the visualist

Fusing old Hollywood glamor with a modern edge, I craft cinematic portraits and sleek headshots that tell captivating stories. With a passion for both analog film and cutting-edge digital techniques, my Mankato studio delivers authentic, stylish images that evoke intrigue and unforgettable moments.

location Los Angeles California - Mankato, Minnesota - Reno, Nevada

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carl mahoney

Raised in the oceanside city of Palos Verdes, California; Carl Mahoney started his journey in a high school photography class. It was here that he became entranced by the science of bringing the ghosts, which emerged from its latent form by using something seemingly simple as a variety of chemicals to reveal them into their visible form. During this time, a neighbor and local photographer gifted him a 4x5 camera, which would be the beginning of Carl’s vast collection of vintage film and cutting-edge digital gear and the development of the artist he is today.

No matter the medium, art has always been a way for an artist to bring order in the madness of the world, and this is Carl’s way. Some of photography’s ever present foundational characteristics, ie choice, precision, timing, and versatility, go hand-in-hand with Carl’s methods of execution and photographic aesthetic. These characteristics play equally in both the technical and the visual of the final product, for example:

To use analog vs. digital equipment
Having a clear idea of what the image should project.
Having the awareness and confidence to capture a moment before it’s gone, whether in a studio or a live event setting.
At times, the painstaking process of editing.
Luck

It is with his vast knowledge, it allows experimentation and it is this very thing that keeps Carl’s passion for photography alive and sets his work apart from others.