John-Michael Mendizza on Clubhouse

Bio

@jmmendizza on Instagram

www.jmm-photos.com

I was born and raised in Southern California and now live in Erfurt, Germany. I work full time as a jeweler, but also practice Argentine tango and photography. Although these three activities are challenging in very different ways, they do have many things in common which fascinate me.
Photography is the newest of my creative endeavors. My father is a film maker and photographer; while growing up I was encouraged to help with the equipment and play on film sets. He got me an old Yashica-D camera and taught me the fundamentals of photography, but it didn't hold my interest until later.
Later came in 2016, when I wished for a “real camera” to take pictures of my jewelry pieces as well as at tango events. As soon as I purchased a Canon DSLR I became increasingly hooked, resulting in thousands of pictures.

Less than a year later, with some encouragement from my boss, I became interested in analogue photography. I picked up a Rolleiflex from 1938, and started experimenting with film.

Currently my focus is on people, portraits and fashion photography. Using a mix of Film and digital cameras.