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I'm Michael Zorn, a visual artist, photographer, and production specialist with 10+ years of documentary-style photography, retouching, and photorealistic image development. I’m deeply invested in creating imagery that feels authentic, tangible, and narrative-driven, whether for editorial, documentary, or commercial projects. I blend photography fundamentals with digital compositing and AI-assisted workflows to craft realistic, detail-driven visual narratives. My work spans production environments from independent projects to large-scale collaborations, always aiming for visual honesty and production realism.…I'm Michael Zorn, a visual artist, photographer, and production specialist with 10+ years of documentary-style photography, retouching, and photorealistic image development. I’m deeply invested in creating imagery that feels authentic, tangible, and narrative-driven, whether for editorial, documentary, or commercial projects. I blend photography fundamentals with digital compositing and AI-assisted workflows to craft realistic, detail-driven visual narratives. My work spans production environments from independent projects to large-scale collaborations, always aiming for visual honesty and production realism.

Michael Sean Zorn

Production Manager, Graphic Designer, Production Designer, +6

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I'm Michael Zorn, a visual artist, photographer, and production specialist with 10+ years of documentary-style photography, retouching, and photorealistic image development. I’m deeply invested in creating imagery that feels authentic, tangible, and narrative-driven, whether for editorial, documentary, or commercial projects. I blend photography fundamentals with digital compositing and AI-assisted workflows to craft realistic, detail-driven visual narratives. My work spans production environments from independent projects to large-scale collaborations, always aiming for visual honesty and production realism.…I'm Michael Zorn, a visual artist, photographer, and production specialist with 10+ years of documentary-style photography, retouching, and photorealistic image development. I’m deeply invested in creating imagery that feels authentic, tangible, and narrative-driven, whether for editorial, documentary, or commercial projects. I blend photography fundamentals with digital compositing and AI-assisted workflows to craft realistic, detail-driven visual narratives. My work spans production environments from independent projects to large-scale collaborations, always aiming for visual honesty and production realism.

Available to hire

I’m Michael Zorn, a visual artist, photographer, and production specialist with 10+ years of documentary-style photography, retouching, and photorealistic image development. I’m deeply invested in creating imagery that feels authentic, tangible, and narrative-driven, whether for editorial, documentary, or commercial projects.

I blend photography fundamentals with digital compositing and AI-assisted workflows to craft realistic, detail-driven visual narratives. My work spans production environments from independent projects to large-scale collaborations, always aiming for visual honesty and production realism.

Skills

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English

Fluent

Work Experience

Production Manager at Perspective Branding

May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2024

Production Manager for a branding and design firm specializing in food and beverage packaging; interfaced with vendors and clients, managed timelines and budgets, provided mechanical artwork, photo retouching, and managed regulatory aspects and vendor relationships for clients including Pepsi, Starbucks, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Mission Foods and Wild Planet.

Production Designer at Facebook/Meta

February 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021

Founding member of the Facebook Marketplace Visual Systems team; developed efficient asset-building and archive workflows to manage thousands of assets; supported design team with photo retouching, compositing, and built screen templates and archive systems.

Production Designer at GoPro

November 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018

Complete refresh of GoPro camera and accessory packaging, including external packaging, instruction manuals and other documentation, internal structures and fulfillment guides in multiple languages. Designed logos for GoPro's IT department and internal informational posters.

Senior Production Artist/Team Lead at Apple

June 1, 2013 - October 1, 2017

Worked with innovative Photoshop and Adobe CS techniques to produce the visual assets used by Apple for worldwide geo teams, including photo-realistic hardware illustration, lifestyle photo retouching, UI elements for Apple’s website and marketing channels. Managed team workflow, QC, image tracking, training new employees and coordinating Apple work experience team members.

Production Design & Visual Asset Development at Apple / Meta / GoPro

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2021

Created and managed high-precision visual assets requiring meticulous attention to detail and production realism. Supported image retouching, production workflows, and visual consistency across global projects.

Production Artist/Graphic Designer at Freelance

April 1, 2011 - Present

Freelance Production Artist/Graphic Designer delivering print production, asset creation, product design, illustration, logo design, photo compositing and retouching services for startups and branding firms such as Coinbase, Buck, Vida, WHM, Roku, 1185 Design, Anthem! Worldwide and the Trinity Brand Group.

Freelance Photographer / Visual Artist at Self-employed

January 1, 2011 - Present

Produced documentary-style photography projects emphasizing realism, narrative, and environmental authenticity. Created photorealistic composites, retouched imagery, and editorial visuals for commercial and creative projects. Developed image treatments designed to replicate natural photographic artifacts, surveillance aesthetics, and documentary visual language. Applied advanced Photoshop workflows for cleanup, compositing, color correction, and visual consistency. Researched and replicated specific visual styles for publication and production needs.