Jason Gardner

Paris, France +3 New York, USANice, FranceCannes, France

With over 20 years of photography experience, I love creating beautiful portraits of anyone. I am Franco-American, originally from New York, and based in Paris for the past 10 years now. I use my storytelling-led approach for brands like TED Talks, HBO, Pfizer, and Samsung, and publications include The New York Times, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone. As well, for my personal work: for over 15 years, throughout 15 countries, I have visually documented the ritual and festival of Carnival, focusing on traditional, folkloric, and community celebrations. A selection of photographs and writing has been published as We the Spirits, GOST Books, UK (2024). In 2013, I published A Flower in the Mouth, a photo book about the culture, music and rituals of Carnaval in Pernambuco, Brazil (Visual Anthropology Press, USA). I am board member at-large, NY Chapter, of The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), and co-founder of creative networking community Toasted Almonds, having launched a Paris chapter of Toasted Almonds (Amandes Grillées).