BIO
JOHN NGUYEN: PHOTOGRAPHER/CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR/MARKETING DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITORIAL HAIRSTYLIST
•• JOHN NGUYEN IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER FASHION AND BEAUTY CREATOR IN THE INDUSTRY. MANY CREATIVE PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND CORPORATE BRAND BUSINESS RELY ON JOHN’S TALENTS FOR CELEBRITY AND SESSION WORK. ONE OF JOHN’S GREATEST ABILITIES IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A BRAND, CREATE NEW AVENUES OF COMMERCE, WHILE KEEPING WITH THE BRANDS CURRENT INTEGRITY AND MISSION.
• JOHN’S MAIN FOCUS DURING HIS EARLY YEARS WAS TO BUILD A STRONG AND CREATIVE EDITORIAL PORTFOLIO. JOHN ACHIEVED THIS FOCUS BY WORKING WITH EPIC ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS DAVID LACHAPELLE, PETER LINDBERG, ELLEN VON UNWERTH, AND RANKIN. JOHN’S WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ALL MAJOR FASHION MAGAZINES INCLUDING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS OF VOGUE, GLAMOUR, VANITY FAIR, HARPER’S BAZAAR, MARIE CLAIRE, AND ELLE.
• JOHN’S PORTFOLIO INCLUDES DIRECTLY WORKING WITH MANY PRINT AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING CLIENTS SUCH AS TOM FORD BEAUTY, DIOR BEAUTY, TOMMY HILFIGER, CANDIE’S, COCA COLA, SKYY VODKA, PETA, OBLIPHICA PROFESSIONAL, SALON SELECTIVE AND GOT2B.
• JOHN’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT’S INCLUDES CREATING THE BRAND PAMELA ANDERSON WHICH RESONATED OVER AN ENTIRE DECADE AND SEALED HER IN POP CULTURE ROYALTY FOREVER. THE RECREATION OF MARIAH CAREY FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM EMANCIPATION OF MIMI. THE 4 YEAR COLLABORATION WITH FAMED PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID LACHAPELLE AND ELTON JOHN FOR THE RED PIANO TOUR IN LAS VEGAS. CREATING TOUR LOOKS FOR MADONNA’S STICKY SWEET TOUR, BRITNEY SPEAR’S CIRCUS TOUR, AND CELINE DION. JOHN’S ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ALL PROJECTS HE TAKES ON GIVE’S HIM UNPARALLEL RANGE TO CREATE AND MARKET FOR HIS CLIENTS. THAT EVEN MARILYN MANSON HIRED JOHN TO CREATE HIS LOOK AND DEDICATED HIS ALBUM” THE GROTESQUE BURLESQUE” TO JOHN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE DITA VON TEESE AND MANAGER. JOHN ALSO DIRECTLY CREATED THE “PARIS HILTON” VISUAL BRAND IN THE BEGINNING OF HER CAREER DURING AND AFTER “THE SIMPLE LIFE”. THE BIGGEST BURLESQUE STAR DITA VON TEESE HIRED JOHN TO HELP CREATE A LOOK THAT WAS EPIC OLD HOLLYWOOD BUT ALSO TOOK HER OUT OF A NICHE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY VOGUE AND TOP FASHION MAGAZINE’S AS A SELLABLE BEAUTY.