ALBERT LEWIS

BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO. SCHOOL IN SEATTLE. STUDIED GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY. TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF MANHOLE COVERS AND GARBAGE CANS. MOVED TO NEW YORK. PHOTOGRAPHED MODEL PORTFOLIOS. MOVED TO SEATTLE. WORKED AS A FASHION ART DIRECTOR. MOVED TO DALLAS. MORE ART DIRECTION AT NEIMAN MARCUS. EXTREME CREATIVE SURGE. MOVED BACK TO SEATTLE. PHOTOGRAPHY FULL TIME. GAINED PERSPECTIVE AND FOCUS. FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY FULL SPEED AHEAD. WON AWARDS. KEPT SHOOTING MODELS AND CATALOGS. WORKED WITH TALENTED PEOPLE. GREAT CLIENTS. BOUGHT A HOUSE. MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO. STARTED SHOOTING WITH POTTERY BARN. TOOK ON SNOWBOARDING. SOLD SKIS. BOUGHT A HOUSE IN LAKE TAHOE. STARTED SHOOTING WEDDINGS AND FANCY HOMES ON THE LAKE. LOVED BRINGING FASHION TO WEDDINGS. FELT RECHARGED. STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING DOGS. ADDED DOG PHOTOGRAPHY TO MY REPERTOIRE. MOVED TO ALASKA. STILL PHOTOGRAPHING DOGS. PUBLISHED FIRST BOOK ON IDITAROD SLED DOGS. LEARNED TO SMILE AT TWENTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO. MOVED BACK TO LOWER 48. THEN, WAS BASED IN TULUM, MX. FOR TWO YEARS. THEN IN BAJA, MX. FOR TWO YEARS. PHOTOGRAPHING BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND HOMELESS PERROS ON THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND PACIFIC OCEAN. NOW BASED IN BEAUTIFUL AJIJIC, MX. MORE BOOKS IN THE WORKS. SUN, FRIENDSHIPS, HAPPY PERROS, INCREDIBLE ARCHITECTURE TO SHOOT... NO COMPLAINTS.

CLIENT LIST:

Pottery Barn / Target / One & Only Palmilla / Neiman Marcus / Nordstrom / Eddie Bauer / The North Face / Columbia Sportswear / Norm Thompson / Marmot Properties / The Parker Palm Springs / La Quinta Resort / Hyatt Desert Springs / East West Partners / Tahoe Mountain Resorts / Martis Camo Tahoe / Rancho Pescadero