Andrés Romero Portrait

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Andrés Romero is a fine art & contemporary portrait photographer that specializes in family, children, and pet portraits - designing portraits inspired by Vanity Fair, dutch painters, and contemporary photographers.

When I think back to the reasons for why I love creating the work I do and doing it in this specific medium, I think abo...
08/18/2026

When I think back to the reasons for why I love creating the work I do and doing it in this specific medium, I think about the admiration I still have for people’s willingness to be seen.

What I find remarkable about the process is the honesty required in asking, answering, and even revealing to a stranger (me) what you want reflected back to you in a photography session.

This work can be an authentic, fun, at times terrifying, but ultimately fulfilling pursuit of this question. The resulting vulnerability always makes the art.

There is a piece of jungian philosophy that has slowly become a daily practice: take notice whenever you feel an intense...
08/05/2026

There is a piece of jungian philosophy that has slowly become a daily practice: take notice whenever you feel an intense sense of admiration of someone. I met Eddie at a Vecchio Home party a year ago. He was wearing one of the most unique tuxedos I’d ever seen. The construction, pattern, pin, and fit were all impeccable. I can count on one hand how often I’ve been struck by tailoring in SLC. I even told a friend when I saw him that I would photograph this man one day.

The most beautiful part of this session was the discovery. It turns out that he designed and created this tuxedo. He is someone obsessed with art, design, and creating beautiful things. The standards he sets for himself and what he brings into the world are so high.

What people don’t typically see at first glance is the incredibly kind and empathetic human that every close friend in his life admires him for. This session was another reminder to keep digging into people. The layers, complexity, and beauty are always more than you can ever imagine.

Am I being a good steward and record keeper of this person’s identity? When I go into a photoshoot, the stakes are alway...
07/23/2026

Am I being a good steward and record keeper of this person’s identity? When I go into a photoshoot, the stakes are always high if you hold yourself to the standard of this question.

Exploring identity has been such a fascinating practice with myself and clients. You can literally wake up and choose to be a different person. Even in our day to day, we put on different masks for work, family, friends. It is a revolving door of faces.

The question I’ve asked myself lately is how one finds stability and continuity in identity. The bad news is that if you’re bad at record keeping (e.g. journals), you’re left with your unreliable thoughts and even less reliable thoughts of those that know you. It’s made me think about why photos are so important. It is a tangible record of who you are and who you’ve been.

Bryan’s transformation was radical. If you ever meet him, you can ask him about the two very different people that show up on google as data points for his identity.

In this long post hiatus, I have over two dozen shoots I’ve been wanting to share, but this is a portrait and experience...
03/18/2026

In this long post hiatus, I have over two dozen shoots I’ve been wanting to share, but this is a portrait and experience that re-inspired my thirst to share.

I went to Costa Rica in November to photograph a retreat and it opened up this whole new world to me, literally and figuratively.

So many stars aligned for this trip. Within a week’s notice, I was touching down into Costa Rica not knowing if the retreat was legit or if I was about to be trafficked for an organ donation I didn’t sign up for.

My favorite picture and arguably the best memory I have of the trip is with Emmanuel, Ashley - pictured here - and Nikki. Nikki makes a pilgrimage to Costa Rica yearly and I was always curious what called to her there so often.

Emmanuel and Ashley are a big reason for this trek and after meeting them I understood why. They are incredible humans who quietly built an amazing life, surrounding themselves with art, creation, and the calm & connected life that a place like Costa Rica can offer.

I’ve toyed with the idea of travel portraits and this has solidified that desire.

Making art and posting the last few weeks has felt so incredibly disingenuous and I haven’t had the heart to. 2 weeks ag...
03/14/2026

Making art and posting the last few weeks has felt so incredibly disingenuous and I haven’t had the heart to.

2 weeks ago I was walking downtown with a friend and we saw an unmarked black vehicle with what looked like federal agents inside close to our businesses. My first thought was, “f**k, this is it.”

Despite my “protection” as a naturalized U.S. citizen from Mexico, being apolitical no longer feels like a neutral option. Neutrality in moments of injustice has felt a lot like complicity lately.

