Angelina Jolie Photographed by Isabel Snyder, 1997

Before working in photography, Isabel Snyder worked the arts, teaching and working in theater, music, and design. As a result, she developed a sophisticated sense for style and environment.

Snyder credits her diverse experiences in life as having an extremely influential impact on her work. Her two year sojourn to South America provided her with a unique perception into the human spirit. She utilizes this heightened intuition to enhance her portrayal of the personalities and celebrities she photographs. It is the “divine nature of each individual” that Snyder strives to capture through her lens.

Isabel Snyder began her involvement with photography 25 years ago. Shooting fashion and celebrities, the culmination of Snyder’s personal and professional history enables her to see, bring forth, and capture the essence radiating from within each subject.

Isabel Snyder’s photographs have appeared in countless major publications, including: VOGUE, ELLE, US Magazine, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Instyle, Detour, Details, British GQ, and many more...

Here’s an amazing photoshoot of Angelina Jolie taken by Isabel Snyder in 1997: