Seth Taras is a self-taught photographer, writer and cartoonist.

He is one of Luerzers Archives 200 Best Photographers Worldwide and winner of numerous international awards including a Cannes Lion for his brand campaign for The History Channel, Know Where You Stand, which has been translated into 30 languages and published in 130 countries. He was born into a lineage of artists and artisans, including bronze and Macramsculptors, golden-age cartoonists, interior designers, vacuum repairmen (and a tailor to the Czar of Russia). His pictures hang in collections around the world. SETHTARAS.COM

Annual advertising campaign for The Grove, Los Angeles

Toyota Prius Plug Campaign

Direct prints from original film negatives

Motion Picture Marketing Copywriting and Re-title Projects

Copywriting/Branding/Design

CV Experience OurStay, Los Angeles, CA Creative Consultant 4/2012-4/2013 - Created/curated editorial content of specialized mobile e-concierge apps for luxury hotels around the world. Supervised team of researchers. Developed editorial and visual style of apps. Ignition Creative, Los Angeles, CA Writer 4/2011-1/2012 - Motion picture advertising copywriting. Wrote movie trailers, taglines and promotional copy for major Hollywood studio projects. Movie re-title specialist. RAISED & BORN, Montreal, Canada Co-founder and partner Ongoing creative partnership founded in 2009. Product and corporate development, marketing, copy, and design. Photographer Since 2001 - Award-winning commercial and fine art photographer.

Awards Luerzers Archive's 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2006, 2007 Cannes Lion (52nd Cannes International Advertising Festival) Silver Cube (Art Director's Club), Two Merit Awards (The ONE Show), Belding Bowl (Belding Awards, Los Angeles) Communication Arts Photography Annual (Advertising Series), PROMAX & BDA World Gold Communication Arts Photography Annual (Advertising), 2003 Millay Colony Residency Fellowship, Austerlitz, NY, September 2002

Partial Clientele Caruso Affiliated/The Grove, Shelter Hotel, Toyota, Twentieth Century Fox, Ground Zero Advertising, Publicis, Ogilvy, Nonesuch Records, Random House, The Cond Nast Publications, Vintage Books, Pentagram, The New Yorker, Elle Decoration UK, CITY Magazine

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