A.J. Chavar

Photographer and Cinematographer

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Location: New York City, New York

Nationality: American

Biography: A.J. Chavar is an award winning cinematographer, photographer, multimedia journalist and producer in New York City, available for work wherever needed. A.J. is Creative Strategist for The New York Times R&D lab, exploring and explaining... MORE

Focus: Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Advertising, Street Art, Editor, Curator, Producer, Director, Videographer, Researcher, Reporter, Politics, Travel, Sports, Video Editor, Still Life, Fashion, Fine Art, Architecture, Luxury, Technology, Science, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Style, Creative, Video, Film, Photo Editor, Creative Director, Photography, Portraiture, Illustration, VR, Stock, Lifestyle, Conceptual, Art, Culture, Director of Photography, Lighting Tech, Social Media Editor, Visuals Editor, National Desk, International News, Arts & Culture, Staff, Freelance, International Desk, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Animals, Life, Metro Desk, Assignments, Commercial, Teacher

9/11 Memorial, donated by the P...me strip club, White Haven, PA.

9/11 Memorial, donated by the Pleasure Dome strip club, White Haven, PA.

RGB Pixel Field One.

Climbing rose, Brooklyn, NY.

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia, PA.

Harrogate planned community. Avondale, PA.

On the edge of the wildfire, someone in Washington state, 2017.

Baltimore, MD.

North Arlington, NJ.

Lafayette Park, Washington, DC.

Republic, WA.

Green Pixel Field.

Deer exhibit, Smithsonian National Zoo. Washington, DC.

National Mall, Washington, DC.

Wildfire remains in front of ne...n Colville National Forest, WA.

Wildfire remains in front of new and old growth forest in Colville National Forest, WA.

Shetland Islands.

GrundarfjÃ¶rÃ°ur, Iceland

Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Motel footprints, Moore, OK.

San Francisco.

Highrise, Arlington, VA.

RGB Pixel Field Two.

Tern. Iceland.

Downtown Manhattan.

Blue pixel field.

San Francisco/Marin Headlands.

Rockaway Beach, Brooklyn, NY.

Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Embarcadero, San Francisco.

Pink Rose.

Washington Monument.

Baltimore, MD.

The Supreme Court of the United States.

Union Square, Manhattan.

San Francisco.

The flock.

Summer afternoon in the park.

Cherry blossoms after the storm, Washington, DC.

Anatomy.

McDonalds, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.

RGB Pixel Field Three.

Courthouse, Arlington, VA.

Tucson, Arizona.

Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

Red Pixel Field One.

Cannibalism, Central Park.

The High Line, Manhattan, NY

Bloomindale, Washington, DC.

Shaw skatepark, Washington, DC.

The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Oregon Coast.

The Washington Post, Washington, DC.

Trenton, NJ.

Army Recruitment Booth, Times Square, New York City.

RGB Pixel Field Four.

Chicago, IL

Rossyln, VA.

Washington, DC.

California coast.

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Penn Station, New York.

RGB Pixel Field Five.

PLAY

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LOVE

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Thumbnail of Deer exhibit, Smithsonian National Zoo. Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of National Mall, Washington, DC.

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Thumbnail of Motel footprints, Moore, OK.

Thumbnail of San Francisco/Marin Headlands.

Thumbnail of Rockaway Beach, Brooklyn, NY.

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Thumbnail of Embarcadero, San Francisco.

Thumbnail of The Supreme Court of the United States.

Thumbnail of Summer afternoon in the park.

Thumbnail of Cherry blossoms after the storm, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of McDonalds, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of The High Line, Manhattan, NY

Thumbnail of Bloomindale, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of Shaw skatepark, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Thumbnail of The Washington Post, Washington, DC.

Thumbnail of Army Recruitment Booth, Times Square, New York City.

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What I See

Copyright A.J. Chavar 2023

Updated Nov 2020

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Topics Abandonment, Abstract, Abuse, Activism, Agriculture, Animals, Architecture, Beauty, Belief, Borders, Business, Capitalism, Community, Conceptual, Documentary, Editorial, Environment, Essays, Faith, Fashion, Fine Art, Fire, Forest, Hope, Isolation, Joy, Landscape, Macro, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Portraiture, Privacy, Religion, Reporting, Revolution, Science, Sorrow, Spirituality, Spotlight, Still life, Stock, Street, Technology, Texture, Travel, Wildlife, Yearning

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