday” photo and film project, Esquire wrote that his “superpower is enabling and coordinating a crowd into a community, of finding a way to foster a ‘What if?’ moment.” He doesn’t just solve problems, he transforms them. He is particularly revered, by clients and subjects alike, for the enabling energy he brings to and fosters on a shoot, the immediate connections he’s able to forge with the talent. Saam has created campaigns for brands including Apple, BMW, Samsung, GoPro, and dozens more.

Lucianna McIntosh

Food, Travel, & Lifestyle Photographer. Clients: Marriott, Auric Road, Chosen Foods, San Diego Magazine, Eater, Bringing it Home PBS Show, The Vida Well, Josh Hall Surfboards, Scorpion Bay Hotel, SDCM Restaurant Group, New Barn Organics, Condor Valley, Wandering Coyote.

Steve Kroodsma

Steve Kroodsma is a Detroit based photographer, specializing in architecture and interior photography. Growing up near Grand Rapids, Michigan, Steve was fascinated at an early age with woodworking and furniture design. He later pursued these passions further by studying architecture at Lawrence Technological University in metro-Detroit, where he developed an appreciation for architectural details. Outside of photography, you can find Steve keeping an active lifestyle biking, kayaking, and spending time with his wife, son, and daughter.

Evi Abeler

Evi Abeler is a New York City-based photographer and table-top director focusing on food, still life, and lifestyle. Hailing from a tiny village in northern Germany, Evi brings every aspect of her rural farm-to-table upbringing to her work, from a collaborative, hands-on, no-drama approach to a passion for mindful living. Her artful and enticing still and motion imagery offers a ray of sunshine to the world—something we all need a little more of these days! She collaborates with crazed ad agencies, award-winning publishers, and brands who need a creative and down-to-earth photographer. Evi is profoundly grateful whenever she gets to work with mission-driven brands affecting positive change in this world.

Tyler Darden

I wish I could say I have tasted every dish I shot. People may not agree on politics, taxes or even the weather, but we surely drop our differences and come together over food. Time spent at the table with others is one of the best ways to get to know them. Photography is much the same. Spending most of my fifteen year career as a magazine art director and photographer, I have worked with a wide variety of subjects from senators and beauty queens to chefs and turkeys. I enjoy the time with the personalities I photograph and the gratifying part is hearing their story and capturing the moment in time. My work has been recognized in the creative industry’s leading publications: Art Director’s Club of New York Annual, the Communication Arts Design Annual, and SPOTS competition. I often use older film cameras including an 11×14 ultra large format Burke & James, 8×10 and 4×5 pinhole cameras, and a beautiful Pentax 67. My recent favorite is a 1960’s era Polaroid Land camera converted into a 4×5 rangefinder. I live, work and play in Richmond, Virginia with my lovely and very understanding wife, two daughters and son.

Marvin Shaouni

While based in Detroit, Michigan, I provide still and motion work for editorial and advertising clients all over focusing on portraits, food, industrial and accompanying lifestyle imagery. Also, a 2019 Regional Emmy Award recipient for the short documentary "A Wife Called Phoenicia.”

Ashley Gieseking

Benjamin Norman

Ben is an editorial and commercial photographer based in New York City. While finishing his degree in Economic Policy at NYU, he undertook an internship with Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer/director Vincent Laforet, and has been working for a range of clients ever since. He’s photographed over 600 assignments for The New York Times, and has completed dozens of non-profit and commercial projects. He’s also been sent on assignment for The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and other publications. His work has been recognized by American Photography, POYi, nominated for PDN 30, and other distinctions.

Scott Slusher

Balancing his signature cowboy aesthetic with a background in fashion, photographer and director Scott Slusher is just as comfortable shooting a Times Square beauty campaign as he is capturing the white-knucked action of the rodeo. The photographer and motion artist has a degree in fashion design from the Art Institute of Dallas and has been recognized by the Shorty Awards. Scott’s father, a famous Oklahoma horse doctor, gave him his first film camera, which sparked a lifelong fascination with the rugged beauty of the West. Scott’s imagery tells the stories of grizzled motorcyclists, noble steers, sharp-eyed cowgirls and lifelong artisans. Despite always being in the center of the action, his imagery is less defined by adrenaline-fueled dramatic moments, but rather the controlled burn of a wider narrative. Scott is based in Dallas, Texas and can usually be spotted by his trademark neckerchief.

Matthew Allen