Aaron Smith
Photographer and Director
Based in Los Angeles

Say hi: [email protected]

Representation:

Fox Creative
Paige Long : [email protected]
Iris : [email protected]

Syndication:

Trunk Archive
Francesca Soroka
[email protected]

Gallery Stock
Jen Fox Freeman
[email protected]

 

Born and raised in Kansas City, I first became interested in the arts when I turned my bedroom walls into a drawing board at five years old. My parents were not amused.

Years later, I picked up my first skateboard and my first camera shortly after. Both of them blended perfectly. Skateboarding shaped me as a man and as a photographer. During my college years at the Savannah College of Art and Design, I spent most of my time photographing skateboarding. After graduating, I moved to Los Angeles with my wife, Lwany.

Once in LA, I became a staff photographer for Skateboarder Magazine. I traveled the world photographing skateboarders I grew up watching as a kid. It was a dream job until it came to an end, with the magazine going out of business.

From there, I applied my photographic style to other areas I was interested in, like lifestyle, fitness, and advertising. 

Recently, we moved just north of Los Angeles to a small town in Ventura County. When I'm not on set, I spend my time playing with our new pup Milo, skateboarding, cycling, gardening, perfecting the cup of coffee, and trying to master the grill. 

You can learn much more about me in this slightly older podcast interview.

 

Companies

Amazon
Apple
AT&T
Best Buy
Best Made Co.
BODi
Bud Light
Cox Business
Dish Network
Disney
Etnia Barcelona
Fila
Fitbit
Florsheim
Google
Kenneth Cole
Leica
LG
Marshall Speakers
Men's Wearhouse
Mountain Dew
Netflix
Nike
Oakley
Peloton
Polaroid
Quiksilver
Santander Bank
Stacy Adams
Starbucks
Stella Artois
Target
Uber
Uber Eats
UPS
Vans
Vizio

 

Agencies

Arnold Worldwide
BBH
Big Spaceship
Cramer-Krasselt
Eevolver
FCB
Firstborn
Good Fortune Collective
Innerspin
Knock Inc.
McKinney/CYLDR
Media Arts Lab
Mekanism
Ming Labs
Savagecorp
SJR
Slabtown Creative
The Martin Agency
The Richard's Ground
Vayner Media
Wieden + Kennedy