I was born in 1980 and raised in Hungary where I first started shooting at around age 12. During high school I attended the meetings of the Amateur Photo Club where I improved my photographic skills, composition, printing techniques, and learned popular viewpoints in the field and about the role of photography in society. I came to the States after finishing high school to study photography and got my Associate in Sciences Degree from El Camino College in the spring of 2001.

For the past years I have been involved in mainly black and white fine art photography and have also started to shoot seriously in color in the past two years. I had two exhibitions in Hungary, a single man show in 1996, and the other in 1999 which was a joint exhibition with other photographers and which was included in the program of the Hungarian National Photo Week 1999. I won 1st place in portraiture category and 2nd place in landscape category at a photography contest also in 1999. My work was also featured in a calendar for the year 2000. Arriving to the States already with a strong basic portfolio I further perfected mainly my darkroom skills and put my third exhibition together in January of 2001. I also worked as a photojournalist for El Camino’s paper “Union”.

I do portraiture, mainly in b/w but I will also shoot color if needed. I work best if the mood is kept casual but serious. I like to shoot in natural light having the person be and look as natural as possible. I don’t like to alter anything with fancy lighting. My goal is to keep things as simple and natural as possible, this way capturing the person as they are. I like to reflect the personality of the model in a portrait without adding anything mocked up. I would also be more than happy to hear your ideas about how you would like to look and to make the photo session an interactive, creative time. I like to solve challenging situations and like to bring diversity to my photography. I’m also willing to travel within a reasonable distance.

Please contact me if you feel I’m right to shoot your portrait, party or anything photographic! Email: poorsaxon@hotmail.com