Photography · Film · Social

Stories, told
in motion.

Quietly cinematic photography shaped by people, place, music, and the beautiful tension between them.

Selected work

Selected work · 2025—2026

Observations
with a pulse.

Commercial and personal stories from California. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Orange County, and the in-between.

A cake being offered to two ladies
01

Celebration

Portrait · Sophia · Jessica · Long Beach

Smiling from celebratory joy
02

Expression

Portrait · Sophia · Long Beach

Smiling from celebratory joy
02

Expression

Portrait · Sophia · Long Beach

Desert landscape under an open sky
03

Heat Study

Editorial · Mojave

Close editorial portrait of a man
04

Unscripted

Portrait · New York

Still mountain lake surrounded by peaks
05

Second Light

Travel · Dolomites

Graduation stories

The tassel turns.
You keep going.

Portraits that hold onto the joy, nerves, people, and small details behind a very big day.

01

Litzy

The Next Chapter
Six portraits · Campus session

02

Crystal

Made It Here
Three portraits · Graduation day

03

Tin

Onward
Three portraits · Commencement

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The approach

“The best photographs feel less like evidence and more like a memory you can almost touch.”

Videography · Short form

Stories that
move with you.

Fast, intentional films built for the energy of a room—and the rhythm of the feed.

01 / Live events

Feel the room.

Concerts, performances, openings, and celebrations captured from inside the moment.

02 / Social creators

Built for influence.

Personality-led content that feels native to social without losing its cinematic edge.

03 / Story highlights

Worth keeping.

Selected moments given a permanent home beyond the twenty-four-hour Story window.
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Festival highlight

Dreamstate

Photographer Jesse CazaresBASED IN
LOS ANGELES

Behind the lens

Hi, I’m Jesse.

I make photographs and films about presence—the unscripted glance, the architecture of light, the mood that lingers after everyone leaves.

My work moves between graduation stories, intimate portraits, live events, and social-first films. Whether working with a full creative team or one person in an empty room, I bring curiosity, calm, and a precise eye for the details that make a story feel alive.

Selected clients

Kinfolk · Monocle · Aesop · Condé Nast Traveler · Cereal · COS