FASHION, BEAUTY & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Gí Tenamá specializes in editorial & commercial fashion photography and beauty photography that centers beauty that deserves to reclaim the spotlight: Their work highlights cultural workers and models based in Los Angeles. Inspired by avant-garde fashion, their photography disrupts traditional visual narratives while celebrating underrepresented communities in media, beauty and fashion.

Editorial Photography Services:

  • Model Portfolio Development for models, actors, and actresses seeking representation and aligned bookings

  • Brand Photography for liberation - driven business owners and cultural workers

  • Music Artist Portraits and album cover photography for musicians

  • Fashion Editorial for magazines and publications

  • Beauty Photography featuring alternative looks, light retouching and unique color grading editing

  • Creative Portraits for wellness professionals and creative entrepreneurs

Gí Tenamá is a Los Angeles fashion and beauty photographer whose expertise combines high-concept visual artistry with authentic storytelling. Their editorial work has been featured in galleries across LA, NYC, and San Diego, showcasing QTBIPOC fashion photography that challenges industry standards. Whether you're a model building your portfolio or an artist in need of honest visuals, Gí brings intentionality and edge to every photography and visual storytelling session.

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What Photography Clients Are Saying

  • The photos Gí took for my brand are absolutely stunning and incredible!!! l'm so happy with them. The energy of the captures is amazing. I love how they really showcase the holographic and reflective nature of my clothing brand's new collection.

  • It was very important to me to find a photographer who could understand my vision and help me bring it to reality. I was lucky enough to meet an amazing human & photographer @gabrielasvision , and the results were amazing. For this look, I wanted to fully embrace my femininity, show my delicate side, and exude the confidence and fierceness that identifies me snf Gí supported me in getting that across.

  • Gi is an amazing storyteller who captured my campaign's story so well. I was hoping for something like this, but they took it to another level and made magical, beautiful imagery.

  • "My photography sessions with Gabriela felt so aligned! I love the intention and vision that Gabriela executes through her sessions. They take a photography session to the next level by helping you become clear on your story and your purpose. They created an intimate, relaxing & engaging environment that made me feel very comfortable. Their photography is a mixture of rich in tone and texture. The photos they captured are some of my favorite l've done to this date; she's a true blessing."

  • Working with @gabrielasvision was a creative dream. She made amazing and dynamic images for my personal brand. Highly recommend booking her for all kinds of creative endeavors (she does video and other multi media projects too!) It was a pleasure to make something beautiful and powerful!

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Gí Tenamá's documentary photography centers the lived experiences of communities of the global majority through visual storytelling. Their work goes beyond traditional portraiture to create oral history and documentation that serves multifaceted goals.

Documentary Photography Goals:

  • Community organizing and social justice movement documentation

  • Cultural preservation projects with Chicano, Latinx, Black, Indigenous, and Queer / Trans communities

  • Photojournalism projects that archive and create awareness for social justice movements

  • On Set photographer documenting the visual story of your film’s production

As a Los Angeles documentary photographer with expertise in photojournalism, Gí creates images that honor the nuances in marginalized stories. Their documentary work has been exhibited in galleries and used by organizations to advance social justice causes, making them a trusted photographer for movements across Southern California, Mexico City, and abroad.

Documentary sessions can be arranged for organizations, movements, and individuals seeking to document their advocacy work or personal journeys. Gí's approach prioritizes community consent, trauma-sensitive practices, and collaborative storytelling that ensures the people represented maintain agency over their representation. Gí brings both technical expertise and deep community understanding to each unique documentary photography assignment.

A Aztec dance participant danced to protest the separation of immigrant families at the border and in detention camps at the Families Belong Together gathering in downtown San Diego, Ca.
People in traditional Native American attire and feathered headdresses participating in a cultural event or protest outdoors near a tall modern glass building.
Youth activist Rocio Navarro speaks in favor of preserving her local health center which was to be closed permanently by the San Francisco City Council at a board meeting in the Mission District, San Francisco.
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A person with colorful braids holding a sign at a protest setting.
Protesters with face masks holding signs that read 'Black Lives Matter,' and 'Defund the Police,' gathered behind black bars with tall buildings in the background.
A smiling man with long hair wearing a yellow T-shirt and a black cap sitting cross-legged on a bed in a room with a bookshelf on the wall behind him.
Jasmine Garlington said she feels there is hope for the LGBTQIA+ community at the 2018 San Diego Pride Festival, which peaked to it’s highest attendance ever that year.
Two women sitting at an outdoor table, joyfully looking at a phone, with rainbow pride flags hanging above, celebrating at a pride event.
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A person climbing the outside of a glass building. They are wearing an orange shirt, dark pants, and are harnessed for safety.
The May Day Gathering in San Francisco, Ca in 2017 brings workers and alliances together to demand higher wages and workers’ rights.
San Francisco State Students protest against budget cuts which would only affect the university’s Cultural Studies Program. SFSU was the first college in the United States to introduce a Cultural Studies Curriculum.
SF State apparel design professor Danette Scheib stepped outside of her classroom in Burke Hall to coach a student privately at her Flat Pattern lab session on Mon. Feb 15, 2016.
Lemon Twist's most recent location was opened in 2015; minimalist fashion designer Danette Scheib started the brand from scratch in 2000.
USF political science and Latino Chicano studies student Vanessa Barba participated in a May Day rally to walk against violence and unequal immigrant workers rights on International Workers Day at the Civic Center in San Francisco, Cailf., on May
A woman in a kitchen looks down at dishes and kitchenware on a counter, seen through a small opening in a wall.
Calvin Nicholls kicks of a match at the 40th Annual California Collegiate Wrestling Open hosted by SF State on Sun, Feb 7, 2016.