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Kevin Mazur
Kevin Mazur’s career as a world-class photographer spans twenty-five years of music history. As a staff photographer for Rolling Stone Magazine, Mazur shot many of the world’s greatest performers to become the top music photographer in the world. In 2001, Mazur co-founded WireImage and later launched WireImage’s sister agency, Contour Photos, a premier stock photo agency designed specifically for the high-end celebrity portraiture market. His photos have appeared in numerous publications, including Rolling Stone, People, Entertainment Weekly, Musician, Spin US, Newsweek, and more. Previously, he was the top-producing photographer with London Features photo agency. In its April 2005 issue, American Photo named Kevin Mazur #4 among the 100 most important contemporary people in photography.  Kevin Mazur is a WireImage Co-Founder.

Steve Granitz
One of the most recognized and prolific celebrity event photographers in the world, Granitz has covered high-profile entertainment events and personalities for the past twenty years, including award shows, movie premieres, and more. Granitz’s photos have appeared in countless publications, including People, Newsweek, Time, US Magazine, and Rolling Stone.  Steve Granitz is a WireImage Co-Founder.

Lester Cohen
Based in Los Angeles, Lester Cohen is one of the premier figures in American rock music photography. Over the past thirty years, Cohen has covered high-profile musicians and musical events for major studios and labels (Atlantic, Elektra, Geffen, Universal, MCA, Columbia, Sony, DreamWorks, Capital, ASCAP, BMI, BMG, Arista, RCA and more). In addition, he has been the personal photographer for Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson, Rod Stewart, Sting, The Police and others. His photos have appeared in People, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin, Source, Music Express, Paris Match, The L.A. Times, and The New York Times as well as on album packaging, advertising, and music merchandise.  Lester Cohen is a WireImage Co-Founder.

Michael Caulfield
Michael has covered many of the major news events in the last fourteen years eight with the Associated Press including the O.J. Simpson trial, the Rodney King trial, the L.A. riots, the Oklahoma City bombing trial, President Bush, President Clinton, earthquakes, fires, World Series, Super Bowl, World Cup Soccer, NBA Championships, the Oscars, the GRAMMYS, the Golden Globes and many more. Michael’s photos have been on the cover of The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, People Magazine; his photos are featured regularly in these publications as well as Newsweek, Time, Life, US News & World Report, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, among others.  Michael Caulfield is a WireImage Co-Founder.

Jeff Vespa
Based in Los Angeles, Jeff Vespa specializes in film festival photography, capturing all the rising stars at Sundance as well as the Toronto Film Festival for the past ten years. Vespa’s photos have appeared in People, US Weekly, Glamour, Elle, Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, Teen People, Rolling Stone, GQ, New York Daily News, London Daily Mail, Newsweek, and TV Guide. Jeff was the exclusive photographer for Paris Hilton’s “Confessions of an Heiress”.  Jeff Vespa is a WireImage Co-Founder.

Larry Busacca
Spanning twenty years, Larry Busacca’s work has been featured internationally on album covers, annual reports and magazines. Selected clients include: MTV and A&E Networks, Paramount Pictures, Givenchy, Voicestream, Citibank, BMG Entertainment, GQ and Rolling Stone, ‘J’ Records, Arista, Jive, Universal, and RCA Records.

Eric Charbonneau
L.A.-based Eric Charbonneau comes to WireImage from Berliner Photography, where he covered The Academy Awards and Hollywood premieres for 18 years. Discovered at 16 by Alan Berliner while attending high school in Canada, Charbonneau refined his craft to quickly specialize in event photography: Charlie Sheen and Denise Richard’s wedding, the “Pearl Harbor” premiere in Hawaii, Aerosmith concerts and the Marlboro Penske CART team at the Fontana Speedway. Portrait work includes royal family members Prince Charles, Prince Philip and Prince Andrew. In addition, Charbonneau’s presence has been requested every year to shoot the Vanity Fair Oscar party since 1997. His work has appeared on the covers of People, Us Weekly and In Touch. Celebrities captured by Charbonneau include Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, President Clinton, Steve Jobs, Paul McCartney and Salma Hayek, among others.

