Categoría: Studio

@enzo_phot0

Enzo Art Collective is a living platform for connection, collaboration, and the exploration of perspectives. Travelers and creators are drawn to its energy, where conversations, experiences, and chance encounters shape the work. Serendipity guides creation, and shared human experience becomes art.

Originating in Los Angeles but shaped by journeys across the world, the collective embodies curiosity, openness, and a desire to uncover the unseen dimensions of life. It is a space where individuality fuels collaboration, and where creativity emerges from the meeting of ideas and experiences.

The collective thrives on the convergence of perspectives and life experiences. Diverse personalities contribute their visions, creating a dialogue that explores clarity, the everyday and the extraordinary, and the symbolic resonance of moments. Each project reflects a living expression of connection, exploration, and discovery.

More than a studio or a project, Enzo is a living journey. It is a home for those who seek inspiration, challenge perception, and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary. The collective invites anyone willing to look closely to explore life through a lens unafraid to reveal its mysteries.

@zer_ghoul

I was born in Mexico City and proudly raised in South Bay LA. I’ve always had a camera with me part family tradition, part instinct to hold onto moments before they disappear. But I never took photography seriously. Most of my photos didn’t survive anyway memory cards got lost, computers crashed from downloading music off sketchy sites, and whole parts of my life just disappeared.

During the pandemic, I finally bought a real camera a Canon EOS M50 using some of the money I got from grad school. I was going through a rough depression at the time, and photography became a kind of therapy. It helped me slow down, be present, and take my mind off everything I was dealing with.

When things started opening back up, I started bringing my camera to Low Rider cruises. The first one I documented was the Compton Unity Cruise. My portraits weren’t great and I was nervous, but I had a good time. I kept going to more cruises, kept shooting, and eventually met people who became important mentors to me, like Jose Alvarado and Paulo Freire Lopez. They helped me shape my style and gain confidence in my work.

One moment I always hold onto happened on 15th Street during a cruise hosted by Dangerust LA Cruise Nights. Alvarado told me, “Shoot for you, because you love it. No one cares if you’re here. Don’t be nervous, and don’t worry about what people think.” That stuck with me. He even gave me an assignment that night: take 10 portraits before leaving. To this day, I don’t put my camera away until I’ve taken at least ten shots, I’m proud of.

Since then, I haven’t been able to stop shooting. I slowly drifted into portrait work at punk and goth shows, scenes I grew up around. As a teenager in Lawndale, I used to take buses all over LA just to find new bands at backyard gigs. I never documented any of it, and those memories live only in my head.

That’s why now I document everything from Poesía Sobre Ruedas at the Low Rider Cruises to the dark, surreal goth nights in LA. I want to make sure nothing slips away again.

@prime_reflections

I am from Los Angeles, and I grew up in a neighborhood called Mid-City. I started photographing in late 2019. During my upper division coursework at Cal State LA, I took a diverse course where essays were not allowed. Instead, we had to create video projects. That experience got me into ghetto ass phone filming lol. I began making small videos for fun, and by the end of 2019 I bought my first “real” camera and continued exploring photography.

In general, I photograph whatever crosses my lens. However, if I had to be specific, I enjoy music events within scenes that match my personal interest such as punk, goth, hardcore, metal, and the underground. I always carry a camera, and many of my shots come from spontaneous moments, which traces back to my street photography habits.

My first portrait remains one of my favorite memories. I spotted a man who looked like he had just finished a twelve hour labor shift. Dirty clothes, dirty sun hat, boots etc. He was outside drinking with a friend. They were pretty wasted. He noticed my camera and, although he could barely speak, his expressions said everything. He playfully twirled, pretended to frame a shot with his hands, closed one eye like a camera viewfinder, and then posed behind a gate. He hit a lot of poses lol. In the middle of all the silliness, I captured one frame that came out very serious. At the time, I had only been shooting cityscapes, so that portrait shifted something for me. I think about that moment often.

People often say every photographer needs a specific style, but I still do not feel tied to one. I simply aim to capture moments as they happen. Sometimes I even forget about the images until I rediscover them..