Discover Top Editorial Photographers / Photojournalists in Bakersfield, California, USA

Vanessa Crocini is an Italian journalist, award winning documentary filmmaker, photographer and Emmy nominated producer, currently located in Los Angeles. She graduated in Film from University of Bologna after being an exchange student at University of California, Santa Barbara. After completing a Post Graduate Program in Entertainment Studies at UCLA, she developed her interest in documentaries. Vanessa has worked on several film, commercial, music videos and documentary productions in Italy, Los Angeles and in the African continent. She has collaborated with the Italian national television RAI, Bonsai TV and Agon Channel. Her passion for documentaries has brought to several journalistic collaborations for several Italian film magazines and blogs. She mainly highlights and writes about films, filmmakers and stories that have a social interest. Her first feature length award winning documentary, Get Together Girls was produced by Vasco Rossi, the most famous Italian rockstar, for whom she shot the music video Mary Luise. Vanessa is part of SIMA (Social Impact Media Awards) as one of the journalists and members of the selection committee and her intention is keeping on writing about and making films that focus on social issues and expose impact topics. Among the projects she has worked on, The Empowerment Project, nominated for an Emmy Award by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter: National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, is one collaboration she is proud of. As the documentary shooter in the crew, Vanessa, together with other four women filmmakers, travelled across the USA in 2013 to interview exceptional women in their career fields. Vanessa is a proud honoree of the PrimiDieci Under 40 2014 which celebrates the extraordinary professional and personal success of the ten most distinguished individuals with Italian origins or Italian nationality, currently in the U.S. Vanessa is also a consultant for Social Media Marketing and Crowdfunding Strategy for filmmakers and artists of all kinds and has been a member of the Los Angeles Press Club since 2010. She is currently working on her second feature length documentary, Street Poets.

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Mikey Gilmore is an experienced Cinematographer, Director, Producer and Camera Operator known for capturing top notch visuals while crafting a cohesive story. Mikey honed his interviewing skills of thousands of interviews lighting and shooting for brands such as Vanity Fair, WIRED, Glamour and more. Collaborative and meticulous, I optimize ideas and ensure each phase of production exceeds expectations. Proficient in multi-camera operation and lighting setups, with expertise in shooting visually captivating digital media. Orchestrated 1,000+ productions for renowned brands, always delivering blockbuster-quality content within budget and timeline. Skilled in curating branding and directing photoshoots. Experienced Camera Operator for prominent platforms such as Twitch, Amazon, BuzzFeed, and Walmart. Contributed to 500M+ views through high-end interview content. Strong leadership in coordinating large crews and securing equipment efficiently. I am looking for new opportunities and collaborations to create captivating stories.

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Augusto graduated with a master's degree in cinematography from the American Film Institute (AFI) from which he received a scholarship from Audi USA on behalf of the AFI Awards television series The Mandalorian. During the time in Los Angeles, Augusto has filmed as a Director of Photography, different short films in digital and film format in 35mm. Augusto is an associate member of the Society of Camera Operators (SOC). Augusto has been involved as a cinematographer in different projects, from music videos and publicity to fiction/narrative and documentary short films, leading him to win different awards among which stand out: Best Cinematography in a Mexican Short Film at the Cristal Screen festival in 2017 with the short film "Desaparecido", the Diosa de Plata for best fiction short film in 2018 with “Getsemaní Ego Sum Lux Mundi” and the audience award for best fiction short film at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2019 with “Hierba Mala”. In July 2022, Augusto filmed the feature documentary “La Raiz de Mi Ombligo” in Oaxaca, Mexico. This project was accepted for the mentorship program “Talent Demo” part of the Camerimage film festival in November 2022 at Toruń, Poland. His mentors were the documentary filmmaker Jon Kasbe and award-winning cinematographer at Cameraimage, Alejandro Mejía AMC. Currently, he is in the pre-production of a narrative short film and a feature film project for the end of the year 2023

