ABOUT
Twenty years. Thirty countries. Getting to where you need to be for the shot has become the backbone of our mission. East Coast-based with a global portfolio of images, Chris is a serious athlete who endeavors to create visuals that inspire and alight viewers with a sense of possibility. At home in the vertical world, he's endured the blistering cold and thin air of the Himalaya, knife-edge ridgelines in BC, and steep mountain faces of the Alps. Chris has photographed on assignment worldwide, maintains a client base of Fortune 500 companies, and has his work featured by National Geographic and other publications.
SERVICES
PORTFOLIO
Adventure Sports
No cheering fans and no referees - just human and nature, pushing the boundaries of strength, emotion, and mind in the great stages of the planet.
Frontcountry Sports
Big names, bright lights, and the pressure of thousands of fans hanging on the edge of competition.
Lifestyle
Telling stories through still frames.
Stage
A small collection of those at the top of their game doing their thing.
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FRONTCOUNTRY
The land of scoreboards, fan legions, and lucrative sponsorship contracts.
BACKCOUNTRY
In a grand place where there's more riding on performance than something to fill your trophy-case.
LIFESTYLE
Emotion and energy through storytelling in real-life environments.
STAGE
You can't bottle talent, but you can capture it on film.
Portrait Photography
Building a successful portrait has many steps, from location to lighting to wardrobe. Yet the most important part of this style of photography is psychology: developing a connection between subject and artist.
Event Coverage
Whether intimate VIP affairs or conferences of thousands, our embedded style of still and video content capture is riding the corporate edge of visual production.
Location Projects
Our work has taken us to all kinds of locations, making the most out of visual space and both natural and supplemental light sources.
Product
Making your goods look great.
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EVENT COVERAGE
We work closely with a number of international agencies and know how much goes into planning major events. From VIP hospitality on PGA tour to week-long executive summits - we've got it covered.
EXECUTIVE PORTRAITURE
On set or on location, we work with you to plan the best use of subject and environment to tell your story.
LOCATION WORK
Whether from a tripod or a helicopter, interior or exterior, small closet or underground tunnel, we've got the firepower to make your location shine.
PRODUCT
Cell phone photography won't sell your product. Our team includes set designers, food stylists, lighting experts and quite possibly the most aggressive polish-jockey this side
of Mr. Clean.
Mountains
From the superlative depths of Death Valley to the high peaks of the Himalaya, I feel home at most in the mountains. The great equalizers, you have to earn your way as each step towards the summit takes you one step further from comfort.
Great Deserts
Of all places the desert makes you work to access its beauty - from gut-wrenching thirst, dodging angry plants like mean old dogs, and nevermind that it's constantly trying to lose you with sands that swallow trails with a scant breeze.
Water
It's said that the ocean holds the last light of day, adding to the secrets it holds below its pulsing surface.
Towering Trees
As our forests dwindle, think of your favorite tree, and how you would feel if should befall the same murderous fate as its brethren rooted in forests damned by development.
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DESERTS
“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupery
MOUNTAINSCAPE
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and
above the clouds.”
― Edward Abbey
WATER
"The care of rivers is not a question of rivers
but of the human heart."
― Shozo Tanaka
TREES
"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness."
― John Muir
ACTION
CORPORATE
TRAVEL
OUR TEAM
Words. Images. Motion. Chris is a born communicator who began channeling his creativity at an early age. From musical composition to athletic competition, he has made the world his playground of expression.
CHRIS VULTAGGIO
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
Patrick has been making television since high school and since then has spent over a decade shooting documentaries including MTV's flagship doc "True Life." When he's not interviewing , taking pictures, or shooting a story, Patrick performs standup comedy.
PATRICK HOLBERT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
A master printer and photographer, Leonid spends his nights squinting at pixels with a superhuman level of color-detection. From metallics to canvas, vinyl stickers to custom frames, he's our in-house powerhouse of tangible presentation.
LEONID SHISHOV
VISUAL CREATIVE
Event specialist. Denis is polished and prepared for the most top shelf VIP events. From celebrity weddings to white-glove corporate affairs, Denis is our indefatigable guy on the ground.
DENIS LEON
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
CONTACT
CREATIVE CONTENT
Writing to lighting, scriptwriting to storyboard to screening, we've got your content well-covered. Our team collaborates on concept, while specifically handling the tasks of words, graphics, and packaging.
EXPERIENCE
Our team has worked around the world in all sorts of environments, with VIPs as big as they get: US Presidents, A-list talent, and athletes at the top of their prime. It's experience on which you can truly rely.
