Portrait Artist, Los Angeles Photographer and Orange County Photographer
Linnea Lenkus
LINNEA LENKUS
FINE ART
PORTRAIT STUDIOS
LINNEA LENKUS
FINE ART
PORTRAIT STUDIOS
Photography
M e m b e r s h i p s
Linnea Lenkus started her career first in front of the camera as a fashion model in L.A. and Europe 30 years ago modeling for such magazines as Elle, Freundin & Vogue.
She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) which consequently helps her to tap into the human connection in her sessions.
From there she headed into a career as a commercial photographer and has photographed ads, celebrity portraits, and lifestyle images for many ad agencies, companies & magazines.
She is represented by the ubiquitous and prestigious stock agency, Stone, which is a Getty Images subsidiary.
In 1998 she decided to switch her path and move to the professional portrait photography world where her commercial lighting techniques and skills have translated well in elegant and sophisticated photography that have made her photo studios so popular. She opened a portrait studio in Pasadena in 1998. In 2004 she opened a second portrait studio in Long Beach and in 2007 she opened a third portrait studio in Orange County, CA.
Linnea and her husband of 19 years are the proud parents of a precocious 9 year old son, Dexter,
and exuberant 7 year old twins, Ava & Maxwell.
When Linnea is not behind a camera she is with her children attending karate classes, swim, soccer practices, Little League practices, dance and art classes and visiting the many playgrounds and beaches of L.A.
How do you pronounce her name? It's easy:
Linn-NAY-uh LENN-cus
Member of
Professional Photographers of America,
THE organization for professional photographers
who specialize in portraiture
Member of the
International Registry of Children's Photographers,
an organization of child photographers
Member of
Professional Photographers of Los Angeles County,
Los Angeles Photographers
Member of
Women in Photography International Professional Division,
an organization of female photographers
This quote aptly describes this photographer:
" The truly creative mind in any field is
no more than this:
A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover, a lover is a god,
and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism
the overpowering necessity
to create, create, create --
so that without the creating of
music or poetry or books or buildings or
something of meaning,
his very breath is cut off from him.
He must create, must pour out creation.
By some strange, unknown, inward urgency
he is not really alive unless he is creating. "
-Pearl S. Buck
"Please go to this page about photographers
so you can get a glimpse about how I think."
Member of
Professional Photographers of California,
California Photographers
Irvine, California Portrait Studio
(949) 681-8415
Long Beach, California Portrait Studio
(562) 981-8900
Pasadena, California Portrait Studio
(626) 737-1279
Member of
Getty Images,
famous photographers
specializing in stock photography
Member of
Pregnancy Portrait Photographers,
The top maternity photographers
Member of WPPI
photographers and photography studios