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Noel Maxam, and having directed, written, or produced over 3700 hours of television (CBS, NBC, Disney and Nick-at-Nite) is also Founder of Emagispace and has taken his patented modular building block system to market. "The On-Demand Economy calls for ever-changing use of space, but pre-determined interior spaces are rigidly built making change difficult, expensive, and time consuming. Emagispace® is an adaptive, reusable, modular building block system that allows you to create, reconfigure, and repurpose your spaces while saving time, increasing efficiency, and maximizing your budget. Now anyone can build almost anything, anywhere, anytime!" Noel is also freelance producing, directing, consulting for startup media companies, and investing. He has worked as Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer and Director on NBC’s "Days of Our Lives". He was brought on board to modernize the shows production, optimize the budget, and raise the ratings. During Noel’s tenure, "Days of Our Lives" was produced for ½ the budget, climbed to number three in the ratings, and was renewed through 2013. In 2009, "Days" was nominated for two DGA Awards, and 13 Emmy nominations. In 2012, "Days" was nominated for 15 Emmy Awards. While at "Days", Noel transitioned the show to HD and oversaw the first 3D Daytime Drama production. Previously, Noel was a Director/Associate Producer for "The Young and the Restless" where he won four Emmy Awards (8 Nominations) and was twice nominated for a DGA Award. While at "Y&R”, Noel modernized their post production and helped transition them to HD. In addition, Noel was nominated for an Emmy as a staff writer for "As The World Turns" and has written/optioned three television series, four screenplays. He also wrote the intro to Virgin Interactive's CD-Rom "Circle of Doom" and wrote Activision's "Dark Reign". Noel is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon University (B.F.A.) and the USC (M.F.A. in Film and Video Production).

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Award-winning writer, director and producer in film, TV and journalism for 10 years. My recent directing work includes industry-recognized car ads for Hyundai, viral spots for brands like Amazon & Adidas, and social impact documentaries for Clorox. Before becoming an independent filmmaker I was a Senior Creative Producer at BuzzFeed Branded Video for 3 years. I juggled several projects at a time and in all different stages of the production process - one in post overseeing the edit, on set directing, doing a final copy edit on a script, and sending in a fresh pitch deck. Previously I was a network producer at Discovery Science Channel where I worked on shows like "The Unexplained Files," "Alien Encounters" and "Prophets of Science Fiction with Ridley Scott." I also created the video content and live produced panels for thousands of excited fans at Comic Con in NY & SD. I know the ins and outs of pitching to networks, developing shows and executing them on accelerated and full timelines. Before that I was at CNN Special Investigations and Documentaries, where I still have strong relationships from working on specials like "Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door," "Battle for Blair Mountain," and "Latino in America." As an accomplished producer I received a Peabody for coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster as part of the "New Orleans Rising" documentary with Soledad O'Brien, Visionary Award at Summit Emerging Media Awards for the "Young Entrepreneurs" series for Hyundai, and spots on the Youtube Ad Leaderboard. While I am a creative who envisions a project coming to life as soon as I read the words on the page, I'm also a producer who knows how to deliver assets that meet client's criteria on time, and under budget. I can one-man-band it shooting 4k, editing in Premiere and creating graphics in Photoshop, run-and-gun with a camera op and sound guy on a doc shoot, or direct a commercial spot with a crew of 70. No matter what the project is, I will give it my all because I'm passionate about creating art. Lets make something awesome together!  

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I would like to continue to grow, and move forward with my career as a Director. I have been a paid videographer since I was 15 years old, studied cinema at George Mason University, and New York Film Academy, freelanced on major commercial sets with Jonas Akerlund for two years in Los Angeles, CA, and have been with Buzzfeed for what will be the total of 9 mos. I’ve been fortunate enough to work in Buzzfeed’s VR and 360 department using the Odyssey camera from Google. VR greatly interests me, and I believe it to be the “final frontier” of cinema. I am an avid traveler, and have been globe trotting since before I could walk. I completed a feature-length documentary, "Sailing On A Shoestring", for my senior thesis in college. The film is about my dad, who built his own boat during the height of the Apartheid in South Africa, and then proceeded to cross the Atlantic three times. The documentary allows him to relive his memories of sailing, and follows him in search of his vessel's fate. More recently, I have completed three short documentaries. Two of which from Film Stuff Productions in Italy and Poland, and the third with Buzzfeed.

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GEORGE LEWIS IS -JOURNALIST IN SIERRA LEONE, HAS GAINED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMS DUE TO HIS WORK IN JOURNALISM. LEWIS HAS OVER 20 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS CAMERAMAN. OVER 15 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS A FREELANCE FILMMAKER BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. HE HAS CAPTURED THE MINDS, AND ATTENTION OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH HIS ABILITY TO TELL THE AFRICAN STORY, FROM THE SIERRA LEONE PERSPECTIVE. BE IT THE CIVIL WAR, TUMULTUOUS ELECTIONS, THE DANGEROUS EBOLA EPIDEMIC- LEWIS ARMED WITH HIS CAMERA HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT IN THE FACE OF SIERRA LEONE’S STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES.HE HAS SHOT SEVERAL FICTION FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES THAT CAN BE RATED UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDERED. HE HAS WORK AS FIXER FOR CGTN AFRICA, CNN AFRICAN, WORLD BANK AMONGST OTHER SEVERAL PROJECTS. . HAS EXPERIENCE IN LIGHTING, SOUND GRAPPHER. A TRAINER BY WELT FILM, DW ACADEMY AFRICA, SCRITNET, AMONGST OTHER VARIOUS OTHER TRAINING HER HAS UNDERTOOK. HE HAS TRAVEL TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES.

