Lifestyle photographer in New York
Antonio Cuellar is a lifestyle photographer in New York with over 20 years of experience working with hotels and luxury brands. Antonio Cuellar is a brand-approved photographer for Marriott, Fairmont, Mandarin Oriental, InterContinental, Hilton, and a few others, with experience working with these brands worldwide. Over that career, Antonio Cuellar’s lifestyle work has extended beyond hospitality brands into travel brands, airlines, airports, and many restaurants — a range that reflects lifestyle photography as it’s practiced across the hospitality and travel industry, not personal or family portraiture.
Capturing Authentic Moments Across Hospitality and Travel
Lifestyle photography is about telling a story through images, and Antonio Cuellar’s approach focuses on capturing candid, real moments that convey emotion and authenticity within a hospitality or travel setting — a couple relaxing poolside, a guest settling into a first-class cabin, the energy of a hotel restaurant at dinner service. Antonio Cuellar’s keen eye for detail and ability to direct a scene without making it feel staged results in images that are both beautiful and believable.
A Portfolio Built Across Hotels, Airlines, and Restaurants
As a lifestyle photographer in New York, Antonio Cuellar brings a diverse and dynamic portfolio shaped by two decades of brand-approved hospitality work. That range extends to travel brands, airlines, and airports, where lifestyle photography has to convey the excitement of a destination or the comfort of a journey, and to restaurants, where the goal is capturing atmosphere and dining experience rather than just plated dishes. A closer look at this work is available on Food & Beverage Photography.
Adapting to the Brand, Not the Other Way Around
Because of the nature of lifestyle photography, Antonio Cuellar usually adapts his style to fit each brand’s identity rather than imposing a fixed personal look across every project. A luxury hotel’s poolside lifestyle imagery and an airline’s cabin lifestyle campaign call for different lighting, pacing, and composition — the goal on every shoot is imagery that feels unmistakably true to that specific brand, not imagery that feels unmistakably like Antonio Cuellar.
Production Team and Collaboration
Antonio Cuellar often works with his own production team, but he’s equally comfortable collaborating with a client’s or agency’s own production company, stepping into their existing workflow and working alongside the stylists, producers, and digital techs they bring along. That flexibility allows brands to bring Antonio Cuellar into a shoot however it’s already being run, without needing to build a new production process around him.
Personalized and Professional Service
What sets Antonio Cuellar apart as a lifestyle photographer in New York is a commitment to personalized and professional service. From the initial consultation to the final delivery of images, Antonio Cuellar and his team work closely with clients to understand their vision and objectives — a collaborative approach that ensures the final product aligns with the brand’s expectations. That professionalism is evident in his punctuality, reliability, and attention to detail on every set.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of lifestyle photography does Antonio Cuellar shoot in New York? Primarily hospitality and travel lifestyle imagery — hotels, restaurants, airlines, and airports — rather than personal or family portrait photography.
Which hotel brands is Antonio Cuellar approved to work with? Antonio Cuellar is a brand-approved photographer for Marriott, Fairmont, Mandarin Oriental, InterContinental, and Hilton, among others, with experience working with these brands worldwide.
Does Antonio Cuellar shoot lifestyle photography for airlines and airports? Yes. In addition to hospitality brands, Antonio Cuellar’s lifestyle work includes travel brands, airlines, and airports.
Does Antonio Cuellar bring his own production team? Yes. Antonio Cuellar often works with his own production team, but he’s also happy to collaborate with production companies that have their own teams, stylists, and digital techs.
Work With Antonio Cuellar
Hotels, restaurants, airlines, and travel brands looking for a lifestyle photographer in New York who understands how to capture an authentic guest experience can get in touch with Antonio Cuellar to discuss a project. More of his portfolio is available on the homepage.
Further reading on hospitality and travel lifestyle marketing:
- Skift — travel industry news and trends
- Condé Nast Traveler
- American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)