I’m embarrassed to admit how afraid I’ve been about speaking up against this administration because I don’t feel safe in the U.S. anymore, but I’ve also wondered who would be outraged on my behalf if I was taken into a detention facility and if I would be worthy of someone speaking on my behalf.

I grew up in with an authoritarian parent. Questioning the status quo wasn’t welcomed - it was punished. As a sensitive kid who asked a lot of questions, I spent a lot of my childhood crying and hiding because how powerless I felt having a father and older brothers that were bullies.

Recent events have resurfaced that feeling and the shame I used to feel about being Mexican. Growing up in the U.S. I experienced so many varying degrees of racism that hiding my ethnicity and eventually white washing my name to Andy felt like the only option, but the childhood version of me pictured here would feel pretty fu***ng disappointed that I’ve gone back to the learned behavior of hiding.

The glimmer of hope in this existential s**t show has been realizing that although I don’t have much power politically, I can use the eye I’ve cultivated for helping people look powerful in images. Photography helped me reclaim my own sense of agency and has created a life full of art, design, music, and connection that I dreamed of as a kid.

This post is mostly just a cathartic purge of the poison that has built up lately, a reminder to show up for the younger version of me and others that feel disenfranchised and powerless and a call to connect with local leaders that are championing compassion, charity, equality, environmental stewardship, and the protection of democracy.

For expression and body language that is nuanced and textured - you need time. Fun fact, the majority of images ordered ...
01/21/2026

For expression and body language that is nuanced and textured - you need time.

Fun fact, the majority of images ordered by clients are after the first hour of shooting! That’s the secret sauce.

Unless your job puts you in front of a lens on the daily, there is a level of vulnerability, terror, and nerves that will always create a wall from connection.

I loved capturing this shot a few hours in. The goal was to feel the empathy Chris projects into the world, despite a cooler toned image and grounded body language that would otherwise feel too precise/surgical.

As another fellow nerd that can’t help but smile at the joy of being alive, getting to do good work, and is absolutely o...
01/13/2026

As another fellow nerd that can’t help but smile at the joy of being alive, getting to do good work, and is absolutely obsessed with his craft, this branding session was an absolute pleasure.

I think there’s some people that are pre-destined for their careers. I have zero doubt in my mind that Chris came into this world smiling and his mission was to make the world smile a little more in return.

This last year I tried to challenge the perception that luxury branding and warmth are somehow mutually exclusive. The goal with the shoot was to preserve Chris’ genuinely charismatic demeanor, introduce color theory that aligned with elements of precision and polish, and overall elevate the visuals in his brand to match the work he does.

Dialing in the hair as usual -

Manifesting more radically passionate people for 2026 like Chandana. She’s brilliantly nerdy and relentlessly optimistic...
01/02/2026

Manifesting more radically passionate people for 2026 like Chandana.

She’s brilliantly nerdy and relentlessly optimistic about the work she does. I know this because her goal for her work seemed absolutely insane for Utah - but she relented.

Chandana is the Executive Director and co-founder of Altitude Lab, where she supports early-stage entrepreneurs at the most vulnerable and formative moments of their journey.

Altitude Lab focuses on digital health and life science founders - which meant we had a lot of conversations reminiscing our biology/science backgrounds in college.

This studio has been my home and my work studio, on and off, for more than three years now.I remember deeply romanticizi...
12/27/2025

This studio has been my home and my work studio, on and off, for more than three years now.

I remember deeply romanticizing the idea of living so close to work; that I could wake up and be a room away from creating.

As a kid, I used to dream about living in a loft like this: high ceilings, concrete floors, light pouring in, grand piano, art everywhere, a space that felt like it belonged to an artist.

I feel really grateful to have honored this childhood dream, but I’m excited to make this a space purely for creation and art.

People usually come in for photos, but they leave with permission.Permission to be whatever version of themselves feels ...
12/23/2025

People usually come in for photos, but they leave with permission.

Permission to be whatever version of themselves feels most aligned.

Beate built a successful career as a project manager, became a grandma, moved to Utah and then decided to design a career around her life & vision.

This was a full reinvention that she needed visual evidence for.

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84101

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