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I started out as still photographer freelancing in the Washington D.C. Area. I was published in just about every magazine in town as well as National and International news outlets. I was able to travel thanks my camera. I love melting into the crowd or background and capturing the moment, mood or feeling. After years of freelance I worked as a press photographer for the U.S. Department of State. A few years in, State hired me to produce, shoot, direct, and edit short form documentaries traveling domestically and internationally. For me, documentaries are personal insights to spectacular people and their lives. Sometimes I want to expose a wrong and sometimes I just want to revel in someone's goodness, quirkiness, talent, silliness. What makes humankind act the way we do? What motivates us to make choices, start organizations, ruin lives for our own gain? How does one find their demise? Human life is so pedestrian at times and then so unpredictable. Our duality is fascinating.

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Emmy Award-Winning Journalist • Media Consultant • AI Expert • Professor • Blogger • Author • Lifestyle Specialist ••• Olivia Smith is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, media consultant and AI expert based in L.A. She focuses on innovating storytelling with cutting-edge technology. Olivia is currently on the GenAI Content team at Meta. Before this role, she spent a decade at Disney, working for ABC News, GMA and ABC7. Olivia is also an Adjunct Professor at USC. Beyond journalism and tech, Olivia has several passion projects. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Media Consulting Coaches, where she offers on-camera training and content creation courses. She is also the Founder and CEO of the blog Get Savvy with Social. Olivia is a lifestyle specialist and has a Certified Nutrition credential through NASM. She loves writing and authored a series of children's books about detective dogs, which she created with her father. Follow her for day-to-day updates on her work @LivNews and #LivWell.

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Mark Abramson (b. 1988) is a Russian-American freelance photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. I am drawn to telling stories that allow me to pass through a window and enter into subjects’ lives and document their existence and experiences. Much of my desire to cover issues concerning immigration and other social issues come from the fabric of my family history and its migration from the former Soviet Union and how that has enabled me to work with my camera. My interest in exploring reporting led me study print journalism at the George Washington University, which then led me to receive more formal training as a photographer and video journalist at the Washington Post and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I am an English, Russian, Spanish, and Hebrew speaker and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. My published work and other clients also include: The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week , Getty Images, GOOD Magazine, and more.

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I am a multi-award winning creative non-fiction producer/editor with close to 15 years of professional broadcast experience and a freshly mounted MFA degree from Parsons School of Design in NYC. I created an EMMY nominated TV docu-series about artists called ''ART or something like it!'', produced & edited an EMMY award winning magazine series called "Study With The Best", as well as, many other award-winning TV projects, promotional packages, interviews, presentations and PSA’s for several major broadcast networks in the NYC market. Recently, I have been producing a monthly series of short-form non-fiction movies exploring the creative process of eccentric performing artists called ''A FOOL'S IDEA'' (which won 3 awards at the 2014 LA Web-Series Festival for Outstanding Series, Directing & Editing and was an 'Official Selection' in the 2014 Miami Web Festival). I am passionate about telling honest, human stories, which inspire people to achieve greatness.

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Nate Forer is an accomplished and highly regarded visual storyteller. He possesses a unique eye and creative vision that enables him to capture compelling images that emotionally move and inspire. As a photojournalist he has crossed the country covering news events ranging from political battles in New York to street protests in California. Forer is also an experienced producer, director, editor and cinematographer. His documentaries include a rafting expedition down the Grand Canyon and his corporate videos feature an in-depth look at Syracuse University Recreation. Born in Los Angeles, Forer graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Photography. He is Founder and CEO of MOUNTech, an action sports media company. He aspires to creatively combine science, technology and visual storytelling into an innovative new art form.

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I'm a videographer and editor based in Los Angeles, working primarily in the music world but open to all projects. I have worked as a DP on independent shorts and fashion editorials, shot/edited various behind-the-scenes videos, shot/directed/edited a number of music videos, and have worked as an editor and assistant editor on popular YouTube reality shows, among other roles. Prior to this experience, I ran a Greek food company for which I also did food photography and videography. I graduated from Georgetown University in 2015 with a degree in Culture and Politics, emphasis on media and the environment. At Georgetown, I studied documentary film, worked as the university photographer/videographer, interned at a documentary production company in New York, and worked on several student film projects, one of which went on to screen at festivals worldwide.

