(Since 2010)
Beauty, celebrity and fine art photographer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. I make quiet, honest images — portraits, editorials and art nudes — stripped down to light, form and character.
ARMAND
I am Armand Sanchez, a photographer in Salt Lake City. I have shot beauty campaigns, magazine editorials, celebrity portraits and fine art nudes since 2010, almost all of it in black and white. Some days that means a full crew on a set in Park City. More often it is me, one person and a window. Either way I light it myself, direct the whole time and retouch every file by hand. Studio in Salt Lake City; I travel for work wherever it is.
(Photos taken since 2010 — and counting)
1.2M
Every job runs the same way, whether it is a two-hour portrait or a three-day campaign. Three steps, no surprises.
A phone call or a coffee first. You tell me what the pictures are for and what you hate about photographs of yourself. I sort out wardrobe, hair and makeup and the location, in my Salt Lake City studio or wherever the light is better.
Two to four hours for a personal session; a half or full day for brand and editorial work. The first forty minutes are usually throwaway while you stop performing for the camera. The good frames come after that, so I do not rush it.
A private online gallery of the strongest frames within 10 to 14 days, retouched by hand and delivered in print and web sizes. Editorial deadlines get a rush turnaround; tell me the date and I will work back from it.
Fifteen years and 1.2 million frames: celebrity portraits, beauty campaigns, magazine covers and a lot of quiet fine art nudes. Different sets, one eye behind the camera.
Six kinds of work, one way of seeing. Each page above goes into detail on how a session runs, what it costs, and what you take home. There is also a page on model digitals and test shoots for agencies and new faces, and an honest pricing page with real Utah ranges.
I work out of Salt Lake City, drive up to Park City more often than is sensible, and cover the rest of Utah and anywhere a job takes me. The journal has location guides for the salt flats and the city, a plain-language rundown of Utah photography permits, and notes on preparing for a session.
Colour tells you what someone was wearing. Black and white tells you who they are. That is why nearly everything here is monochrome, from beauty campaigns to art nudes. The test I apply to every frame is simple: will it still look right in twenty years?
Me. I do not send an associate. On larger brand and editorial jobs I bring in an assistant, a hair and makeup artist and a stylist I have worked with for years, but I am the one behind the camera and the one retouching the files afterwards.
A planning call, the session itself in my Salt Lake City studio or on location, lighting, direction the whole time, and a private gallery of hand-retouched images in full resolution and web sizes. Hair, makeup and styling are arranged on request and quoted separately. Prints are available through a lab I have used for years.
Every job is quoted individually, because a two-hour portrait and a three-day campaign are not the same thing. The pricing page gives real Utah ranges so you know roughly what you are walking into. Email a few details and you will have a written quote within 24 hours. I am based in Salt Lake City and travel often; travel is a line item, not a surprise.
Closed set, which means me, you and anyone you bring. Nothing is published, shared or put in my portfolio without your written permission, and you can change your mind later. Files live on encrypted drives. Most of my art nude clients never appear online anywhere, and that is the default, not a special request.
Email armandsanchez@icloud.com or message @armandsanchez on Instagram with what you have in mind and a couple of dates. I reply within a day, usually the same day. A short questionnaire and a deposit hold the date. The contact page explains what to include.
