contact
assignment inquiries:
stephanie rausser
stephanie@stephanierausser.com
image licensing:
trunk archive
gallery stock
published books:
lulu & pip (cameron + company) 2009
kiki & coco in paris (cameron + company) 2007
living happily ever after (chronicle books) 1996
advertising:
alba, apple, at&t, avon, band aid, bath & body works, bausch & lomb, burt's bees, carnation, cimzia, chinet, claritin, clos du bois, dial disneyland, downy, dreyers, glaceau, gnc, gymboree, hanes, hastens, havaianas, hp, huggies, ikea, jcp, jockey, kandoo, kitchen aid, kraft, land of nod, levi strauss, lipitor, lunchables, march of dimes, mary kay, microsoft, midol, nestle, nikon, nivea, nutella, olay, old navy, one a day, osh kosh, paxil, pier one, pottery barn kids, public bikes, purina, quiksilver, reach, seventh generation, sheraton, sony, special k, stride rite, sutter health, target, tempurpedic, t mobile, time warner cable, title nine, tradjenta, under armour, verizon
magazines:
conde nast traveler, fit pregnancy, health, parents, people, redbook, self, vanity fair
bio:
i was born on an orange naugahyde couch in student housing at uc davis arriving in the midst of my dad's final exams and unwilling to wait for the hospital. i grew up moving almost every year of my life. having that much change as a kid - i went to five elementary schools and four high schools - was not the easiest way to grow up, but it did make me hyper aware of behavior and a great observer. while i was growing up my mom took a lot of photographs of her 3 kids and her enjoyment of it was contagious. when i was in the 5th grade she turned the laundry room into a darkroom and when i turned 13 my dad gave me my first camera, a pentax me super and that is when i fell in love with taking photos. in high school i took photos of my girlfriends and my sister on every possible occasion but it was at uc berkeley where i became really serious about photography. although i finished with an english degree i had completed more photography classes than english classes and i wanted nothing more than to go out in the world and take photographs. instead of taking the assisting route, i photographed for local magazines and newspapers and it seemed that one job led to another. after a few years and lots of traveling with my camera to istanbul, sri lanka, budapest, prague, and buenos aires i was loving what i was doing and a career that began in environmental portraiture soon became focused on kids and lifestyle. even though i no longer move from place to place, i get to work in different locations all the time. Years into shooting i see the world for all its beauty and humor and i love making the world a little more fun, pretty and inviting. i am attracted to the bright side and the colorful, and over the years i have built a great base of clients who hire me because i am so curious and engaged with the people i photograph and because i always come back with spontaneous, energetic, and whimsical photographs.