Voyage LA

I'm excited to announce that Lucie Aleks Photography was featured in Voyage LA Magazine!

Here is an excerpt from the interview about how I initially got into photography.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
My passion for photography originated in my father’s veins. He had an old, Russian Lubitel Twin Lens 6×6 Medium Format camera. That vintage camera was my first and favorite toy, and I grew up exploring life through its lens. When I was thirteen, I watched my parents buy a 35mm camera for my cousin as a birthday gift. My jealousy did not subside until his interests turned elsewhere, and he passed the camera down to me. This is when I officially began developing prints for both myself and other people. My room was so small that I turned my family’s bathroom into a darkroom. Their memories of my childhood consist mainly of me being behind a camera or in that bathroom developing the prints.

I think that the motivating force behind turning my passion into my profession is my deep love for people. I love trying to read the subtle expressions in people’s faces. I love their unpredictability, their unique differences, and who they become in front of my camera. Photography is my way of capturing an aspect of their character and recording the instant in which they reveal themselves. I have always had a really good visual memory and my photography is an extension of that. It’s just how my mind has always worked. Sharing my photography allows me to show others how I see the world so that they can see it too. That connection between me and the camera, or the camera and the subject, or even the photo and the viewer is what makes my photography different.

Check out the full article here!

"Alice in Wonderland"

I've been brainstorming for new photography concepts recently and this is the first of many to follow.

I teamed up with a makeup artist from London to design a shoot based on the fairytale concept of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. We collaborated with Audrey and Lenny Boutique in downtown, LA. They provided a stunning collection of vintage clothes and accessories for the shoot, allowing us to invoke the strange yet beautiful aesthetic for which Wonderland is so well known.

Our amazing stylist Roki Torres assembled some original and appropriately theatrical themed looks prior to the shoot and was there on hand to pull it all together. Model Chenelle Aaron Badgett was the star of the show. I am very excited to have worked with this team of creative and talented individuals who helped make the project a success.

Stay tuned for the final images, we're extremely pleased with them and worked on several different looks, all depicting different aspects of characters and themes of the Alice in Wonderland surreal style. I look forward to sharing them with you.

Natalie Mann | Modern Soprano, Classically Refined

I had a photo shoot with the wonderful Natalie Mann, soprano, operatic songstress of concert and stage. She arrived looking like a glamorous 1940s starlet! Bringing us her lovely warm, genuine and positive personality.

The look we went for – including hair styling, makeup and outfit was based on a subtle hint of modern glamour coupled with old Hollywood theatrical glam, which is very much in line with Natalie's persona and musical style. It had been a long awaited shoot due to circumstances beyond our control.

I'm thankful for Natalie's eagerness to collaborate on this shot. She performed a private medley of some of her songs, which created a lovely mood on the set. Later I learned that after the shoot she travelled to a competition. I'll be following her career and hope to be working with Natalie again. You can check out her site www.nataliemann.com.