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When Andre Rucker  was a kid, he wanted to be a puppeteer. And a magician. And a cartoonist. Thankfully, he picked up a camera. Now, as a photographer and director, he can be all of those things and more. At his roots, he's an African American artist based in NYC and Philadelphia. He’s a skateboarder, hurling himself into a sport that poses constant visual opportunities: simple concrete stairs become tools for self-expression. At work, Andre finds new ways to experience everyday objects for his clients: brands like Anthropologie, Footlocker, Sub Pop Records, and Runner’s World magazine. He symphonically blends photography, animation, 3D printing and CGI to bring objects, products, and food to life in unexpected and unforgettable ways. In true puppeteer/magician/cartoonist fashion, Andre uses everything at hand to joyfully make even the most unusual dreams come true.

Bill Reitzel's approach to each shot is to capture his subject's natural beauty. To strip away and expose the intrigue in each face—like a musician completely lost in his music, a child's uninhibited play, or a wise, content soul. He also understand that this is business, evident by an ever-returning client list. Assignments are all handled in his easy-going style with open conversations and collaboration, and his studio will happily assist in any part of the process.

Clayton James began his creative journey as an art director at McCann Erickson in Atlanta. Over the course of the next twenty years, he became a creative director and ultimately an executive creative director at agencies all over the country. He has worked on all sorts of amazing national and global clients, and has worked with some of the best photographers and directors in the world. Clayton always paid attention to the different techniques and approaches employed by these amazing talents and would learn how to get what he needed from them to maximize the campaigns his team was   working on. Over time, he became more interested in becoming a shooter himself. He would run into situations where the budget to hire the people he wanted just wasn't there. Rather than compromise, Clayton thought he  could do the shoot himself, and that’s what he did. He convinced the client he  could shoot the assignment  better than anyone he could afford to hire. This 360-degree experience has helped him gain a unique perspective on what an agency needs from a shooter and what a shooter needs from an agency.