Contributors

Kimberly Metz‘ work has appeared in every major magazine from Vogue to Wallpaper, The New York Post, motion pictures, billboards and more. She has shot for MTV, Bravo, Estee Lauder, GUESS?, John Paul Mitchell and others. Celebrities include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis, Willie Nelson and Celine Dion. She also has appeared on Bravo as judge/photographer with Marissa Miller and Carmen Electra for “Manhunt”, as well as a photo expert on TLC’s “Faking It”

Kimberly started shooting in high school. She’s also had experience in front of the lens as a professional model, which she feels helps her relate to her subjects. She comes from a family of artists, musicians and agents/producers; her great great uncle was personal photographer to William Randolph Hearst, which she takes as her main inspiration. You can see more of her work here.

Camille Jumelle was born in New York City and is one of twins. She attended the Parson’s School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Ms. Jumelle has worked for Ralph Lauren and the Ann Taylor clothing company in New York City.

In 1995 she moved to Los Angeles and started selling her sportswear and elegant hand beaded evening gowns to the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Soon other movie offers followed. Ms. Jumelle is a member of “The Costume Designer’s Guild.” Her designs have been featured in countless celebrity photo shoots, The Golden Globe Awards and The Academy Awards. A special segment on E entertainment featured her award-winning gowns and many celebrity customers.

You can see her work here. Camille also has her own line of clothing, called Couture Junkie.

Matt Dunn: “I believe in the power of the photo’s magic, the ability to touch the soul with light and shadow; to excite through color and balance”. “Through the eye of a photographer a glance becomes a romance, wind becomes a dancer when introduced to fabric, and motion is stopped in a heightened sense with the click of a shutter”. “I strive for that split-second magic that happens when motion, mood and mystery by come together to form powerful color, and black & white photographs”. “The many forces within my life have influenced my vision”.” From the early images I grew up seeing by Avedon and Skrebneski, my time living in Paris and New York, the friends I adore from Milan to L.A., and the compelling memory of Miami Beach; all have shaped me in quite an indescribable way”. “I enjoy the challenge of creating modern images, powerful visual stories that speak effectively of life and the many ways we live it”.” Art, images, visual; it’s all is like water to me”. “I need it to survive”. “Through the years I’ve taken many timely images which have become timeless of women, movie-stars, and personalities.”

“I have photographed campaigns that I have charged tens of thousands of dollars for and I have captured images that I have charged nothing for”. “I love what I do for a living and direct that passion toward your project”.

You can see more of Matt’s work here.

David Mecey‘s love for photography blossomed after college, and literally, by accident. After a near tragic motorcycle collision put him convalescing for nearly a year, his doctor suggested photography after admiring David’s artwork. So photography it was with a career beginning at what many consider a dream job. David began his career working for Playboy magazine in the fall of 1979, where soon after, becoming a staff photographer, moved to Chicago. During this period he would begin to expand on his photography to include fashion, beauty, and celebrity work for various editorial and advertising assignments worldwide.

Called upon to shoot Petersen Publishing’s Sport magazine swimsuit issue four successive years, the final year would culminate with it being broadcast on ESPN, ESPN-2, and PRIME TICKET, where he would serve as both narrator & host. In 2001, David founded, David Mecey’s FotoFantasyCamp®, a workshop that has grown to become one of the premier photographic workshops in the world.

David continues to live and work out of Venice, CA. You can visit David’s fashion photography site here.

Doru Amariucai was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1960. He is a self educated photographer, and started as an amateur photographer when he was 15, upon receiving a Russian camera as a  present for his birthday. His early “playing around” gradually transformed into a passion, little by little. In 1989 he quit his regular job, dedicating himself entirely to fashion and beauty photography. Today it is a full-time job with lots of professional and financial satisfaction. Doru says “I don’t think you can be a good photographer if you don’t love art, educating yourself everyday, watching  movies, theather, paintings etc. A big gap between an amateur and a professional is the visual exercise you impose to yourself everyday.” Check out Doru’s work here.

Shannon Campbell is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.  Her New York experience includes working for VH-1 as a fashion stylist, and in fashion public relations for KRT, representing designers Daryl K, Three Dots, and Wink.  Shannon worked for several years behind the scenes for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, on shows with designers Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Carolina Herra, and Anna Sui, among others. She currently lives in Arizona where she is a freelance wardrobe stylist, fashion public relations consultant and writer.  Shannon recently assisted Fashion Editor Danny Santiago for the April 2010 issue of Italian Vogue. She also has published work in Culture Magazine, Bello Magazine, ONE Magazine (Czech Republic),  Fantastics Magazine, and Eliza Magazine, as well as numerous local magazines in Arizona.  You can check out her work here.

Growing up  between Los Angeles and Italy, Chloe Crespi began her career learning the ins and outs of directing under some of the top commercial and music video directors of the time, and it was out of this daily exposure to beautiful imagery that Chloe fell into photography. Chloe has fashion in her family, most notably her grandmother who was a former editor of Vogue Magazine, so it was a natural fit that she go into fashion and portraiture.

Now based in New York, Chloe has has shot editorial and advertising campaigns for various high profile clients including:  Michael Kors, Oscar De la Renta, Esquire and Vanity Fair Magazine among others. View Chloe’s work here.

Stylist Guillaume Boulez was born in Vichy, France and moved to Paris at age 18 to study at the famed Studio Bercot fashion academy. He relocated to New York in 2004 and quickly made his mark with downtown design collective threeASFOUR and later joined the design team of Zac Posen. Currently, Boulez divides his time between styling and consulting for various fashion collections. See his work here.

Jason Christopher is a fashion photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Southern California, he picked up his first camera at age 14 (a Canon AE-1). Bought with the money he saved from his paper route, Jason began photographing the beauty that surrounded him in his hometown of Westlake Village, California. In high school he took an interest in the beautiful Italian designers that he saw in fashion magazines such as Vogue, Italian Vogue, and W magazine. Being 100% Italian, it was love at first sight.

He then began to assist celebrity photographer Jerry Avenaim. It was during that period that Jason honed his technical skills in photography. What resonated with Jason the most in that experience, was how he learned to direct and communicate with his subjects. This dynamic combination of experience and connection reflects in all the images he creates today.

Jason and Jerry’s friendship continues as they remain close friends. Each having the great fortune to have found their profound passions in their craft.

You can view Jason Christopher’s work here.

Jennifer Margolin’s life-long love affair with fashion began when she opened her first copy of Vogue while still in elementary school.  Since then, her passion to find new trends and designers – and her self-proclaimed addiction to shoes – has only grown.

Her first job was in retail, and since then she’s had over 8 years of retail experience.  She opened and managed a high-end luxury goods boutique in San Francisco before starting her own event planning company in the city. She also spent over two years traveling the world and gathering fashion inspiration from each country she visited, and every culture she came into contact with.

Jennifer is founder and creator of RedSoleDiary.com, a fashion website offering the latest fashion news and styling tips. And her fashion styling site is here. Jennifer lives in Los Angeles with her husband and beautiful daughter.

Matt Haines is a fashion and commercial photographer in the Los Angeles area. He lives in the city of Ventura with his wife and two children. You can view his work at One Thousand Umbrellas. Before he switched careers, Matt was a recording artist and music producer, releasing electronic/dance records under the names The Rip Off Artist, Mental Blox, Front BC, Control-X and others. But that is all ancient history and not worth discussing. Matt is also publisher for this site.