Bio

Vaiva Labukaite is a Portland photographer, event producer and stylist. Born and raised in Lithuania, Vaiva moved to the US in late nineties. After studies in B.A. in Psychology at VDU (Vytautas Magnus University), Vaiva decided to explore her photographic memory and love for visual art. She graduated from CSN, Las Vegas with honor degree in Commercial Photography and Web Design and continued her education at SMC (Santa Monica) as well as UCLA. She excelled as a student, and had an amazing opportunities to intern with the internationally acclaimed photographers as Vijat Mohi ndra, Jerr y Mete llus, Robert M. Kn ight and Mary anne Bilham. Vaiva's professional dance career had a huge influence in her photography style and approach. Her Ballerina Series is packed with personal memories as a performer.

Vaiva Labukaite has been chosen to showcase her works in RAW: Natural Born Artist Awards as well as Historical Morelli House Gallery in Las Vegas, NV. Vaiva loves the speed and efficiency of digital world, but cherishes the beauty and the raw emotion raised by film image. Her employment in production at iconic Richar ds Lab (Los Angeles) inspired her passion for analog art of film.

Her professional experience encompasses fine art portraiture, ecommerce and editorials works as well as travel photography.

Vaiva Labukaite has been a special guest photographer on a national TV show Project Runw ay: Threads, worked on set with celebrities Nicole Richie, Holly Madison, Mike Tyson, Just Jared, B A ker lund, just to mention a few.

"I LOVE looking through the lens. As a keen observer of the world, I find a lot of a joy capturing those emotion packed moments and make them tangible. I feel honored to unveil human expressions, feelings and experiences. I draw my inspiration from abstract expressionism, music that makes me move, my children's laughter and philosophical conversation."

Portland, OR

vaivadesigns@gmail.com

503.933.8267