Bio
A professional photographer and director, her main passion is still life and food. Driven by aesthetics, she has become well known for her beautiful, minimalist, yet distinctly feminine style, which references her lifelong interest in art and graphic design. Using lighting to enhance contour and form is her photographic signature.
Her aim is to create beauty in her work that brings joy, this, Vanessa says, makes the process worthwhile. Vanessa has been involved in numerous photographic and art exhibitions showing her personal work, as well as having a high profile in magazines and books.
As well as shooting editorial and motion, Vanessa has photographed many advertising campaigns winning awards locally and internationally, including Clio and Axis awards. In addition, she has won gold, silver and bronze AIPA awards and has also been selected as one of the top 200 best Advertising Photographers Worldwide for Luerzers Archive for 2020/21/22/23/24.
Vanessa has been on the board of the AIPA (NZ Photographers Association), which involved organising and finding sponsorship for touring photographic exhibitions, awards and books.
Her client list includes Air NZ, NZTE, Skycity, Visa, Coke, McDonalds, Fonterra, New World, Meccano, Sony, Panasonic, Adidas, Seagars Gin, Robert Harris Coffee, McCoy fruit juice, Evian, Red Bull, Huntaway Wines, Oyster Bay wines, Vogels, Arnotts, Silver Fern Farms, Beehive Bacon, Mainland Butter, Meadowfresh, Puhoi Cheese, Kapiti, Nescafe, Cadbury, Maggi, Sanitarium, Vodafone, Telstra, Healtheries, Glaxo Wellcome, Aetna Health, Sun Alliance, National Bank, ANZ Bonus Bonds, Wella, Schwarzkopf and Shiseido.