nico oved | photographer

nico is from Canada, which means he's exceptional at saying ‘please' and 'thank you' and doesn't really get cold. He went to school in Montréal, Toronto, San Francisco and São Paulo and after a few years in Brazil, his Portuguese is fluent but his samba steps still need some work. Instead, he has mastered the dance of meeting someone new and immediately collaborating with them on their portrait. That, and light. Really pretty light. Now based in Oakland, you’ll find him pedaling a cargo bike, no-kneading sourdough bread and irrationally supporting his unremarkable hometown soccer team Toronto FC.

“I'm a people person. I'm passionate about real people doing really interesting things and storytelling in an honest and straightforward way. I enjoy finding overlooked people in out of the way places and telling their stories. I love the thought that the more particular and specific a narrative is, the more universally it resonates.”

nicooved@gmail.com
415 238 1807

Selected Clients:
Visa
USAA
Walmart
Molson
Gusto
Anova
Future Of Us
Peek Kids
Ruby Ribbon
Visit Oakland
Erickson Stock
TVO

Selected Publications:
Food & Wine
Time Out
American Way
Napa Sonoma
Centennial Kitchen
PDN
Vanity Fair (Italy)
New York Times
San Francisco Examiner
Toronto Star
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil)
Le Temps (Switzerland)