BALL & ALBANESE (Wendy & Dara) are a Brooklyn-based photography duo who shoot portraits, interiors, travel, and food. Their backgrounds are rooted in a love of image-making and combine to inform a thoughtful approach to visual storytelling. They have shot worldwide destinations, stunning private homes, and some of today's most inspiring artists and chefs for editorial clients such as Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveller, Dwell, Lonny, Food & Wine, and Travel + Leisure. In the commercial realm, they had the privilege of photographing the first-ever awareness campaign for home décor brand CB2, where an apartment was designed in real-time via Pinterest. Selected as a PDN 30 emerging photographer in 2009, their work has since been recognized by American Photography, the PDN Photo Annual, and The International Photography Awards.

On their collaboration: "We've been bouncing ideas off of one another since the day we met. In the process, we learned to see in new ways that developed into one vision over time. We both shoot, and we share an obsession for strong, unique design elements. No matter what our subject is, our goal is to capture honest moments with compositions that are carefully crafted."

AWARDS | EXHIBITIONS | PRESS

SPD 53 Print Merit Winner - Cover [Photography: Custom Publishing] Virtuoso Life March Cover 2018

North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Awards - Bronze Winner, Photography: Cover Photo (Virtuoso Life) 2018

Domino.com "The Interiors Photographers You Need to Follow on Instagram" 2017

Diverse/City Group Show, Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA) - Santa Monica Art Studios 2016

Diverse/City Group Show, Photo L.A. Art Fair - The REEF/LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA 2016

American Photography (AP) 30 - chosen 2014

American Photography (AP) 29 - chosen 2013

International Photography Awards (IPA) - Honorable Mentions (Architecture: Interiors; Fine Art: Other) 2013

American Photography (AP) 28 - chosen 2012

International Photography Awards (IPA) - Honorable Mentions (Fine Art, Editorial, Travel/Tourism) 2012

ASMP Architecture Gallery Exhibition, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention, Washington, D.C. 2012

American Photography (AP) 27 - selected 2011

International Photography Awards (IPA) - Third Place Subcategory Winner and Honorable Mention 2011

American Photography (AP) 26 - selected 2010

PDN Photo Annual 2010 - Competition Winner, Magazine/Editorial

AvaLiving "Artists to Watch for in 2010"

International Photography Awards (IPA) - Honorable Mention 2009

PDN 30 Group Show Exhibition, Month of Photography (MOPLA) - Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 2009

Photo District News (PDN) - "30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch" 2009

BACKGROUND

Wendy Ball graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art and photography. She was previously a photo editor at Travel + Leisure magazine.

Dara Albanese earned a Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking from Columbia University's School of the Arts and holds undergraduate degrees in journalism and political science.