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I am a creative professional living and working in Los Angeles, with over a decade of experience on creative teams in luxury marketing for fashion, beauty and fine jewelry brands. Creatively driven, I am a classically trained photographer with a strong technical background. I have produced, styled, shot, retouched and managed numerous projects to create high-quality imagery for campaigns, web and marketing.…I am a creative professional living and working in Los Angeles, with over a decade of experience on creative teams in luxury marketing for fashion, beauty and fine jewelry brands. Creatively driven, I am a classically trained photographer with a strong technical background. I have produced, styled, shot, retouched and managed numerous projects to create high-quality imagery for campaigns, web and marketing.

Erika Miyagiwa

Photographer, Studio Manager, Art Director, +1

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I am a creative professional living and working in Los Angeles, with over a decade of experience on creative teams in luxury marketing for fashion, beauty and fine jewelry brands. Creatively driven, I am a classically trained photographer with a strong technical background. I have produced, styled, shot, retouched and managed numerous projects to create high-quality imagery for campaigns, web and marketing.…I am a creative professional living and working in Los Angeles, with over a decade of experience on creative teams in luxury marketing for fashion, beauty and fine jewelry brands. Creatively driven, I am a classically trained photographer with a strong technical background. I have produced, styled, shot, retouched and managed numerous projects to create high-quality imagery for campaigns, web and marketing.

Available to hire

I am a creative professional living and working in Los Angeles, with over a decade of experience on creative teams in luxury marketing for fashion, beauty and fine jewelry brands.

Creatively driven, I am a classically trained photographer with a strong technical background. I have produced, styled, shot, retouched and managed numerous projects to create high-quality imagery for campaigns, web and marketing.

Skills

Editorial Illustration

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Editorial Illustration

Intermediate

Work Experience

Photographer at Erika Miyagiwa Photography

January 1, 2011 - November 3, 2025

Photography, production, art direction and design for fashion, beauty, fine jewelry and lifestyle brands. Contracted work for HiddenSpace Jewelry, Mom Cozy, Rock Revival Denim, Miss Me Denim, Gloomy Bear, Fan of a Fan, Soto Worldwide, RTA, Enjoy Basketball, Friends NYC, Pickle Boys, Moki Baby, Production Club and others.

Senior Photographer at Farfetch

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022

Led the Fine Jewelry photography department in a fast-paced studio. Built out the Fine Jewelry Studio, shot 100% of Fine Jewelry imagery in studio, produced FPS imagery for brands such as Proenza Schouler and Violet Grey, collaborated with global teams on Fashion Concierge & collaborations, built and ran test sets for process changes, trained new hires, and maintained standards and equipment across sets.

Photographer + Digital Asset Manager at Shy Creation

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Directed visual changes and implemented processes to establish modern photography standards within the marketing department. Responsibilities included managing all photography projects, producing, photographing and editing assets for wholesale, DTC, social media and publications, driving holiday campaign strategies, graphic design and copywriting, asset management with 3rd party contractors, and maintaining the digital archive.

Photography and Studio Assistant at Love Bucket Photo

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017

Retouching, file management, equipment management, assisting pre/post production, sourcing material for shoots, setting up lighting and assisting on sets.

Photographer at The Way We Wore

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018

Photographed and retouched images for e-commerce and marketing; implemented a digital archiving system for internal organization and introduced a new image standard to best communicate the unique qualities of garments to collectors and customers.

Photographer + Studio Manager at SEPHORA

January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013

Photographed, lit and styled an extensive range of products for sephora.com following brand guidelines. As Studio Manager, maintained sets and equipment to ensure a smooth workflow for the photography department.

Assistant Photography Lab Manager + Teaching Assistant at California College of the Arts

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

Supported the operation of the photography lab, maintained black & white and color darkrooms, digital photo lab, lighting studio, Test Strip Gallery, equipment usage and rentals. Aided students with lab processes and supported professors in lectures, labs and critiques on fundamentals of various photographic processes and fine art photography.