Shawna Yang Ryan | Author Portraits
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Shawna Yang Ryan | Author Portraits

I first met and photographed Shawna six years ago, when her first book Water Ghosts had just been released by Penguin Press. Now her second novel has been completed and is available for preordering: Green Island. The book has been Shawna’s labor of love over the last decade and is a work of historic fiction set against the backdrop of Taiwanese and…

Stephanie, Pianist | San Francisco Musician Portraits
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Stephanie, Pianist | San Francisco Musician Portraits

Stephanie is a beautiful pianist studying down in Southern California. She contacted me for a portrait session because she fell in love with my ballerina series. We met up in San Francisco while she was visiting on a break from school and captured these elegant portraits.   Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…

Shoes & Sashimi | Piedmont Lifestyle Photography
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Shoes & Sashimi | Piedmont Lifestyle Photography

I connected with Lauren, the style blogger behind Shoes and Sashimi, over instagram one day. Her style epitomizes the effortless, cool California girl. She asked if I’d be interested in a collaboration, and so we met up in her hometown of Piedmont for a lovely stroll and some casual portraits around the neighborhood.     For more, check…

Annie Vovan | Art for Art | Pacific Palisades
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Annie Vovan | Art for Art | Pacific Palisades

Here we are, a quarter of the way through 2015! But last month, I was so happy to reprise my personal project from last year, Art for Art. Once a month throughout 2014, I found a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photographed them; they photographed me. View the full set of previous shoots in the series here: Art for…

Matthias | Art for Art | San Francisco
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Matthias | Art for Art | San Francisco

Since the beginning of 2014, I have been working on my year-long personal project, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. View the full set of previous shoots in the series here: Art for Art. October’s shoot was with Matthias. Our Styles Anna: Matthias has…