We met with lifestyle, wedding, and travel photographer Rachel Leiner at Bluestone Lane in Manhattan to discuss travel, family, and photographing happiness.  At twenty, Rachel Leiner combines the enthusiasm and joyousness of her age with the skill and savvy of...
“There are a lot of names for the hobby,” says Vince Herbe. “I would say that I’m an ameture documentarian of industrial wastelands.” Herbe started photographing abandoned and decaying spaces like hospitals and factories fifteen years ago. “I was...
We met with Mariana Quevedo at Sumner Cafe in Bed-Stuy to discuss building a portfolio, vulnerability in fashion photography, and saying goodbye to business school.  Mariana Quevedo dropped out of business school at the Ohio University during her first week. “They...
So, you want to become a music photographer? Sure, you love music and photography – combining the two seems natural. But music photography takes some serious practice and a unique set of skills. If you’re ready to hold office...
On what would have been her 108th birthday, Google honored pioneering war photographer Gerda Taro in its daily doodle. Though she died at just 26, Taro made a name for herself covering the Spanish Civil War. She is considered...
We met with photographer Jeremiah Cumberbatch for our Over Coffee series at Brooklyn Kolache Co. in Bed-Stuy to discuss growing up in St. Kitts, elegance in photography, and producing music.  A former music producer, Jeremiah Cumberbatch is now a full...
As part of our Over Coffee series, we met with Erin Derby at Parade Cafe to discuss fine art photography, flowers, and a female point of view.  Erin Derby’s geometric flower photographs made a splash at this year’s NYCFotoworks, a premier...
As part of our Over Coffee series, we met with documentary photographer Mamie Heldman at Café Madeline to discuss Southern Gothic, finding yourself abroad, and coming of age stories.   “I think the longer I’m away from Tennessee and the...
Rachel Abrams didn’t plan to become a newborn photographer. She just wanted to photograph her own children. “I knew that I wanted to have a family one day, and that I wanted to capture great quality images of them.”...
At 25, Nick Leonard is an old soul with a love for instant film. He started photographing traditional signs and classic places in Las Vegas in 2008 with a Polaroid 600 camera. It was the start of the Great...