JOSHUA CORBETT

Being based in Alaska, I don’t get to shoot a lot of studio work. It makes sense, really. Most clients are hiring me to photograph something Alaskan that looks, well, Alaskan. But every once in a while, it’s nice. So when my friends at Sprocketheads asked me to shoot a model test for their niece, Deanna, I thought it’d be a great chance to set up a clean look. And hey, why not shoot some film we’re at it? The digital work came out nicely as well, but there’s no mystery there - film on the other hand… Well, let’s just say I don’t always know exactly what it’ll look like, and that usually leads me to being pleasantly surprised. Which is what happened here.

I’ve known photographer Isaac Sterling since about 2012 or so. We met by chance - I was looking for photo assisting work and responded to a craigslist ad by Dove Shore. Isaac was Dove’s 1st assistant at the time, and I became Dove’s second for about a year. I 1st’d for Isaac, and he rapidly became my best/only friend in LA outside of my at-the-time-girlfriend’s friends.

New campaign ad for Forrest Dunbar for Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. 2021

It’s been a long time coming, but I finally got around to cutting a cinematography/directing reel. I’m pretty happy with how this turned out, but more looking forward to future projects!

This was an incredibly fun shoot that we got done just under the wire before COVID shut everything down. I was stoked to be a part of an awesome team. Here’s the director’s cut that I put together:

Short documentary profiling artist Amy Meissner, commissioned by the Anchorage Museum and the SEED Lab with support from the Bloomberg Foundation.

Men’s Health magazine had contacted me to photograph Kyle for their 50 States of Fit feature and an athlete profile. They wanted an epic background. After some back and forth, we decided on the Matanuska Glacier, which my screaming quads were rapidly coming to regret.

This was an absolutely fantastic assignment, and the article, written by Christopher Solomon, is a fascinating view into the life of this amazing scientist. Really honored to be a part of this one! Full article can be read here: https://www.outsideonline.com/2143191/detective-northern-oddities

Sprocketheads productions (Sprox for short) is sort of like my professional second family - they're a bunch of great people who work really hard and have fun making awesome video content. In fact, much of what I've learned about video production, I've learned from the Sprox team, particularly DoP Steve Rychetnik. So when exec producer Carolyn Rychetnik asked if I'd do some promo photos of Steve and his new RED Epic-W 8k (!!!!) camera for a website update and promo mailer, I jumped at the opportunity to flip the lens on the legend who's usually behind it. The Alaska mid-winter sun pulled out all the stops and delivered some beautiful light during our tromp into the woods. Check out www.sprocketheads.com for the best high-end commercial production house in the 49th state...

Full article here: http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/dyslexic-brain/

Full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/us/laurie-the-moose-lady-puts-heart-and-soul-into-roadkill.html?mtrref=undefined&_r=0

Portrait assignment for Boston College Law Magazine. I've known Sam for a while, so always great to get assignments working with friends!

Online article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/travel/budget-travel-homer-alaska.html

Cover & feature shoot at the Seward Sea Life Center. Full publication here: http://acceleratena.com

Full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/travel/budget-travel-anchorage-alaska.html

Stoked to be able to shoot for interesting stories like this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/us/closing-the-farm-to-table-gap-in-alaska.html?ref=topics

Sometimes, your best photographs don't fit the story that you're shooting for. The other day on assignment for the NYT, I was shooting a few folks that were to be potentially quoted for an article. The location was not exactly the stuff of a photographers dreams: an elementary school gym with overhead fluorescent light.

Very pleased to be shooting again for the New York Times and teamed up with staff writer Kirk Johnson. Check out the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/us/as-oil-money-melts-alaska-mulls-first-income-tax-in-35-years.html?_r=0

I am not a conceptual or product photographer, per se. Even if I felt it was my true calling, Anchorage, Alaska just doesn't have the market for it. But I do like and respect that type of work and every once in a while if I get a wild hair or have an excuse, I'll shoot something in that genre just for fun.

Those who know me know that there are few things I enjoy more than geeking out about photography. A solid photo-based conversation is the quickest way to get me to look at the clock and wonder where the last couple hours went. The blog that inevitably comes up most often in a conversation like that is none other that of Rob Haggart, APhotoEditor.com.