ABOUT ELEVEN HEARTS STUDIOS

Gigi Goknur Olguner is the founder and the main photographer of Eleven Hearts Studios. Her experience in photojournalism, fashion and art define the aesthetic of her style as a contemporary wedding photographer.

Gigi has been featured many magazines around the world, including Vogue, Perfect Wedding, Elle, Cosmopolitan Bride, Washington Post, District Weddings, New You, Style Me Pretty, Ruffled, Instyle, Marie Claire, Maison Francaise, Cosmopolitan, Gawker etc...

She travels back and forth to Europe and Mexico to cover weddings and other events, as well as teach photography workshops for aspiring photographers. Her editorial style combines a photojournalistic approach with an artistic attention to detail, lighting, and composition. From Manhattan to London, Bahamas to Istanbul, Gigi's eye for capturing a celebration at its best continues to set the industry standard.

Currently, she manages a renowned wedding, fashion and portrait studio in Washington, D.C. And New York with worldwide clientele and she still keeps that subtle innocence that makes her work the decadent elegance it has become.

Awards

In 2013, Best of Washington, D.C. As Art Film Photographers by Washington Awards.

In 2012, Eleven Hearts Studios been selected for the Wedding Professional Hot List by Momentville.

In 2011, her company Eleven Hearts Studios had been selected in the top 5 percent of Wedding Pros Nationwide by Bride's Choice Awards.

In 2011, she won an Adobe® Award on the Behance Network.

In 2010, she won the Bride's Choice Awards from Martha Stewart Weddings and also from WeddingWire.

In 2008, she opened another studio in Santa Monica, California and later she had been awarded one of the best wedding photographers in Beverly Hills, California by Content Society.

In 2006, she was selected one of top ten wedding photographers by A-List in Washington, D.C.

In 2005, she was juried to become a Life Time Resident Artist at Torpedo Factory for her art in mixed media painting. Her paintings are in many collections around the world.

Memberships

Juried member of AGWPJ (Artistic Guild of Wedding Photojournalist Association)

Juried member of BOW (Best of Wedding Photographers)

Member of WPPI (Wedding and Portraits Photographers International)

Member of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers)

Juried Member of Torpedo Factory

Years of Experience: 14

Member of: Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), and International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP)

WILLING TO TRAVEL

ADDRESS

United States