Respect The Shooter: Hanzo – @HailHanzo

Models – @mikki_maat / @Half_pepper / @israel.hoffman

Name or know as: Hanzo

City Based – New York City / The Ninth Dimension

Instagram: @HailHanzo

What got you into photography?

Filmmaking put a camera in my hand originally. I got into photography because I wanted to sharpen my eye with composing an image and things like that. After a few years later I just never really stopped.

What equipment do you prefer?

I really like Canon cameras. I’ll use anything I get my hands on though, but if I had like a gazillion dollars I would by mad Canon shit.

What do you prefer to work with brands, people, landscape, etc?

Brands and people for sure, I can do so much conceptually with brands and model’s. I don’t really enjoy shooting landscape photography as much yet.

If you could do a photoshoot with any brand/person in the world who would you choose and what brand use?

I never thought of this before right now. I don’t know there are so many talanted models and designers that I would be honored to work with.

Brands I have worked with

 I’ve shot with a few brands these are my current favorites though

Despierta

CIDE

Who are some people you get inspired by?

So many people honestly; the people I surround myself with are constant inspirations. Not only as a photographer but as a person as well.

What drives you to be great at your craft?

I’m constantly competing with myself always trying to be better than I am today.

What advice would you give to a new person in the game?

Shit I want to say “just go shoot” but that’s so fucking corny and true. I will say learn the difference between “Constructive Criticism” and “Destructive Criticism”