Ryuji Suzuki—the photographer of Beaupix
When I was a little kid, I wanted to become a scientist. When I received my PhD in neuroscience, I realized that I could apply my brain experience to make photography better and more interesting.
I picked up my first camera when I was young and wondered what could experience with it, decades ago. Ever since, I have continued photography because it is my non-stop passion. Often I feel like there is not enough time in a day to shoot everything I want to, but the desire to shoot more is what keeps me so inspired.
A headshot is a visual story that depicts success. How do you make yourself feel comfortable and look confident in front of a camera? The process of creating a great headshot looks like one part improvisation and one part well tested recipe blending your life story, personal character and emotion.
Photography has the power to put people in a different way of thinking. I love shooting creative photography because people remember me differently just becaue I shot an image they have something to say. SILVERGRAIN is my creative commercial photography for branding/marketing, PR campaigns, advertising, corporate collaterals, annual reports, product packaging, and many websites.
My social interests include: cooking, wine, whisk(e)y, modern art, Bob Dylan, fashion, play watching, traveling, swimming, cycling and green and healthy lifestyle. When I’m not shooting or traveling, I love editing pictures while sipping green tea and listening to NPR podcasts or TED talks.
Awards
Ryuji won the Best of Advertising Photography award and the Judge’s Choice award in the 2011 annual image competition of CIPNE, Commercial and Industrial Photographers of New England. The jury panel consisted of Christine Tieri, President and Creative Strategist at Smith & Jones Idea Agency, Bruce Hudson, a Mastercraftsman of the Professional Photographers of America, and Len Lazure, the photo editor of Telegram & Gazette.
Interview
Clients
National/global business
These clients (a partial list) contacted beaupix studio from their national/global offices, and/or performed work outside Massachusetts:
A&E TV series (agent: Departure Films), Aperian Global (San Francisco, CA), Delucchi+ (Washington DC), EastHorn Clinical Services in CEE Ltd. (Praha, Czech Republic), E-Factor (NYC), Embassy Suites (agent: Tribe, Inc., Atlanta, GA), The Hype Agency (Salem, NH), ISTO É (Brazilian magazine similar to Newsweek in the US), Keller Williams Realty Inc. (Austin, TX), Mylan Institutional (Rosemont, IL), NorthStar Travel Media (Secaucus, NJ), Overhead Door, Prysm, Inc. (agent: Thinktiv, Austin, TX), PwC, QIAGEN, Rowland Reading Foundation (Middleton, WI), Scott James (a fashion brand of Hampshire Group Ltd.), Siemens Healthcare, Timberland (agent: Lizzie Grubman PR & Management, NYC), Top Hat Monocle (Canada), Travel Age West (Los Angeles, CA), United States Postal Inspection Service.
(Beaupix Studio routinely works with ad agencies, PR agencies, design studios and national corporations, regardless of the city they are based in.)
Massachusetts offices/headquarters of national corporations
Analog Devices, Inc., Abcam, Inc., Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, Ashcroft Law Firm, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Cambridge Interactive Development Corporation, Cisco Systems, Citizens Bank, The Dolben Company (agent: Delucchi+), Duff & Phelps, LLC, Emerge Clinical Site Relations, Ensemble Discovery Corp. (Ensemble Therapeutics), Environ Corp., Executive Search Associates, Inc., Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Lovepo International Inc., Major Drugs International, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Northern Power Systems, Oldways Preservation Trust, Onset Technology, Inc., Sun Healthcare Group (Sundance Rehabilitation), TD Bank, Trusteer.
Massachusetts businesses
Abine, Inc., Amour Creole Magazine, Appligent Document Solutions, ARA Jewelers (Jewelry and Diamond Building in Boston), Boston Portfolio Properties, Boston Proper Real Estate, CHIMERAlab Theatre, The Collaborative Companies, Harvard University, INsite Magazine, Jay Barnes Dress Shirts, Jute Marketing, Law Office of John J Sheehan, Love and Conviction, Make Me Up magazine, Maloney Properties, MIT, MIT Sloan School of Management, Novia Strategies, P. A. Gray Law, Skyline Realty, Renaissance Health, Shepard Law Firm, TalentCulture LLC, University of Massachusetts, Upscale Living magazine, Urban Realty Group, West Mill Smiles (private dental practice), 9tailors LLC.
Individuals
Many actors, singers, musicians, authors, public speakers, executive coaches, lawyers, venture capitalists, various business owners, and other individual clients from New England and NYC, but quite a few from other countries.
