Jason travis photographer biography video

"Highlighting individuals is something that I've really come to love," Jason Travis told the crowd at his Creative Mornings talk in 2016.

The Los Angeles-based designer and photographer learned his way around a camera by shooting portraits of family and friends – from there, he started his Persona series, which pairs photos of people he's met with the things they carry in their bags.

He's taken more than 500 portraits for the series since 2007!

At MailChimp, where Travis worked for over 3 years, his projects often celebrated colleagues – from a #MeetMailChimp series on social media to baseball cards highlighting what different employees do at the company.

In his new TranspLAnts zine, published as a digital mini, Travis captures people who moved to Los Angeles from somewhere else – like he did, after spending his whole life in Georgia.

"I wanted to learn how living in different places has shaped their existence," he says.

Below, Travis