SPEED
We can handle your day-of retrospective video screenings. We can handle your "I need it emailed immediately." We HAVE handled an onsite gallery of 400 printed, mounted, and hung 24x36 photos shot same day at a PGA tour event. Let us get it done for you on time.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
VIDEO EDITING
MOTION CAPTURE
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
SHOWCASE
ADVENTURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Working at 20,000 feet has its challenges, but yields some pretty remarkable images. If we can do it there, we can do it anywhere.
FROM THE HOMEFRONT TO THE HIMALAYA.
Rock climbing in New York's Shawangunk Range.
High winds atop Ama Dablam, from basecamp in the Himalaya.
High above glaciers in British Columbia's Bugaboo Range.
Going big off a feature aptly-named "Tombstone" at Highland bike park in New Hampshire.
Alpine climbing at 19,000 feet.
Klettersteig (Via Ferrata) climbing in Austria on the sudwand of Dachstein.
Battling 100MPH wind gusts in subzero temps atop Mount Washington.
Sunset over Death Valley's Mesquite Dunes.
Rappelling down Moab's Sister Superior formation in the foreground of the La Sal Mountains.
Deep water solo climbing in Olympos, Turkey.
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CORPORATE
EDGE
We've shot and produced for Fortune 500 companies around the globe, from studio environments to major product unveilings. Our teams range from single-shooter to full crews of set designers, stylists, animators, audio techs, lighting directors and camera operators.
GETING THE RIGHT LOOK: YOURS.
Industrial architecture for a client's new shipping facility.
Tom Cruise at a BMW event the studio was contracted to cover.
On location underneath Gotham - shooting marketing images for the $6B east side access transit tunnels.
Executive portraiture designed to match your brand and help you reach customers.
Environmental portraiture blurring the lines with marketing images.
David Chang, one of the world's top chefs, at a recent event held at the Brooklyn VICE office.
Unveiling a new edition BMW at their North American Headquarters.
Fire and Ice at an Occulto underground masquerade event in Manhattan.
Mixing business and pleasure at the World Bouldering Championship.
The Bud Light Party takes over Boston in this shot during our multi-city shoot campaign.
Deep in the backcountry of British Columbia while shooting product for Mountainsmith.
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NEPALESE
HIMALAYA
Photos from over a month while photographing an American climbing expedition in the world's greatest range.
FROM PEAKS TO PEOPLE
Nepalese woman high above Namche Bazaar.
Tehgboche - nestled in the Everest Region.
A Buddhist monk in Kathmandu.
In Lukla, the world's most dangerous airport, a porter makes his way through security to pick up gear.
Overlooking Ama Dablam.
A Lama during a basecamp Puja ceremony, blessing all the climbing gear before beginning the expedition.
Prayer wheels spin outside of a Buddhist temple.
Sherpa child.
Stringing prayer flags on Ama Dablam.
Street life in Kathmandu.
Street life in Kathmandu.
A young Sherpa girl sits with a Buddhist monk outside of Pakding.
Memorial below Camp One on Ama Dablam.
A Sherpa sips beer following the offerings of the Puja.
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Business profile featured by Verizon
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
From professional studio sets to run-and-gun location shoots we've got all your angles covered through a strong global network of connections. Whether it's from a helicopter over Gotham or a mountaintop in the Alps.
MOTION PRODUCTION
Single camera or full production team. Quick motion edit or full-scale motion graphics project. Let our video teams help you from scriptwriting to storyboarding to final packaging.
LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
Specializing in VIP and Hospitality, our event staff is familiar with the long hours and polished approach necessary to meet your needs. From embedded teams with videographers and photographers to coordinating grip-and-grin sessions with your V-VIP we've got the experience you need.
DIGITAL PRINTING/FRAMING
With over 40 years experience, our digital imaging specialist prints routinely for some of the biggest poster artists in the US. From archive-quality metallics and canvas to onsite event printing.
BRINGING IMAGINATION
TO REALITY
NO CONDITION TOO EXTREME
Shot on assignment in the South Pacific. Dramamine not included*
GOT AN IDEA YOU WANT TO SEE US RUN WITH?
CONTACT STUDIO
UP FRONT AND CENTER
Our work delivers the emotional element to inspire and help reach your audience in the clearest way possible.
GRACE UNDER FIRE
There's no pressure like trying to survive sub-zero temps in hurricane force winds atop a deadly mountain. In a total and complete white out. To say we're familiar with high-stakes environments is an understatement - be assured your deadline is in good hands with us.
OUR SERVICES
CAPTURE AND CREATION.
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