About

I have been a commercial, editorial and food photographer (and woodworker- see below) for the past 40 years, producing book and magazine covers and illustrations for publications such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, People, Vanity Fair, sports titles such as Runner’s World and Bicycling, cookbooks such as The South Beach Diet series, Bulletproof Diet, American Cake, and many others.

I have drawn inspiration from photographing fine furniture and architecture such as Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti in Arizona. In fact, my work with American Woodworker magazine led me to a second lifelong passion for fine furniture design and construction. Both my photography and my woodworking has been featured in Fine Woodworking magazine.

But my photography is not limited to still-lives of high-tech sporting gear, beautifully styled Thanksgiving spreads, and photo shoots with authors and models. 

My personal work revolves around the study of light and form. I take inspiration from the old school traditionalists and romantics like Edward Weston and Harry Callahan, but I am constantly trying to see beyond the apparent and find an alternative perspective hiding in plain view. Whether shooting landscape, portrait or still life, I try to elicit the organic nature and the inherent intimacy of the subject.

This website features a modest selection of personal work that spans my entire career, and thus serves as retrospective of sorts, but hopefully not a final coda.

All photos are for sale, and many can be special ordered.

I also accept commissions for furniture and fine woodworking projects. A sampling of my furniture is also included on this website: mitchmandelphotography.com