MaraEllis

Portrait and editorial photographer working in available light. Based in Los Angeles, shooting anywhere the flight lands.

35mm f/1.4 1/250 ISO 400

Selected work

Eleven frames from the last two years. Click any image to open it full size — arrow keys move, escape closes.

11 frames

About

I shoot what's
already there

Twelve years photographing people, mostly for magazines and mostly in whatever light the room happens to have. I don't travel with a lighting truck and I don't ask anyone to pose.

The work has run in Aperture, The Gentlewoman and Kinfolk, and I shoot commercially for a handful of brands who understand that good pictures take time.

BasedLos Angeles

Since2014

BodiesLeica M11 · Hasselblad

Glass35mm · 50mm · 85mm

FilmPortra 400 · Tri-X

TravelAnywhere

Rates

Half-day and full-day rates below. Editorial and non-profit commissions are quoted separately — just ask.

01 — Portrait

Sitting

$850 / half day

Up to four hours, one location
Two looks, unlimited frames
25 edited images
Online gallery, delivered in 10 days
Personal usage included

02 — Editorial

Commission

$2,400 / day

Full day, multiple locations
Assistant and digital tech included
60 edited images
Delivered in 14 days
Print and web licence, 12 months

03 — Studio

Campaign

From $4,000

Studio hire and full crew
Pre-production and casting support
Volume by agreement
Retouching by a specialist
Licence negotiated per use

Enquiries

Let's talk
about the shoot

Tell me who's in front of the camera, roughly when, and where it needs to run. I reply to everything within two working days.

StudioFrogtown, Los Angeles

Emailstudio@maraellis.example

Instagram@maraellis

Represented byTessa Grant, NY