Los Angeles Commercial Photographers Jerry Avenaim | Professional Celebrity Fashion and Advertising Photography

JERRY AVENAIM PHOTOGRAPHY

Specializing in fashion and celebrity photography, whether it's film or digital photography in the Los Angeles photographers area, Jerry Avenaim is ranked at the top of the profession by advertising, fashion, corporate and editorial clients. Ranking among the elite professional film and digital photographers in Los Angeles, California, the nation and the world, Jerry is internationally known for his high-profile work in celebrity photography, fashion photography, glamour photography, portrait photography, advertising photography, corporate photographyand editorial magazine photography. When your assignment calls for the highest level of professional digital commercial photography, give Jerry a call. Decades of experience have given Jerry an outstanding comfort level with famous celebrities, super models, star athletes, and talented people in many other fields. His A-list client portfolio includes award-winning, first-class commercial clients. Top magazines, advertising agencies, design firms, and corporations put Jerry on their short list of Los Angeles photographers.

Click through this site, and you’ll find the achievements of an exceptional career. Jerry’s online portfolio includes award-winning work in entertainment, beauty, model, lifestyle and people photography. His bio documents 20 years of excellence and innovation in film and digital photography.

Jerry Avenaim began his career in photography as first assistant to legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier. Upon venturing out on his own in 1985, his first assignment was a foreign edition Vogue cover of (then rising star) Cindy Crawford.He began to work for Italian Vogue under the direction of Editor in Chief Franca Sozzani. With an already established fashion career, Avenaim moved to Los Angeles in 1992, where he is now based. Jerry began photographing celebrities and immediately fell in love with the genre. "I love actors and have such a great respect for the craft and it's process." Through the years, he has gained the trust of some of the most strong willed celebrities. In the last decade Avenaim's resume of mega-watt stars reads like a who's who of Hollywood.

Jerry’s editorial images have appeared on the covers or in major photo spreads in the world’s top magazines, including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Vanity Fair, TV GUIDE, and Newsweek. His advertising roster includes; Merle Norman Cosmetics, Phat Farm, Guess Jeans, Ford Motors, McDonalds, Twentieth Century FOX and Warner Bros. Many top advertising agencies such as Young and Rubicam and J. Walter Thompson have worked with Jerry to create attention-grabbing, award-winning advertising campaigns.

Jerry is also a dynamic Public Speaker and leads Photography Workshops all over the United States. Believing that passion and originality are the driving forces behind his success, Jerry brings high energy and a fresh perspective to every assignment. From fashion and celebrities to advertising and corporations, from location to studio portraits, from stills to video and color to B&W, Jerry Avenaim embraces the wide scope of his assignments with passion and purpose. Jerry travels all over the country from his base in Los Angeles. Recent shoots and lectures have taken him outside Los Angeles and Orange County to San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Miami, the East Coast and Europe. His corporate sponsors include; Mamiya, Profoto, Leaf Digital, Sekonic, Tenba, Pocket Wizard, Olympus, Lexar Media, Chimera and Kodak.