No one does it alone
By the time your idea gets to me, any number of smart thinkers have helped guide and shape it. No one does it alone. Which is why I rally behind each and every project with my collective experiences in producing, directing and photography to help our fellow storyteller deliver their individual vision for your very collaborative project. Because at the end of the day, we all just want to make something to be proud of. Why not do it together?
Featured Work
STREET CORNERS
An Architectural Portrait of Los Angeles
A photographic monograph by Shawn Michienzi
Recognition of Excellence
International Photography Awards (IPA)
Jury Top 5, Honorable Mention, 2nd Prize (Architecture)
In his now famous “iceberg theory,” Ernest Hemingway suggested the storyteller could leave out details that wouldn’t strengthen the story, allowing these omissions to help create a more evocative experience by leaving room for the audience’s imagination.
The images here seem to originate from a similar place, with their focus on but a small part of a larger story, purposefully omitting everything but the beginning. The result feels more like portraiture than architectural photography, with images that resonate because of what they leave out. It’s not about who built these facades, or out of what, but rather, their collective sense of personality, a impression of individualism that goes away when presented in the context of an entire city block.
The eye is drawn to the center, where lines pull the viewer’s attention right out of the frame and into the mind’s eye. What does this corner mean to the rest of the building, the block, the neighborhood, or its inhabitants? Everyone will see the answers through the lens of their personal experience. What Shawn has done here is give the viewer a place for that story to begin.
—Russ Lamoureux, writer/director
BALLOON BRIGADE
Agency: Arcana Academy | Client: Balloon Brigade | Creative Director: Lee Walters | Creative Director: Shane Hutton
VIZIO | Hear Like They Do
Agency: DAVID & GOLIATH | Client: VIZIO | Chief Creative Officer: Ben Purcell | Creative Director: Rob Casillas | Creative Director: Courtney Pulver
Crime Boss
The Kicker
French Lover
EL POLLO LOCO | Drive Thru Heroes
Client: El Pollo Loco | Agency: VITRO | Producer: Brianna Adams | Art Director: Joel Guidry
SUBARU
Client: SUBARU | Agency: CARMICHAEL LYNCH | Producer: Peter MullIn | Art Director: Bob Berken
SUBARU OUTBACK
Carmichael Lynch is one of my longest-running clients, at least a job a year for I think 27-years and counting.
Client: SUBARU | Agency: CARMICHAEL LYNCH | Producer: Peter Mullin | Art Director: Bob Berken
RALLY CYCLING
Directing this 92-year old triathlete, Bob Powers, for the on-line film “Longevity” for Rally Cycling was one of those most inspiring days of my career.
Client: CIRCUIT SPORT | Sam Wiebe | Agency: SOLVE | Art Director: Hans Hansen | Copywriter: Eric Sorensen
BREADBAND
Client: Breadband | Creative Director: Doug Chamberlain | Creative Director: Dave Franco
PHILLIPS 66
Client: PHILLIPS 66 | Agency: CARMICHAEL LYNCH | Producer: Dave Lewis | Art Director: Andrew Wetzel
PETCO
Agency: Vitro Agency | Client: PETCO | Executive Creative Director: Greg Bokor | Art Director: Ari Zirulnik | Copy Writer: Liz Lybrook
IBM
Shooting on location across Europe for IBM’s “Where in the World is Watson?” campaign, I traveled from the fjords of Iceland to the cobblestone streets of Prague in search of memorable shots.
Client: IBM | Agency: OGILVY & MATHER | Producer: Ashley Holmes | Art Director: Rich Wallace, Dennis Kung
