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Photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Born and raised Seattle, WA.

Chicago

A few weeks ago, I went to Chicago to work on the cookbook with Adam. We did a ton of work which I cannot reveal here, but we also got to see a little bit of the city:

market day

the view from hancock tower
the view from the ladies room in hancock tower

on the streets

adam with our [...]

Release Party

A few shots from last week’s release party for “Lost & Found” at House of Yes.

Abby Payne - Lost & Found

I’m so proud to have made this video with Abby Payne and all her amazing band-mates & dancers!! We had a release party last night for the video, and Abby’s new EP will be coming out soon.

Abby Payne - Lost & Found from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

the city, the summer

a few highlights of the last few weeks:

yoga with zarah kravitz @ the highline
my first time to the empire state building!
working alongside and trying to pick up some technique from this badass dude

tel aviv for foodies

i’ll never forget the amazing meal sigal shared with us at her apartment in tel aviv, nor the conversation we got into during our feast.

jerusalem for foodies

it’s all about the hair II

some behind the scenes photos from my shoot at caramel city in april.

it’s been hot lately

this is a scene kyle & i stumbled onto at 7:22am a couple days ago in the middle of the recent heat wave. don’t know the back story, wish i had been there when they woke up, though.

it’s been hot lately from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

it’s all about the hair

some portrait work that i did for caramel city salon a few months back.

staten island

i started this video a long time ago in the winter, but it wasn’t complete until kyle made some music that fit it perfectly:

staten island from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

upstate

a couple photos from the adventure inbal and i had upstate a couple weekends ago.

book news

I’m super super excited to be working with Adam Roberts on his new cookbook! Adam, Tyla (his intern and food blogger) and I had a pre-year-of-hard-and-delicious-work dinner party at Adam’s place a couple weeks ago, and he made a blog post with a few photos I couldn’t resist taking. I don’t know what else to [...]

Israel Ch. 3: Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, with Ariel Yehuda Hoffman playing piano.

Israel Ch. 3: Tel Aviv from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

Hula Bike Ride

Inbal & Matthew and I had a beautiful bike ride in Hula, Israel. This is my memory of it.

Israel Ch. 2: Hula Bike Ride from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

Kittehs of Israel: ur doin it right

There are a lot of cats in Israel, but most of them don’t really want to hang out with people, unless you’re going to feed them. Everyone kept telling me that cats:Israelis as squirrels:Americans. That’s cool, but I think cats are way cuter than squirrels, personally.
This is a very tiny sampling of the [...]