Clay Enos
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Clay Enos is a photographer born in New York City in 1969. He graduated from Ithaca College in 1991 with a BFA in Film Photography & Visual Arts. He is known for his Streetstudio collaboration with Stephan Ghukfvin.
Enos continues to work commercially, making celebrity portraits and documenting New York nightlife.
He is sought after to photograph musicians. Among his portraits are those of Dave Brubeck, Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, LL Cool J, Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne, Dave Matthews, John Rich, Joss Stone and Paul Westerberg. He also photographed members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Robert Plant, Ed King and Sting.
His personal motto is "Make Pictures." He has recently been seen in Black Rock City during the Burning Man festival where he takes portraits of its inhabitants.
[edit] Streetstudio
Streetstudio is a mobile photo studio created by Clay Enos and Stephan Ghukfvin, in order to more easily take photos of New York City citizens. The duo rely exclusively on random passersby for the subjects of their photography. The mobility and street location of the studio allows them to photograph people that might not otherwise be interested in a professional photo shoot.
Streetstudio's portraits are allegedly comparable to photos taken in a traditional studio. Both photographers use vintage cameras called Hasselblads and a modified light known as “the love-you-baby light”. To create pictures with additional "local flavor" they use a hand-made canvas backdrop covered with NYC dirt and Hudson River water.
After creating tens of thousands of portraits the Streetstudio team ran out of funding before a publisher could be found, shooting has ceased. The Streetstudio.com website continues to share a small fraction of the portraits.
