Picture Perfect

08/16/23 • 30 min

Based in Tokyo, Jimmy Cohrssen travels the world taking photos, predominantly of architecture, for leading designers, architects and magazines worldwide. His travel photography has made the cover of Conde Nast Traveler, featured in Vogue, books for Louis Vuitton, and campaigns for Air France, Louis XIII, and Le Meridien. Jimmy talks about taking pictures as a kid, owning a popular record store in Northern Virginia in the 1990s, documenting favelas in Brazil, and what he REALLY thinks of amateurs taking pictures on iPhones.

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