Kelly and her team are some of the top working photojournalists and filmmakers in NYC. You've seen their bylines under iconic images in newspapers, magazines and museums around the world such as: The New York Times, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, International Center of Photography, MOMA and Sundance Film Festival just to name a few. Despite our hardcore photojournalist exteriors we all share a soft spot for weddings. To us, weddings are a breath of fresh air, a chance to share some good news for once. We'll cover your event like it's front page news, bringing with us a level of story telling skills unmatched in the traditional wedding photography industry.
Kelly Guenther has a degree in photojournalism, was a staff photographer for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and a freelance photographer for the New York Times. In 2002 she won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for her contribution to the New York Times' coverage of 9/11. Soon after Kelly launched her wedding photojournalism business. What started as "something to do on the weekends" quickly grew into a full time job. Her fly-on-the-wall approach, coupled with a sensitivity and joy for the subject matter, were a perfect fit for the unique NYC bride who wants anything but a cookie-cutter wedding. Martha Stewart, The Knot and New York Magazine have featured her weddings and named her as one of the top wedding photographers in NYC.
“I believe there are no ‘do-overs’ in real life. A laugh, wink, that stolen kiss, all happen in a split second. I know how to anticipate a moment and be there when it happens. My goal as a photojournalist is to tell stories that have an impact on people's lives, to make a difference. I know my couples will treasure their wedding photos for generations to come and I am truly honored to give them that gift. I've personally photographed over 200 weddings. You'd think all that white taffeta and buttercream frosting would make me cynical about weddings but it's just the opposite. I get to document pure joy and love. That's just not something most people get to see everyday. I see it almost every weekend and by the end of the night my face hurts from smiling so much behind the camera. I find it inspirational and it drives me to be a better photographer, a better person.”
Christopher Smith is a freelance photojournalist and corporate photographer, and a native New Yorker. His work is regularly published in the Styles section of the New York Times. Other publications include Time magazine, BusinessWeek magazine, and Fortune magazine. His corporate client list includes IBM, Dow Jones, and The Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation. His work is in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography.
Alan Chin was born and raised in New York's Chinatown. Since 1996 he has covered conflicts in Iraq, the ex-Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Alan has most recently documented the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi, the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the Sichuan Earthquake in China, and followed the trail of the Civil Rights Movement in the American South. He is a contributing photographer to Newsweek and The New York Times, exhibits at Sasha Wolf Gallery and the Asian-American Arts Center, and is in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art. The New York Times nominated him for the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1999 and 2000.
Born in France in 1973, Mathieu lived in Venezuela for 20 years where his interest for film and photography began. At the age of 17 he started his apprenticeship with the renowned Venezuelan director Alfredo Anzola and at 20 he returned to France to pursue documentary photography. He started working for the agency L'Oeil Du Sud in Marseille, was relocated to Madrid for 2 years and subsequently again to New York City where he has lived and worked since 2000.
Some of his editorial works have been published in Paris Match, Razor Magazine, El País, Le Monde, National Geographic Adventure, Altair among others, some of his commercial and corporate clients are New York University, We TV, Playwright Horizons Broadway, ES Architects, among others.
Michael Nagle is an award-winning photographer whose photojournalism, portraiture, and travel work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines around the world. Along with being a regular contributor to The New York Times, Michael's pictures have been published in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Life, Fortune, Business Week, Wired, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald, New York Magazine, and more.
Jake Price is a New York-based photographer who has covered the defining moments in our history. His work has taken him Kosovo, Pakistan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Haiti amongst other countries. For his work in Africa and Kosovo he worked extensively with the Nobel Prize winning organisation Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders.
His work appears in: Newsweek, BBC online, The New York Times, TIME, The Village Voice, Le Monde2, El Pais, Gatopardo and other publications throughout the world. He has exhibited in the Leica Gallery, New York; The Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles; and Alliance Francias, New York, amongst others.
“My philosophy in shooting weddings is much the same as when I am shooting on my personal projects. My goal is to be as discreet and present as possible in order to capture the quiet, tender and human moments that make up the essential moments of life.”
Michael Canzoniero (videographer)
A professional cameraman and editor, Michael has been filming weddings since he was an award-winning student at the prestigious New York University Graduate Film Program (class of '98). His work has played Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Hamptons and the Centerpiece of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. Interestingly enough, his most recent film takes a comical look at the wedding videography business itself. Entitled "The Wedding Bros.", the comedic feature stars Tony Winner Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury) and is being distributed by Universal Home Video later this year.
Widely considered by New York wedding planners to be one of the top event videographers in the city, Michael utilizes state of the art equipment and brings a professional filmmaker's eye to every event he shoots. With the goal of being as unobtrusive as possible, utilizing long lens cinematography and minimal lighting, he's able to capture the most natural, authentic moments of the day.