THE SCOOP by Jana Cruder

MOTION 

After spending time at Sundance this past January, I got bit by the  directing bug and hopped on the motion train with the release of my first fully directed fashion vignette titled Venice Beach 1969. I’m so excited to be doing more directing, I love it. Teaming up with my amazing DP Ezra Migel to create a piece that follows, Megan of Whitehouse models’ flirtatious vibes capturing the essence of Venice in the late 60’s brought to life by stylist Nicole Chandler and edited by the fantastically creative Joshua Schaffer. There are two new motion projects in the editing suite at the moment that we can’t wait to share with you, so stay tuned!

EDITORIAL 

I was super stoked to be assigned an editorial close to my heart, supporting local businesses here in LA. I had the honor of meeting and photographing 5 of LA’s top new fashion designers for LA Confidential. It was cool to see their studios and see how they are working to innovate and create here locally in LA.  A fun mens grooming editorial that came out was “Memories of Dean” inspired by James Dean and brought to life by Makeup Artist Veronica Lane and talent Nate of Photogenics. I was also very excited to get a call from UFC Magazine to point my lens at the great Chael Sonnen, for April’s issue. We shot on the Sony lot and I loved doing a mix of caught moments mixed with more staged location reportage. In celebrity news, I had the chance to meet and photograph two of the stars of the new movie PHANTOM for their movie release, David Duchovny  and Johnathon Schaech. It was cool to find out that I share a birthday with David Duchovny & I loved learning about Jonathon’s travels and interests. 

FASHION

I was excited to pick up a new retail clothing client this year SHASA, they are a super hip brand who’s stores are expanding across USA & internationally. We pulled off their vision of Venice Beach summer fun, capturing all the glory of their fun clothes in that magnificent location. I’m also in love with what we did this year for Kore Swim (shot in Palos Verdes, CA) & Ego Soleil’s (shot in the Mojave Desert) 2013 Spring lines.   Another super exciting Fashion shoot earlier this year was for Sweden’s Next Top Model, I was honored to be a guest photographer for one of their photo challenges & we found ourselves in one of LA’s most interesting locations, a Mexican Wrestling gym. Check out the stills and check me out on TV.

PRO-BONO & MEDIA

If you haven’t checked out my personal project, Something to Remember yet, please do!  Every year I bring a team of talented, committee passionate creatives and volunteers together to produce and hold my Something to Remember event where we donate family portraits to cancer patients and their families for the holidays. The goals of this project is to obtain funding so we can hold these events in more cities and help more families. This year we helped over 17 families, created beautiful portraits and collected stories which can be seen in our mini documentary created with the help of the talented passionate guys over at The Reel Lab. In other fun news, I was so honored to be asked back to my Alma Mater Rochester Institute of Technology to talk with the students and faculty there in the Charles Arnold Lecture series. What a dream, I remember sitting in that auditorium saying that will be me one day up there speaking and this past January I had that chance. Speaking to the next generation of image makers was exceptionally rewarding. Also, check me out on the news, CBS Miami was a guest on one of my latest shoots for Ocean Drive Magazine. Stay tuned for those images, which will be released in an upcoming issue.  

FINE ART

I simply can’t express my gratitude for all the blessings I’ve seen this year in the arena of fine art with the release of my newest body of work, “Great Expectations”. This new series premiered at Barneys New York and was released at the Brett Wesley Gallery in October of last year and has been rolling steady since. My image “Awakening”, won the prestigious award of Emerging Focus LA - photo la & the Silver Eye Center for Photography Commendation. This exposure catapulted into a new California gallery representation with the amazing Joanne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, with my show opening this September as well as a gallery exhibit in the home of the series Palm Springs. The exhibit  opened, April 28th during Palm Springs Photo Festival at Gallery 446.

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Real Miami Beauties by Jana Cruder

SHANNON HORI

JENNA INGRAHAM

 MICHELE OKA DONER

ASHLEY TURCHIN & NATHALIE CADET-JAMES

LAIS BACCHI

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 OCEAN DRIVE

Real Miami Beauties Editorial

http://oceandrive.com/digital-edition

Article by

Juliet Izon

Photographer

Jana Cruder

http://janacruder.com/

WATCH as, "Ocean Drive Pays Tribute To 'Real Miami Beauties'.

