2022... What a year — actually, a tremendous year — where we got to engage with a talented pool of photographers worldwide to create some inspiring and engaging celebrity portrait photography.
Among the hundreds and hundreds of portraits we got the opportunity to produce, I’ve collected a few of memorable ones that moved, delighted and made us pause. Some of these photos have not been previously published.
I am extremely honored to have worked with our small team of entertainment photo editors— Brandon Choe, Calvin B. Alagot and Jacob Moscovitch as we produced, photo directed and curated toward a new vision for entertainment photography at The Los Angeles Times. It was a meaningful experience, day after day, as we were reminded of why we love photography so much.
NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 01, 2022: Country star Lainey Wilson poses for a photo hours before playing a sold-out show at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater.
TORONTO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 09, 2022: Taylor Swift, director of “All Too Well: The Short Film” photographed at the L.A. Times photo studio during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 29, 2022: Rap artist Doechii poses for portraits at Neuehouse Hollywood. She gained popularity in 2021 with the viral success of her song “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” on TikTok, and in 2022 signed with Top Dawg Entertainment and Capitol Records.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 20, 2022: Longtime comic actor-writer-producer Seth Rogen has just received his first Emmy nomination as an actor, for his role of the handyman in “Pam & Tommy.”
Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster, Conrad Ricamora and Andrew Ahn by Justin J Wee
New York, NY - JUNE 3, 2022: Stars Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster, Conrad Ricamora and director Andrew Ahn of “Fire Island” photographed in a Brooklyn studio.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 3, 2022: Musical artist Lizzo, photographed at a private residence in Hollywood Hills, unveils her new reality TV show: “Watch Out For The Big Grrrls,” and her shapewear line, Yitty.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 25, 2022 - Renee Zellweger photographed for her role in “The Thing about Pam,” based on a true story. The narrative follows a murderous suburban housewife.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 09, 2022: Actor Henry Winkler photographed in his Brentwood home. Winkler stars in HBO’s “Barry” as the acting teacher who has just discovered one of his students is a hired assassin.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 03, 2022: Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of the sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things,” are photographed at the Netflix offices.
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 29, 2022 - Imogen Poots is photographed in the photographer Erik Tanner’s Brooklyn studio. Poots stars in “Outer Range,” which involves supernatural elements out on the Wyoming ranch land.
LOS ANGELES, CA 2022 - APRIL 23, 2022: Christina Ricci, photographed at the Beverly Hilton hotel, now stars as Misty in the drama-mystery series “Yellowjackets.”
Mackenzie Davis and Matilda Lawler by Tracy Nguyen
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 23, 2022: Mackenzie Davis and Matilda Lawler, photographed in an open field, play the adult and child versions of the lead character named Kirsten in HBO Max’s limited series “Station Eleven,” a post-apocalyptic limited series, about survival, connection and Shakespeare.
LONDON, U.K., APRIL 20, 2022: Jonathan Bailey of “Bridgerton” photographed at the Ambassadors Theatre. Bailey plays the brooding Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the period show. Bailey said he had an instinct that the show was going to be something special.
PASADENA, CA - APRIL 19, 2022: John C. Reilly photographed at Langham Huntington hotel for his role as Jerry Buss in HBO Max’s “Winning Time.” ’I’ve never meditated on a character for this length of time,’ the actor says of playing the Lakers owner in the show.
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15, 2022: Ben Schwartz photographed at a private residence. Schwartz co-stars in “The Afterparty” a comedic murder-mystery series.
NEW YORK, NY- February 11, 2022: Professional fighter and actor Kali Reis made her starring debut in the indie revenge thriller “Catch The Fair One” playing a former fighter who embarks on a dangerous quest taking on a trafficking ring to find her younger sister.
LOS ANGELES, CA - February 12, 2022: Darius Scott, musically known as DIXSON, a singer, songwriter and producer, poses for a portrait at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. His song with Beyonce, “Be Alive,” for the film “King Richard,” has been nominated for an Oscar.
LOS ANGELES, CA. JANUARY 25, 2022: Portrait of actress Lily James, who channels Pamela Anderson at the peak of her fame in the Hulu limited series “Pam & Tommy.”
LONDON, UK - DECEMBER 16, 2021: Actress Jessie Buckley stars in “The Lost Daughter” as Olivia Colman’s younger self experiencing the difficulties of motherhood and the hard choices they bring.
Kate Kuo is a former director of photography at the Los Angeles Times. She is also a mother of three and an entrepreneur, who along with a partner invented and launched a small travel supply company.