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Justin L. Stewart is an independent visual journalist from Jackson Hole, Wyoming who is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Justin earned his Master of Arts in Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and his Bachelor of Arts in Film & Photography from Montana State University - Bozeman. He likes to work on projects that utilize his videography and photography skills - or any that give him a reason to fly his drone. Justin's work has been published in The Atlantic, TIME's Lightbox, Al Jazeera, ESPN, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and many other outlets. He contributed to Spike Lee's "2 Fists Up," documentary about the protests and unrest on the University of Missouri's campus during the fall semester of 2015.

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Live Art Love (www.LiveArtLove.com) is a Creative Company that specializes in Advertising, Fashion, Documentaries and New Media. Working as a video production team every project is developed in house from start to finish. Live Art Love puts passion and enthusiasm into every project regardless of budget. Our team includes Brand Strategists, Creatives, Producers and Directors - who have worked with some of the biggest ad agencies, including Wieden+Kennedy, M&C Saatchi, and Jack Morton. Live Art Love Clients include: Bose Headphones, Foot locker, AT&T, Reebok, SIX:02, Halls and NAPA Auto Parts to name a few. We specialize in quick turnaround completing every part of the creative process in-house from story, production and post production. We also offer additional services in visual content for social media and print advertising.

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John Javellana (b. 1984, Philippines) is a photojournalist based in Los Angeles, CA. His professional career started in 2008 as he was completing his degree as a Communication Arts major at the De La Salle University when he was hired as a stringer for the Reuters News Agency. After completing his degree, he became one of the youngest photojournalists to work for the wire agencies in the country and has covered most of the major news event up to this day. Primarily a news photographer who specializes in spot/breaking news, John is also a documentary cinematographer and has worked on documentaries for outfits shows and NGOs such as “58” for US Aid and Asia Foundation; “Philippines : Abuses Go Unpunished” for Human Rights Watch; short documentaries and pieces for Storyline and Rappler.com, where he worked as the photo editor in 2013.

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Mogli owns and operates his own multi-media production business called, The Mogli, where he creates compelling visual content for hotel/resorts, businesses, non- profits, and media outlets, as well as local artists and musicians for passion projects. In addition, he's an avid traveller, very adaptable and have experience shooting photos and videos in many different environments, including the Amazon jungle, Peru, West Africa, Asia, Philippines and many others. Experience being on set in short and feature length films as; Cinematography, 1st & 2nd AC, DIT and On Set Photography. Mogli’s work has been featured in outlets such as Business Insider, Quartz, California magazine, placed work at the de Young Museum, SF and many more.

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Li has directed, produced, and written content for Twentieth Century FOX, HBO, Showtime, PBS, Amazon, Super Deluxe, Omaze, (RED), General Electric, Call of Duty Foundation, and her work has been featured on Upworthy, Gizmodo, Huffington Post, Voto Latino, We Are Mitu, etc. Her films have also screened at Refinery29's 29 Rooms as part of New York Fashion Week, SITGES Film Festival, Slamdance, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Young Directors Night, Los Angeles Film Festival, American Cinematheque, Comic-Con, the Academy for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and been recognized as a Vimeo Staff Pick. SHOOT named Li as a helmer to watch in their worldwide search for the next generation of film and commercial directors. Li’s work was also featured on SourceECreative’s The Scout.

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I'm a film student currently attending school at University of California, San Diego with a minor in Literature/Writing. I was born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam and currently based in Anaheim and San Diego. I got into filmmaking because I am both intrigued by the creative writing process and I have a deep passion for photography/cinematography. When I combined these two elements together, I realized that I could make something meaningful with it, and I decided to pursue this field. So far, I have written and directed two short student films as part of a production program called Triton Television, in which I am also a producer for. Although I am film student, I'm looking to build my experiences as an artist and as a person wanting to know more about the creative industry.

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Ben Dorger is a filmmaker, photographer and visual journalist based in Ventura, California. Ben has a Masters in New Media Photojournalism from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and has a BFA in Media Art from the University of Tennessee. His work has been published in USA Today and The Washington Post and he was the Senior Video Editor at Stone Soup Films in Washington, DC. Ben was an award-winning multimedia journalist at the Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden, Utah. He has had multiple independent documentary films screen in several film festivals. His latest independent film, "Shad Run," an environmental film chronicling the American Shad fish, is making its rounds in film festivals and aired on public television.

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