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Photographer+ Art Director

Los Angeles

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Concept to delivery

A creative partner ready tohelp build your visual world.

From building out initial concepts and teams, to delivering final web or print-ready imagery, Maria is a multi-disciplinary creative that specializes in working with brands to manage the full creative process of a photoshoot.

Selected work

10 projects — 2022 / 2026

Dion Lee × Carbon38 — campaign film, art direction by Maria Massa Cronin

Dion Lee × Carbon38Campaign film2019

A campaign is not a set of pictures.It is one idea, held steadyfrom the first mood board to thefile that goes live on Friday.

Maria Massa Cronin — Art Director & Photographer

The edit

Frames across the archive

A model in red mesh crouching against a pale studio backdrop — Dion Lee × Carbon382022

A model in a teal swimsuit beside a cream vintage car, Venice Beach — Left on Friday2026

A player at the net in pink, palm trees behind, shot on film — Year of Ours2025

The back of a printed sweatshirt in warm interior light — Anine Bing2022

Two figures running past a pool along a pink wall, Palm Springs — Eleven by Venus Williams2022

A model against a batting cage in a shearling jacket, film border intact — Year of Ours2025

A model lunging in coral against a dark plaster wall — Losano2024

A model in leopard print reclining across a green velvet chair with a telephone — Year of Ours — Mob Wife2024

A model holding a purple bar against a magenta studio wall — Isabel Marant — Carbon382022

A model in black mesh reclining on crumpled white paper — Dion Lee × Carbon382022

A model in a striped track top against a hanging white sheet, shot on 35mm — Pam & Gela2022

A model in a silver slip reclining across a deep blue velvet sofa — Tab Vintage × A Current Affair2022

Selected clients

Carbon38—Anine Bing—Year of Ours—Dion Lee—Adam Selman—Isabel Marant—Paco Rabanne—Pam & Gela—Eleven by Venus Williams—Carbon38—Anine Bing—Year of Ours—Dion Lee—Adam Selman—Isabel Marant—Paco Rabanne—Pam & Gela—Eleven by Venus Williams—

Eleven by Venus Williams—Pam & Gela—Paco Rabanne—Isabel Marant—Adam Selman—Dion Lee—Year of Ours—Anine Bing—Carbon38—Eleven by Venus Williams—Pam & Gela—Paco Rabanne—Isabel Marant—Adam Selman—Dion Lee—Year of Ours—Anine Bing—Carbon38—

Clients include Carbon38, Anine Bing, Year of Ours, Dion Lee, Adam Selman, Isabel Marant, Paco Rabanne, Pam & Gela, Eleven by Venus Williams.

Contact

Tell me aboutthe shoot.

Campaign, studio, ecommerce, or art direction alongside another photographer. Brands shooting on a regular cadence are especially welcome — so are test shoots.

hello@mariamassa.com

Based: Los Angeles — available to travel
Elsewhere: Instagram

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