Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc.

What Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc. does

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc. is a founder-led, privately-held creative services studio headquartered in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) that provides integrated photography and film production for advertising, editorial, entertainment, and documentary clients. The studio operates under a single creative vision in which founder and principal photographer Mark Leibowitz personally directs both stills and motion capture, enabling clients to receive campaign stills, hero film, social cutdowns, vertical formats, and behind-the-scenes content from one shoot day without the translation gaps that typically occur when photography and film are sourced from separate vendors. The practice has been active for approximately 25 years and has accumulated an enterprise-grade portfolio that includes a Super Bowl commercial, Times Square billboards, and multiple long-form TV series.

The studio's core offering bundles four portfolio service lines — Featured, Film, Photography, and Integrated (Multiplatform) — all delivered by the founder with a small set of supporting collaborators, including retoucher Christine Hilberg for post-production and Radley Studios (executive producer Christian Thompson) for long-form and multi-week production work. The business model is project-based professional services revenue, scoped per brief and routed through exclusive talent agency representation (Laird & Good Company, with separate US and UK/Europe agents Kenna Zimmer and Biddy Marquis-Henninger) or direct studio contact at [email protected]. Downstream image licensing and syndication flow through a separate partnership with Trunk Archive, providing a secondary revenue stream via editorial and commercial re-use of finished imagery.

The studio has served a Fortune 100-heavy enterprise roster spanning technology (Google, Apple, Amazon, Salesforce, IBM, Cisco), financial services (American Express, Visa, Chase, Bank of America), media (Netflix, HBO, Discovery, Warner Brothers), consumer goods (P&G, Dove, Estée Lauder, Budweiser), fashion and beauty (Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, Vera Wang, Sephora), and editorial publications (Vogue, GQ, Wired, National Geographic, Esquire, Cosmopolitan), with documented work shot across 40+ countries and 25 years of multi-award-winning campaigns across Clio, Communication Arts, Graphis, AI-AP, Webby, and APA awards. The headcount is minimal (1–10, founder-led with one named retoucher and external production partners), there are no public financial disclosures, and the company carries no outside investors, board members, or parent entities.

Name

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc.

Legal name

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc.

Website

https://leibowitzpictures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc. is a Los Angeles-based, founder-led creative studio providing integrated photography and film production for Fortune 100 brands, editorial publications, and entertainment clients across 40+ countries, with award-winning campaigns spanning Super Bowl commercials, Times Square billboards, and long-form TV series.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Photography and Film Production Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Photography Studios, Portrait (541921)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Photography & Photo Production (BPAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate, Architecture & Hospitality Marketing Video (MPADAEAO)

Keywords

• Commercial photography services
• Advertising film production
• Editorial photography services
• Multiplatform content production
• Image licensing syndication

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Campaign and commercial production fees: Project-based professional services revenue from photography and film production for advertising campaigns, Super Bowl commercials, billboards, and long-form TV series. Engagement scope typically covers hero film, campaign stills, social content, and behind-the-scenes from a single shoot day.
2. Image syndication and licensing: Licensing of finished imagery to editorial and commercial buyers via syndication partner Trunk Archive; inquiries handled through [email protected].

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc. is a founder-led creative studio that delivers commercial photography and film production services for advertising, editorial, and entertainment clients. Engagements typically bundle hero film, campaign stills, social content, vertical formats, and behind-the-scenes assets produced from a single shoot day under one creative vision. The studio also licenses finished imagery to editorial and commercial buyers via syndication partner Trunk Archive.

Product overview

Mark Leibowitz Photography Inc. operates as a single, unified creative services studio — not a platform-plus-modules product — offering Photography, Film, and Integrated (Multiplatform) production services under one creative vision, all surfaced through the Featured, Film, Photography, and Integrated/Multiplatform portfolio grids on leibowitzpictures.com. The Photography service covers editorial and advertising stills; the Film service covers commercials and long-form TV direction; and the Integrated (Multiplatform) offering bundles hero film, campaign stills, social content, and vertical cutdowns into a single shoot day, supported by a syndication/licensing channel via Trunk Archive.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Film production Film and motion content service covering commercial campaigns, Super Bowl commercials, long-form TV series direction, and integrated motion deliverables, produced with a unified creative vision alongside the studio's stills work.
• Commercial photography
• Integrated (Multiplatform) production
• Image licensing and syndication

Named customers87 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Laird & Good CompanyflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive talent agency representation handling all new projects, reels, and inquiries. US agent Kenna Zimmer ([email protected]) and UK & Europe agent Biddy Marquis-Henninger ([email protected]) cover inbound briefs from agencies and brand clients across geographies.
• Trunk ArchivecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSyndication partner for image licensing and distribution. Editorial and commercial buyers request licensing through www.trunkarchive.com and [email protected], providing downstream distribution of the studio's finished imagery.
• Radley StudioscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProduction partnership evidenced by executive producer Christian Thompson testimonial describing weeks on the road filming TV shows and long-form campaigns together. Functions as a recurring production services collaborator.
• Nathaniel Howe StudiosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative partnership with founder/executive creative director Nathaniel Howe, attested via on-record testimonial describing multi-project collaboration.
• Christine Hilberg (retoucher)minorOthersRetoucher supporting studio post-production, contacted via [email protected]. Functions as embedded post-production resource.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Yu Tsai: Taiwanese-American photographer/director shooting advertising, fashion, and editorial campaigns for brands like Nike, Adidas, and Vogue. Comparable as a photographer-director with integrated photo+film capabilities serving global brand clients.
• Peter Lindbergh: Late German fashion and advertising photographer known for black-and-white editorial and luxury brand campaigns. Comparable as a principal photographer-director serving Vogue-tier editorial and luxury Fortune 100 advertising clients.
• Nigel Barker: Fashion and advertising photographer with editorial work for Vogue, GQ, and major brands. Comparable as a principal commercial photographer with magazine-tier editorial credentials and Fortune 100 brand engagements.
• Mario Testino: Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer with extensive work for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and luxury houses including Gucci and Versace. Comparable as a globally-deployed principal photographer serving editorial and luxury brand clients.
• Rankin: British photographer and filmmaker whose studio shoots editorial, advertising, and brand campaigns. Comparable as a founder-led photography + film studio serving enterprise and editorial clients under a single creative vision.
• Annie Leibovitz: Legendary American portrait and commercial photographer serving Fortune 500 brands, editorial publications, and major advertising campaigns. Directly comparable as a solo principal photographer with marquee enterprise client access and award-winning editorial/advertising work.
• Greg Williams: British portrait photographer and filmmaker shooting for major editorial publications and luxury brands. Comparable as a photographer-filmmaker combining editorial credentials with global brand advertising work.
• David LaChapelle: American commercial photographer and director known for hyper-stylized advertising, editorial, and music work. Comparable as a photographer-director executing both still and motion campaigns for global brands.
• Platon: British portrait photographer shooting for Fortune 500 brands, editorial covers, and major advertising campaigns. Comparable as a solo principal photographer with a unified photo+portrait creative vision serving premium enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• Tyler Shields: American photographer and filmmaker working in fashion, advertising, and entertainment. Comparable as a photographer-director building a multiplatform commercial practice, though positioned as a more emerging/conceptual brand than Leibowitz's established Fortune 100 portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/markleibowitzpictures
• Xx.com/marklphoto
• Facebookfacebook.com/leibowitzpictures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mark-leibowitz-photography-inc.

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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