JULIA COMITA

Julia Comita is a native Californian living in the Big Apple. She has made a name for herself shooting powerful female subjects, as well as lensing beauty in a conceptual and innovative way. She is enjoying experimenting with 3-D and illustrated GIFs and is the co-creator of the video series "How To Be Beautiful.”

Her unique perspective, crisp light, and attention to detail have given her the opportunity to work with editorial and advertising clients such as Uniqlo, Covergirl, Pepsi, James Allen, Battington Lashes, Plastik, Nylon Japan, Vice, The Impression, and Satellite Journal to name a few.

SOPHIE SPINELLE

Sophie believes the complexity and power of glamour, and thinks rhinestones can be radical. She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College and Harvard University, and has studied many forms of art, including painting, theater, and music. In her first career, she worked for world change at a policy institute — but when she fell in love with photography and launched Shameless in 2009, she knew she’d found her calling. She feels blessed every day to do this work, and will stop at nothing to make sure that every person who comes to Shameless walks away feeling inspired and confident about who they are.

BARRY TORANTO

Photography intrigued me as a teenager, I attended my first workshop in 1973 at The Naples Mills School of Arts and Crafts near Ithaca, New York. My college career yielded a BA in photography from Goddard College in 1978 and included a semester at the San Francisco Art Institute.

My vision is to capture and express images that both embrace and reach beyond the here and now. Photography is an alchemical process – the subject is the raw material, the gold is an image that expresses universal truth beyond that subject, one that makes us think and remember, and ultimately, see the world in a new and different light.

CAREY LYNN

Carey has been in love with photography for as long as she can remember. She received her BFA in photography from George Mason University and studied for her Master’s in Photography at the Academy of Art University.

Before joining Shameless, a great deal of her photo work focused on women, femininity, and bringing awareness to issues like rape and body image. When she joined Shameless in 2011 she knew that she had found something special — a perfect combination of creating beautiful images of strong women communicating messages that could change the way our society perceives beauty. Most recently, Carey’s American Beauty photo series was featured in newspapers, blogs, and magazines across the globe.