Wedding - Engagment - Family Event - Concert - Business
Product - Children - Dogs

Portraits - Pictures - Photos

JOHN COCOZZA
AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHER IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

SPECIALIZING IN WEDDING - ENGAGEMENT
COUPLE - FAMILY - CHILDREN - DOGS - EVENTS
CONCERTS - BUSINESS - PRODUCT - HEADSHOT

PICTURES - PHOTOS - PHOTOGRAPHY

ABOUT & BIO

In 1999, as John turned 21, he journeyed West and settled down in San Diego where he had dreamed of living since he was a young boy. There he immersed himself in the Southern CA surf community and began his apprenticeship with legendary surf photographer Aaron Chang. John studied with Aaron & other photographers such as Joel Zwink & Jerimiah Sullivan for 14 months. They helped to expand the genre's of photography John was interested in to include -
Fashion, Modeling, Portraiture, Swimwear,
Events, and other Action Sports.

In 2003, John enrolled in San Diego City College's Photography & Visual Arts Dept. There he studied with photography instructors Tor Euland, David King, Marv Sloben, and Annie Lemoux. Outside of formal schooling, John partnered with local San Diego fashion photographer, Brian Goodloe, who he also had been understudying with for Wine Sales & Wine Tasting at night while working for Crest Liquor.

DOMESTIC PUBLISHINGS
San Diego Union Tribune - 944 SD - City Beat
WATER - Surfer - Surfing - Happy Magazine
Lemonade - NBC Dateline - Automatic Skate Mag
Surfshot Magazine - LEVEL Magazine
REVOLT In Style - KROWN Magazine - PACIFIC -
FoxNews.com - Maxim.com - MAC.com
Surfers Journal - MET Rx Magazine
Eastern Surf Magazine

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHINGS
STERN News Journal (Germany)
Popcorn Magazine (Germany) - VERT Mag (Portugal)
Sunday Times of London (Britain)
Australian Swimsuit Edition (Australia)

CATALOGS & AD CAMPAIGNS
Dregs Skateboards - Alive Surfing Technology
Lucenti Swimwear - Dahlia Girl Swimwear
Hyperflex Wetsuits - Ocean Minded
Hard Rock Hotel - Sleeping Giant Music