"I used to post whatever selfie was on my phone. Michael's photos changed how people see my company. I use them on my website, my LinkedIn, my pitch decks — and for the first time my brand looks as serious as the work we do."
Richard G
NYC In-Studio Corporate Headshot Photographer
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Boost your personal brand or enhance your private life with a professional social profile photo to use across your social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn. Share your social media confidently with a photo that exudes professionalism.
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Case Study — One Session in Action
One Photoshoot Every Quarter. A Full Library of Marketing Assets.
When the president of a professional association needed a consistent public image, her team stopped relying on low-quality phone snapshots and switched to one professional studio session per quarter. Each shoot — multiple outfits, multiple expressions — powers three months of polished social media content: quote posts, awareness campaigns, and holiday graphics. Every post looks deliberate, on-brand, and unmistakably professional.
1 ShootEvery 3 Months
90 DaysOf Social Content
Pro Qualityvs. Phone Snapshots
Your Photographer
Michael Benabib
Before he photographed the boardroom, he photographed the celebrities of the era — David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Keith Richards, President Bill Clinton — editorials that ran in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, GQ, and The New York Times, and now hang in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and MoMA. His 2026 solo exhibition in Tokyo — a retrospective of musician portraits and celebrity magazine work spanning three decades — brought that legacy into full view.
That training of connecting with his subjects, finding the authentic moment, working without disruption — turned out to be exactly what corporate portraiture demands. Michael made a natural progression into shooting corporate and branding work.
Over 30 years later, he has photographed heads of state, Fortune 500 CEOs, federal attorneys, and physicians — in studio and on-location, lending a sensitive eye to the craft. The result is never a headshot. It's a portrait that tells the truth.
David Bowie © Michael Benabib
"The legal and financial fields are built on trust. Your portrait is the first place that trust is either established or lost."
Michael Benabib
Your image, your message
Our Midtown Studio Works Around You.
Most branding photos make founders look like a stock template, polished, sure, but empty. The person who shows up in the room is warmer, sharper, and more human than the photo suggests. That gap costs you: people connect with people, not with a headshot that could belong to anyone.
Michael's work closes that gap. Every session starts with a real conversation, because he's genuinely interested in the person in front of the lens and after 30 years photographing movers and shakers, he still feels lucky to meet every one of them. That curiosity is the whole method. It's what draws out the ease, the warmth, and the quiet confidence that make a portrait unmistakably you.
The result isn't a headshot. It's a true representation of who you are the founder your customers, investors, and audience will feel they already know before you've said a word. That's the difference between a photo people scroll past and one they remember.
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Studio amenity
Hair & makeup
On-site hair and makeup station so you arrive camera-ready with zero extra logistics.
Studio amenity
Private changing room
A dedicated changing room to move between outfits comfortably and at your own pace.
Location
Fifth Ave, Midtown
Steps from the city's top law firms and corporate headquarters. Easy access, prestigious address.
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Built On Personal Connection
Michael directs from genuine interest, not a checklist. He gets to know you first, so the camera catches the real person relaxed, present, and warm not a posed stranger.
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Warmth & Humanity, On Camera
Founders sell trust. We frame, light, and coach for the approachable confidence that makes people want to work with you the quality a phone selfie never captures.
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A Brand Library, Not One Photo
Multiple looks and setups from a single session website, LinkedIn, press, decks, and social all consistent, all recognizably you.
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Preview on-set — leave Certain
You review and approve selects before you leave the Fifth Avenue studio. Retouched, high-resolution files delivered same day. No surprises.
Client Voices
"The portrait Michael took became my book jacket, my speaker page, and every profile I own. What surprised me most was how me it looks — the warmth actually comes through. People tell me they feel like they know me before we've met."
Carolyn R
"One session gave my team a full library of images. We've stretched a single shoot across three months of social posts, press features, and email campaigns — all consistent, all professional. It completely replaced the low-quality phone photos we were embarrassed by."
Guy B
STUDIO
Capture your best image and overall tone you intend to project for prospective clients and colleagues. customized lighting and vignettes to highlight your best features.
ON-LOCATION
On-location environmental portraits at your office tells a story and adds legitimacy. It's the most contemporary style to highlight company culture.
EVENTS
Corporate event photography is essential for social media and editorial purposes; promote product launches, seminars, conferences, retreats, shareholder meetings, presentations.
LEGAL & FINANCE
We work with a myriad of Fortune 500 companies, both in New York City and nationwide. Also, Executive Photos NYC photographs executive portraits of many prominent lawyers; such as Loretta E. Lynch (Attorney General of the United States of America) and Kirk Radke (internationally recognized private equity and corporate attorney).
INDUSTRIAL
The industrial photographer cautiously photographs construction as it's happening in a documentary fashion & captures portraits when appropriate. We work with the world's leading construction groups such as Skanska, and some of the biggest civil & civic projects in New York City; including the creation of the 2nd Avenue Subway and the development of Moynihan Station in the former Farley Post Office.
MEDICAL
Many medical professionals need a portrait for their website, social media, or for publications. Whether in the studio or on location, Michael Benabib, corporate photographer can make an image that suits your specific needs - whether you are a pediatrician, or a radiologist. On location shoots can give context and demystify the treatment process for fearful and wary patients.
