photography

JOHN GIVEZ

When you want to do a thing but you can't find the opportunity to do that thing, you create that opportunity yourself. 

My friends and I did that. We started a magazine. We created a place where we could share the things we are passionate about. We can make the photographs we want to make. We can tell the stories we need to tell. It is a place where we are slowing down to appreciate what's often taken for granted and stopping to examine what we can no longer ignore.

Our first feature was the talented and raw Oceanside rapper John Givez, who is about to release his latest album 'Soul Rebel.' While, the photoshoot below was an honor for me to do, it doesn't stand alone. Read the story of what it means to be a soul rebel written by RayNeutron for Typical Mag. 

JOHN GIVEZ / emaritraffie.com
β€œMy music is for rebels. One thing about rebels is that there are rebels with no cause and rebels with a cause. But even that cause can be misinformed.”
— JOHN GIVEZ

HEATH MCNEASE

Singer-songwriter/rapper/actor/director/self-proclaimed fashion icon Heath McNease graced Los Angeles with his Georgia self and I had the pleasure of snapping a few shots of his handsome face. We shot all around Hollywood and then in Lincoln Heights. Here are my favorites.

one apple orchard + a lost iPhone

I had the pleasure of making portraits of my beautiful cousin and her beautiful family. So, one late autumn apple orchard and a lost iPhone later, we had these. 

(The iPhone was lost and found, thanks to Kenny's tracking skills)


And of course, this munchkin. I did a newborn shoot with him when he first graced this earth with his presence and he was hardcore making up for being a goofball during that first shoot.