We Love What We Do!
Our Mission is to help you to feel more empowered and embodied — and to see femininity as a space of play and possibility rather than shame.
Meet Our Photographers
Sophie Spinelle, Founder
Sophie believes the complexity and power of glamour, and thinks rhinestones can be radical. She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College and Harvard University, and has studied many forms of art, including painting, theater, and music. In her first career, she worked for world change at a policy institute — but when she fell in love with photography and launched Shameless in 2009, she knew she’d found her calling. She feels blessed every day to do this work, and will stop at nothing to make sure that every person who comes to Shameless walks away feeling inspired and confident about who they are.
Carey Lynne, San Francisco
Carey has been in love with photography for as long as she can remember. She received her BFA in photography from George Mason University and studied for her Master’s in Photography at the Academy of Art University. Before joining Shameless, a great deal of her photo work focused on women, femininity, and bringing awareness to issues like rape and body image. When she joined Shameless in 2011 she knew that she had found something special — a perfect combination of creating beautiful images of strong women communicating messages that could change the way our society perceives beauty. Most recently, Carey’s American Beauty photo series was featured in newspapers, blogs, and magazines across the globe.
Angela Altus, New York
Angela is a visual storyteller whose work as a photojournalist, portrait and lifestyle photographer have enabled her to capture those unmistakable authentic moments of humanity that exist in people’s lives around the world. Angela’s professional mission is to champion stories of equality and to showcase female heroes looking to break the glass ceilings of their lives. Most recently her photojournalism assignments with the BBC and USA Today have taken her to remote (and not so remote) communities in Cambodia and Vietnam as well as her hometown of Detroit. She is thrilled to bring her passion for female empowerment to Shameless in New York, working with each client to embody their own beauty and truth.
Meet Our Team
Brooke Morris, Studio Manager
Brooke is not only the anchor of the Shameless ship, but also an accomplished artist in her own right. She studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts and her work has been published widely both in print and online. With her creative background and administrative skills, Brooke works to ensure that Shameless flourishes logistically as well as creatively.
Stylists & Assistants
Shameless would not exist without the dedication, passion, and talent of its makeup artists, hairstylists, and assistants. These extraodinary women add immeasurably to the quality of our images and make our studio a place full of laughter and warmth.
Our current San Francisco assistants & stylists are the amazing Malaika Clarke, Naomi García Pasmanick, Adelina Guliyeva, and Dazey LaRue. In New York, we are blessed to work with Caity Urquhart, Susan Simmons, Destinee Bell, Eve Maria Dwyer, and Mollie Dananberg.