X’d-OUT Campaign lV, A Photographic Silent Protest // Calling All Celebrities - May 11 - SMASHBOX STUDIOS, Culver City CA

THE X'D-OUT CAMPAIGN

MAY 11, 2013 
at

SMASHBOX STUDIOS

8549 Higuera  St.
Culver City, CA 90232

The “X’d-OUT” Campaign - A photographic silent protest 

Fundraiser, with everyday people, musicians, actors, media 

figures and other celebrity personalities, committing to being 

photographed in compelling B&W and color photos that 

project the dire need for Americans to LOOK, and ACT.

Celebrity and Fashion Photographer, Jana Cruder will be 

behind the camera May 11th  bringing her own unique 

style and vision to the X’d-OUT Campaign lV.  Jana Cruder's

 imagery may best be described as hyper-real with a sense of soul.  

 www.janacruder.com

WHY?

The hidden horrors of our country’s underbelly are hidden no more.  Ask the FBI,  FACT: California harbors 3 of the FBI’s 13 highest child sex trafficking areas in the nation: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.  And ask the thousand’s of non-profits across the globe on a mission to RESCUE these children,  FACT: An estimated 2 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multi-billion dollar commercial sex industry.

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3EI ORHTTF is a charitable organization registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation. Funds raised by the the “X’d-OUT” Campaign are used to promote and raise awareness and get every American to look at Child Sex-Slavery square in the eye - and then do something about one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in our country. This includes bringing the campaign to other cities around the country, as well as compiling the images for a large-scale media campaign. Additionally, and more importantly, contributions are used to fund much needed security and investigation teams to support Sex-Trafficking Outreach Programs across America.

For more information about X'd-Outt, go to:  
www.xd-OUT.com

Media inquiries, please contact Lindsay McGrail 818.209.7422  bambam@thirdechelonpi.com  

GRACE & RITUAL at iam8bit Gallery // Featuring Jana Cruder

GRACE & RITUAL

iam8bit's first all female art show featuring 

emerging artists and contemporary masters. 

FEATURING THE WORK OF JANA CRUDER

Friday May 10th 

8-11pm

ALL AGES! FREE ADMISSION!

iam8bit Gallery

2147 W. Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90026

Valet Available at Mohawk Bend

RSVP via Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/events/162517790574500/

The Chael Sonnen Experience by Jana Cruder

UFC 360

Editorial

http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-ui130-ufcmagazine

Article by

Cal Fussman

Photographer

Jana Cruder

http://janacruder.com/

The Chael Sonnen Experience Will be Televised, tomorrow night! "This title-contender, 

TUF coach, smack-talker extraordinaire turned UFC Tonight on FUEL TV anchor", 

was photographed by Jana Cruder for this month's issue of UFC 360.

Save the Date // Exposed | A Photographic Journey, Artist Reception

SAVE THE DATE

Artist Reception: Sunday, April 28th, 2013

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

EXPOSED | A Photographic Journey

presented by 

GALLERY 446

Curated by Laurie Weitz

446 South Indian Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, CA 92262

PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL // A Photographic Journey Photography Exhibition curated by Laurie Weitz at GALLERY 446

PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL // A Photographic Journey
Photography Exhibition curated by Laurie Weitz
at GALLERY 446

446 South Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262

Artists Reception, Sunday
April 28, 2013 5pm - 8pm

Exhibition 
April 26, 2013 - June 16, 2013

FEATURING, PHOTOGRAPHER JANA CRUDER’S
Great Expectations Series

A series of vignettes into the subtle dysfunctions of seemingly perfect relationships played out though the icons of Barbie & Ken. This is an exploration & examination of the importance of appearance and how the societal roles of woman, man, husband & wife are learned and the influence of which today’s media/culture shapes us through these two idols. This is a continuation of the images of Barbie, capturing different phases of her life.

For more information contact, info@gallery446.com