Jemal Countess
Jemal Countess enters his 15th year as professional photographer and photojournalist. Periodically tutored by his father since the age of 9, Jemal gleaned his early inspiration from the likes of photographers Larry Burrows, Sebastiao Salgado and James Nachtway. Jemal landed his first professional job in 1990 for the Community News, a Washington DC-based newspaper published by Howard University. Upon graduation in 1992, Jemal began a long stint as a music and concert shooter while working on news and documentary projects that eventually carried him to New York City in 1994. Jemal’s work for the Associated Press appeared in music magazines from Japan to Germany, having shot music legends like Tito Puente, Chaka Khan, La India, Patti Labelle and Mary J. Blige. In 2001, Jemal reconnected with childhood friend Jeff Vespa, who in turn introduced him to Wireimage, the entertainment photo agency which would eventually become his home in 2003. Since joining Wireimage in 2003, Jemal has moved into a staff position in the company’s New York office in 2005. Jemal covers a variety of celebrity and news events in New York City as well as the Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto Film Festivals.

Rick Diamond
Atlanta-based Rick Diamond is a 30-year veteran freelance photographer. He has been the family photographer for President and Mrs. Carter since 1980, contributing several book jackets. Rick covers both live and taped events for CMT (“Crossroads” Series, Award Shows and Reality shoots) and has been the lead photographer for The GMA/DOVE “Gospel Music Awards”. He started as The Official GRAMMY photographer in 1993, became a tour photographer for The Eagles “LONG RUN” Tour in “1978 and 79″, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Michael Bolton, Foreigner, Issac Hayes, Third Day, Casting Crowns and Styx. Rick has worked with Paul Natkin, the official photographer of FARM AID since the beginning, covering all backstage areas. In addition, Rick Diamond shoots many of the charity events held by the Turner Foundation.

Dimitrios Kambouris
New York City native Dimitrios Kambouris is a self-taught photographer. Prior to joining the WireImage team, Dimitrios worked for renowned entertainment photographer Kevin Mazur. Throughout his career, he has been repeatedly commissioned by publications and PR agencies to cover runway and fashion events, front row, backstage, movie premieres, Oscars, and MTV Award Shows, among others. Regular clients include Harrison and Shriftman, Full Picture, Cond Nast, Marc Jacobs, and BWR.

Stephen Lovekin
Stephen moved to New York in the summer of 1992 and began working as a freelance scenic artist for MTV, HBO, and others while pursuing his interest in photography. He became a professional photographer in 1996, shooting for the Patrick McMullan Company as well as freelancing for seven years. In 2003, he became a staff photographer for FilmMagic, and has just recently joined the team of WireImage. Over the years, Lovekin’s work has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Daily News, Rolling Stone, People, US Weekly, Women’s Wear Daily, and many others.

Jamie McCarthy
Jamie started as a celebrity photographer for his uncle Patrick McMullan in 1995 at the age of 21. He quickly began acquiring a large stable of clients among the music, fashion, nightlife and young Hollywood scene. By age 24, he became one of the most sought after photographers in New York City, his work being published in New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, US Magazine, The New York Post, The Daily News, Interview Magazine, Ocean Drive, Details Magazine, Hamptons and Gotham, to name a few. At age 27, McCarthy became president of Patrick McMullan Company and was in charge of day to day operations, including managing a staff of ten other photographers and photographing most of the A-list exclusive events in New York City and Los Angeles. McCarthy has been profiled in The New York Times, New York Post, Details Magazine, Hamptons Magazine, and made the “Thirty under 35 to watch for” list in Gotham Magazine. He joined WireImage as a staff photographer in early 2004.

John Shearer
L.A.-based John Shearer is a 25 year-old music and documentary photographer. With WireImage since July 2001, Shearer has gradually expanded his coverage palette to incorporate music events, awards shows, fashion, and young Hollywood parties. At times shooting black-and-white using available light at events, John favors a journalistic approach to his subjects and stories. In 2003, he was an official tour photographer for Lollapalooza, as well as being one of a handful of people with the access to photograph inside events such as the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Movie awards. His images are often featured in major publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, Revolver, Vibe, People Weekly, US Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Guitar World, USA Today, NME, MTV.com and Time, to name a few. John received a BA in photojournalism from San Francisco State University in 2003.

Theo Wargo
A professional photographer for the past ten years, Theo spent three years with Patrick McMullan before working with WireImage’s Kevin Mazur starting in 2000. Theo specializes in music industry events (video shoots, concerts, parties, trade shots) and has been commissioned by MTV, “Sesame Street”, AOL sessions, Este Lauder, Tommy Hilfiger, Clear Channel, TNT, and NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly”. His assignments have included Rolling Stone, Spin, People, Time, Uncut, Mojo, Billboard, and Pollstar.