Portrait Photography by Art Zaratsyan

Worst Fears

Art Zaratsyan — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:56:12 +0000

Stylist: Grace Chumfong
Model: Li Volchok

ANTI-HERO 13 Fall ’12

Art Zaratsyan — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:58:41 +0000

Styling: Grace Chumfong for ANTI-HERO¹³ boutique
Makeup and hair: Jess Tischer
Models: Tina Pham and Dustin St Christopher

Conversation

Art Zaratsyan — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:39:22 +0000

Model: Jae Brown

“Pham!”: Fashion Against the Wall

Art Zaratsyan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:41:35 +0000

“Pham!” shows some of the shots from the quick editorial fashion shoot with long-legged Tina Pham. She’s got looks and talent, and it shows.

Model: Tina Pham

“Stills”: Shots From a Movie

Art Zaratsyan — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:25:13 +0000

I was inspired by a recent photoshoot with talented Kelsey Lynn to make this set, “Stills”: still shots from a movie I wish existed.

Model: Kelsey Lynn

New Project “Love”

Art Zaratsyan — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:26:08 +0000

Back from the dead. With a new project, I call it “Love”. It’s darker, it’s black and white. It’s something new. We’ll see how it goes.

Here’s a sneak peek:

No reflector? No problem!

Art Zaratsyan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:31:52 +0000

So I moved a couple of weeks ago, and naturally, everything is a mess. And when a friend asked me to shoot a few quick business headshots, I just couldn’t seem to find my trusty PhotoFlex 5-in-1 reflector anywhere. (I remember packing it in the last moments of my move and stuffing it into the one of the last remaining open boxes, and now I have a mountain of boxes and it could be in either one of them!)

But what I found instead was—sound the drumroll—a large disposable baking sheet!

So there: 15 minutes, a baking sheet and a nice day make for a pretty nice shot, if you ask me.

Flashback

Art Zaratsyan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:06:11 +0000

It turns out my mother has kept my first ever camera (yes, the Soviet-made camera I mention in my Bio). I was so happy to hear that it’s still around, I immediately asked her to email me some pictures. Which she did, thanks mom, love you!

Here it is, along with its original box, next to a box of matches. Hmm, still in great shape, I guess my tendency to be very “particular” with my things existed even back then.

Such a nostalgic feeling, looking at these photographs. I swear I can imagine hearing the sound the camera makes when you pop it open, I remember feeling it in my hands…

This tiny beast fits 72 frames on a 36-frame 35mm film roll and boasts an impressive 28mm f/2.8 lens. But all that really meant nothing to me back then, I was just happy to snap a picture of everything I could.

Funny, I remember seeing an SLR a kid in my neighborhood had back then and dreaming of owning one. Who knew that rangefinders like these would be what I look for in the used camera stores a quarter of a century later…

What was your first camera?

35mm: part 2 (around the city)

Art Zaratsyan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:18:59 +0000

As I walk around the city and photograph everything that catches my attention, my fine art collection grows, here are some of the newest images:

You can see the more of my fine art photography in the Fine Art gallery.

35mm: part 1

Art Zaratsyan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:03:46 +0000

Armed with my trusty old Leica I’ve been lately having a great time “rediscovering” my passion for analog black and white photography, and here are some of the images that I think turned out quite nice:

You can see the more of my fine art photography in the Fine Art gallery.