JOHN von pamer / ABOUT
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MEET JOHN.
John von Pamer is an editorial and advertising photographer. He splits his time between Los Angeles, CA and Brooklyn, NY.
John grew up in the Virginia suburbs of DC and began working in graphic design in high school. He transitioned into art direction when he moved to New York City in 1996, where he worked for SPIN Magazine and Morgan Stanley’s art department before he turned to photography.
The “von” in von Pamer, usually a nobility particle, but in Jon’s case was bestowed upon him by the staff of American PHOTO Magazine during the seven years when he was Associate Art Director there. John says of his name, ‘My forefathers are butchers, those touched by the spirit and heavy drinkers--not, that I know of, kings and queens.’
John’s clients have included: 72 and Sunny (Los Angeles), Apple, Artisan Press, Bonnier, The California Sunday Magazine, CAP Beauty, Chantecaille, Clarkson Potter, Crown Publishers, Departures, Design Bureau, Diner Journal, Directors Guild of America Quarterly, Film Comment, Food & Wine, Forager Project, The Gaurdian (UK), Gavin Brown Enterprise, General Mills, Goop, GQ (Germany), HarperCollins, Harvard Business Review, House Beautiful, International Culinary Center, Ketel One, Martha Stewart Living, Matador Records, Men’s Journal, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Moving Image, Mutabor Design (Germany, New Barn Organic, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times T Magazine, New York Magazine, Nickelodeon, Oprah Magazine, Paradigm, Publicis, Random House, Revolver NY, Rizzoli, Rounder Records, Rowdy Mermaid Kombucha, Sakara Life, Scribner, Tractor Beverages, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine (UK), The Today Show, University of California at Berkeley Art Museum, Vanity Fair, Viacom, The View, WestHouse Hotel, William Morrow, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator.