About Bruce Johnson Studios

I began my career as a news photographer at 16, taking freelance assignments for Philadelphia newspapers that were looking to expand their coverage into Delaware. It was challenging, exciting, and a fast education in working under pressure.

After college, I worked for wire services, newspapers, and magazines in the New York City market. After winning several regional competitions, I was hired full time by the Philadelphia Daily News. It was there that I received the first of my Pulitzer Prize nominations, for coverage of the MOVE disaster — an event that still haunts the city.

Later, I moved to The Tampa Tribune, covering local, national, and international news stories. I traveled to Medellín, Colombia, in search of Pablo Escobar, and that work earned both a Pictures of the Year award and a Silver ADDY. I later received a second Pulitzer Prize nomination for an 18-month picture story on Eliana Martínez and pediatric AIDS.

A move back to the Northeast, along with the arrival of my sons, shifted my focus toward commercial photography. I built a strong business serving major corporate, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and editorial clients, including companies such as Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

Today, Bruce Johnson Studios is based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, known as North Carolina’s Research Triangle. My work now centers on architectural photography, commercial photography, digital staging, CGI, 360 virtual tours, light painting, and visual presentation for builders, architects, designers, businesses, and commercial clients.

Experience has taught me that you are only as good as your weakest image, so I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist. If you are looking for “good enough,” this probably is not the place. If you value careful, polished, professional work, let’s talk.