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Photographer, WireImage Co-founder and Verge.is Founder. Author of the coffee table book Art of Discovery.
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#Columbine2024: 25 Years of Trauma is a 36-minute documentary created to mark the 25th anniversary of the #ColumbineHighSchool shooting. 

Centered on #Columbine teacher Kiki Leyba and his wife Kallie, the film traces how their lives were irrevocably changed on April 20, 1999 — and how trauma carries forward across decades.

Spanning more than twenty years, the documentary offers a quiet, human portrait of grief, survival, and the long work of living with loss.

A project built with intention, restraint, and respect for the lives forever affected. by @portraits
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TOMORROW NIGHT: Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma premieres tomorrow night April 4th, 7pm at the Laemmle Glendale Theater. Tickets available on the website www.columbine2024.com. Link in bio. The film will play for ONE WEEK ONLY from April 5-11th, also at the Laemmle Glendale. Get your tickets today! taken in Laemmle Glendale by @portraits
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With the Instagram moniker @portraits, Jeff Vespa is quite the accomplished celebrity photographer. 📸

One quick scroll through his profile, and you may feel like you’ve wound up on @gettyimages. That is no coincidence—Vespa was the co-founder of WireImage, and in 2007, he played a pivotal role in its acquisition by Getty Images.

To synthesize Vespa’s achievements since then is no easy feat. In 2009, he became the Editor-at-Large at @LIFE. Then, in 2010, he partnered with @kathy__grayson to pick up where Deitch Projects left off with the art gallery @the________hole, which recently expanded to LA. During that span, Vespa also worked with @lacmagazine for 7 years.

In the last decade, Vespa founded Verge.is. With a knack for identifying young talent at film festivals, the digital magazine featured actors @tchalamet, @johnboyega, and @livkatecooke—before their “big breaks.” 

Outside of photography, he also runs a film development and production company. He’s directed @abbiecornish in Paris Song (Amre), @davidarquette in Nosebleed, and the 2020 documentary Voices of Parkland. Recent production credits include the 2021 @netflix documentary, Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist. The multipotentialite has also produced for other photographers and fine artists including @awolerizku and @alexprager. Most recently, Vespa served as creative director for the 2022 @cannes_lions award–winning short Save Ralph. 🐇 He is also partner at @forwardartists and @vergestudios_la.

Follow @portraits on #Creatively—the job platform for creatives—#linkinbio. 🔗 by @portraits
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When I first saw Jonathan Majors in Hostiles I knew he was going to be a major star. Now he is at the center of the Marvel Universe. I was really excited to finally take his portrait. I photographed him for his new film Devotion at the Toronto Film Festival. #jonathanmajors #loki by @portraits
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New portrait of Tilda Swinton. Anytime people ask me who is my favorite person to shoot I don’t need to think about the answer it is always Tilda! I have photographed her so many times over the last 20 years. She is always the best. #tildaswinton @shutterstock by @portraits
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Daniel Radcliffe at The Wrap x Shutterstock Portrait Studio at the Toronto Film Festival for the Premiere if his new movie Weird. #danielradcliffe #harrypotter #weirdal #weirdalyankovic #tiff2022 #torontofilmfestival by @portraits
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@lilyjamesofficial #lilyjames @thewrap @shutterstock @tiff_net #tiff2022 #torontofilmfestival taken in Toronto, Ontario by @portraits
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@johnboyega #johnboyega #thewomanking #tiff2022 #torontofilmfestival by @portraits
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Nicholas Cage in my studio at the Toronto Film Festival. Always a good way to start with the man himself. I got him to tell me that James Cagney is his favorite actor and he said he has never said that publicly. He started doing impressions of him and of Edward G. Robinson. Pretty cool! Thanks to @guerin_ad @thewrap & @shutterstock #nickcage @nickcagemovie @tiff_net #tiff2022 #torontofilmfestival taken in Toronto, Ontario by @portraits
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4 years ago
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I’m offering two weeks of completely free virtual photo shoots with @clos.app! All of these images were shot with Clos from comfort of my home and I’d love to do the same with you! Sign up through the link in my bio. 

#closapp #viaclos #thandienewton #aaronpaul #amypoehler #lenadunham taken in Los Angeles, California by @portraits
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Check out the new season of @russiandollnetflix on @netflix I love @nlyonne and have known her since the early 90’s when she slept on my couch! by @portraits
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Baltimore graffiti artist @therealadamstab. by @portraits
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