Bio

Kristin Gallegos is a Photographer and Creative Director based in Los Angeles

Born in Long Beach, California, Kristin spent her youth as a classical ballet dancer, dancing at major schools across the U.S.  She had been interested in fashion and art from a young age.  After nearly a decade of dancing she decided to switch creative gears to pursue her love of beauty and fashion.  Kristin decided to become a makeup artist and moved to New York City in 2004 where she began assisting and working with top makeup artists.  This training provided the essentials that allowed her to refine her own aesthetic.  She worked for over a decade as a leading artist, working with some of the worlds top companies, designers, celebrities, and photographers.  

In late 2014, Kristin decided to pick up photography as a hobby and began shooting her friends as muses.  That hobby very quickly developed into another career as a photographer as brands and magazines began commissioning her.  She decided to switch to photography full time in 2016. Films of the 60’s and 70’s heavily influence her work.  Kristin’s very specific aesthetic translated from her work as a makeup artist into her photography where she not only shoots the subject but also does the creative direction, makeup, hair, props, and styling.  Kristin specializes in stylized portraits and fashion editorials.  Her current work is narrative driven and shot cinematically. She is self taught and primarily shoots on film and various types of Polaroids but has incorporated digital into her work.  She also shoots short films on Super 8.

Her work can be seen in Playboy, Mastermind, Foxes, Reserved, and LALA Magazine to name a few.  And for companies like Jeffrey Campbell, Volcom, J Brand, Deadwood, The Kooples, Thin Wild Mercury, Le Metier De Beaute, and Stoned Immaculate.  In addition she had photos in a show at The Safari Gallery in NYC in the No Filter show in 2014.  In 2016 had work in a show called Pillow Talk in London at The Palm Tree Gallery.  And had a solo show in the fall of 2017 at the Modern Love Club Gallery in NYC. She also released a zine with the band Blame Candy in 2019.

In January of 2019 she relocated to Los Angeles. And between 2021 and 2022 she released three self-published books in a four book series called “Disappear Here”. The last book in the series will be released later this year. She now works between Los Angeles and New York City.