Phase One Stories

Knights of the windmill, a tribute to the miller’s craft

Jeroen Nieuwhuis is a commercial portrait photographer based in the Netherlands. Shooting professionally since the age of 17, he continuously works for clients all across the globe and has worked ...

December 9, 2020 / Fashion & Beauty

Using personal projects to fuel commercial creativity

New York City native Keith Major's love for photography and art began in his pre-teen years, when he attended after-school programs at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Pratt Institute ...

November 18, 2020 / Architecture & Interior, Landscape & Wildlife

Imbuing an image with wonder and curiosity

Aubra Franklin is a photographer based in San Antonio, Texas. His passion for photography began as an architecture student. Throughout his architectural education and career, he had the fortune to ...

November 9, 2020 / Fine Art

Capturing the character of birds in intimate portraits

Leila Jeffreys is an acclaimed Australian contemporary photographic and video artist. She is best known for visceral and mysterious images of birds that explore and subvert the traditions of portraiture ...

October 7, 2020 / Architecture & Interior, Fine Art

Shooting a large-scale public art installation

Sabine Hornig, an artist from Berlin, was invited by Public Art Fund to participate in a competition to create an installation for LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B – and she ...

September 23, 2020 / Landscape & Wildlife

Photography as a creative outlet

Cardiologist Amr El-Shafei was raised in Egypt before moving to the United States in the mid-nineties. His story with photography began back in Egypt, where his grandfather was a founder of ...

August 13, 2020 / Action & Sport, Landscape & Wildlife

How Mikael Helsing gained a new perspective on the great outdoors

The end of Mikael Helsing’s frustrating career as a professional skier marked the start of a different career. Photographing the mountains was the next challenge - where Mikael’s knowledge from ...

July 1, 2020 / Landscape & Wildlife

The pure passion and sensitivity of Isabel Ruiz’s photography

Isabel is the example of perseverance and the never-ending search for “the” photo. With a camera in her hands since she was a child, she finds in Phase One the ...

June 26, 2020 / Architecture & Interior, Creative Still Life, Editorial

Exploring the relationship between form and substance: Omar Sartor’s interior photography

Omar Sartor is an Italian photographer and director specializing in interior design, architecture and fashion. His work is linked to some of the highest ranking design brands and publications, and ...

June 23, 2020 / Journalism & Documentary

Reflections on photographing New York on lockdown for “Silence in the Streets”

Recognized and awarded for his celebrity portraiture, Mark Seliger traded in a studio for the empty streets of New York City for his most recent series. Using his keen eye ...