Portrait Photography by Art Zaratsyan

Worst Fears

2012-11-08T02:37:12Z

Stylist: Grace Chumfong
Model: Li Volchok

ANTI-HERO 13 Fall ’12

2012-11-08T02:38:03Z

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

Conversation

2012-11-08T02:38:55Z

Model: Jae Brown

“Pham!”: Fashion Against the Wall

2012-10-03T01:06:29Z

“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

2012-10-31T22:15:15Z

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”

2012-08-13T20:27:11Z

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!

2012-01-16T20:31:52Z

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

2011-08-27T01:13:34Z

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)

2012-09-18T05:00:16Z

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

2012-09-18T05:00:06Z

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.