CASA DE COSTA - Key Persons
Daniel Riera (Olot, Spain) studied fine arts and cinema at the University of Barcelona and EMAV (Escola De Mitjans Audiovisuals). Riera's work has been featured at Les Rencontres d'Arles, Deichtorhallen/Haus of Photography in Hamburg, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge in Barcelona, FOAM Photomuseum in Amsterdam and extensively in his native Spain since the year 2000.
Riera's portraits, fashion commissions and personal projects have appeared in magazines including Fantastic Man, Vogue Hommes International, The Gentlewoman, Hercules, Kid's Wear, V, V Man, GQ international versions in the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, China and Spain, Vamp, Butt, Les Cahiers Purple, Fanzine 137, EY!, Candy, El País Semanal and Das Magazin. He has realized commercial work for brands including Adidas, Canali, Dior, Mühlbauer and Spastor, among many others.
Riera's first solo book "Riera / Tengiz" was recently published for EY! Boy Collection in 2015. His work has been also featured in "Fantastic Man" (Phaidon, 2015); "The Art Of Fashion Photography" by Patrick Remy (Prestel, 2014) "Fashion Photography Next" by Magdalene Keaney (Thames & Hudson, 2014); "Forever Butt" (Taschen, 2014); and "The A-Z of Spanish Photographers" (La Fábrica, 2013), among others.
David Armstrong is an American artist and core member of The Boston School, along with Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mark Morrisroe, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian), and Shellburne Thurber. The Boston School is widely considered to be the most influential photography movement of the past several decades.
Armstrong first received critical attention for his intimate portraits of men, either lovers or friends. In the nineties, he began to photograph cityscapes and landscapes in soft focus. Armstrong's photographs have been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including the 1995 Whitney Biennial and Emotions and Relations at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
His work has appeared in many of the top international fashion and culture magazines, including French Vogue, Japanese Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, Arena Homme+, GQ, Self Service, and Another Man. He has realized advertising campaigns for a variety of clients including Bottega Veneta, Zegna, René Lezard, Kenneth Cole, Burberry and Puma.
Armstrong attended the Boston Museum School and Cooper Union, and he earned a BFA from Tufts University in 1988.
Job Titles:
- Artist and Creative Director
Josh McNey is an artist and creative director based in New York. The California native is a former US Marine and graduate of Columbia University. His photography regularly appears in international art and fashion magazines and his artwork has been shown around the world.
Along with Jason Costa, McNey co-founded Casa de Costa and has served as the gallery's Creative Director since its inception.
Kevin Amato currently lives in New York City where he works as both a commercial and fine art photographer. Over more than a decade of practice, Amato has diligently built an impressive body of personal images, working from his studio in the South Bronx.
His body of work represents a rich and authentic visual account of his life and loves: a quintessential New York diary that reflects the beauty Amato sees all around him.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Amato's work has been widely published in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He has contributed to Complex, The Contributing Editor, Dazed and Confused, Dust ,Flaunt, The Guardian, GQ, Interview, OUT, The Source, Spin, Tetu, Tokion, Vibe, and other publications.
Paul Jasmin has had a long career as a fashion and art photographer. He was born in Helena, Montana and in 1954 left to begin an amazing journey that would take him to Paris, Morocco, New York, and eventually "The City of Dreams," Los Angeles.
Jasmin had been an illustrator, a painter, and an actor before picking up a camera at Bruce Weber's urging. Jasmin's images of real and imagined dreamers evoke a sensual and glamorous ideal while firmly rooted in reality.
His editorial work appears in Vogue, Teen Vogue, GQ, Details, V Magazine, V Man, Vouge Hommes, W, and Interview. Paul's advertising clients include Nautica, APC, Saks, and Nordstrom.
He lives and works in Los Angeles where he teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Paul Solberg was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved to NYC in 1996. He studied anthropology in Cape Town, South Africa.
Some of Solberg's published books include: Bloom (2005), Puppies Behind Bars (2006), Tyrants + Lederhosen (2010), and Tattoos, Hornets & Fire (2012), the last three publications in collaboration with Christopher Makos.
Solberg's photographs have been published in Publisher's Weekly, Le Figaro, La Lettre, Ocean Drive, WSJ International Edition, Conde Nast Traveler, and other publications in the US and abroad. Solberg's work has been shown at numerous exhibits in the US and internationally, including museum La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Galeria Moriarty (Madrid), Christopher Henry Gallery (New York), Karl Hutter Fine Art (LA), Galerie Catherine Houard (Paris), Galerie Sho Contemporary Art (Tokyo) and Hitawsky Gallery (Berlin), among others.