Image & Motion Studio / Los Angeles
A photography and production studio making editorial, commercial, and moving image for brands that treat a picture as an argument, not decoration.
We build pictures with a point of view: light, grain, and intent over gloss and filler.
Grainhouse is a fourteen-person studio working across stills and motion out of a 4,000 sq ft daylight stage in the LA Arts District, with a second suite in Greenpoint. We shoot, cut, colour, and print in-house, one team from brief to final delivery.
Founded by director Marisol Vane and DP Theo Kessler, the studio pairs a documentary eye with a commercial engine: campaigns, lookbooks, cover stories, product films, and archival scans, all held to the same standard.
01 · Selected work
Editorial, campaign, and motion stills. Full case films available on request.
Skin & still life, spring index
Cover portrait series
Bottle & texture
Film still, 6K anamorphic
Feature, October issue
Set & interiors
Location & unit stills
Campaign, 12-look production
Beauty & detail study
02 · What we do
Half-day and multi-day productions. Rates below are studio day rates; project fees quoted on the brief.
Cover stories, features, and lookbooks with a documentary hand. Casting, styling liaison, and a same-week edit.
Campaign and product photography with full production: permits, crew, retouch, and delivery to spec across formats.
Product films and brand spots shot 6K–8K, cut and colour-graded in-house. Stills and motion captured on one set.
Archival film scanning, fine-art printing, and physical delivery. Drum scans to 8K and pigment prints to 44 inches.
03 · The studio
The stage Arts District, LA
No revolving freelancers on the core. The people who take the brief are the people on set and at the desk when the files are graded. That continuity is why brands come back for the third and fourth campaign.
Aesop · Ganni · Nike ACG · Le Labo · A24 · Kinfolk · Bon Appétit · Toast · Hypebeast · Cereal
The stage
742 Mateo Street
Arts District, Los Angeles CA 90021
East coast suite
115 Java Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn NY 11222
Representation
Field Agency, North AmericaMaking Pictures, Europe