Portrait Commissions, Image Libraries & Brand Editions
Hart Getzen develops portrait commissions, image libraries, and printed brand editions for founders, leaders, creators, and institutions that need images to function strategically as well as aesthetically .
Each assignment is custom-quoted based on scope, intended use, production requirements, and deliverables.
Portrait Commissions
Portrait Commissions are built for individuals and small teams who need more than a generic likeness. Through narrative portraiture, these assignments use environment, tone, and context to create images with authority and staying power.
Well suited to founders, executives, artists, authors, conductors, entrepreneurs, and institutional leaders.
Image Libraries
Image Libraries are commissioned bodies of work built for repeated use across multiple platforms and moments. They provide a coherent visual system: portraits, context, process, details, and supporting scenes.
Brand Editions
Brand Editions are printed narrative objects developed from a portrait commission or image library, or commissioned as a standalone deliverable.
They are especially useful for executive introductions, investor meetings, donor cultivation, client development, launches, exhibitions, and high-value relationship building.
Who This Work Is Best For
This work is best suited to founders, executives, artists, institutions, cultural organizations, public-facing professionals, and premium small businesses that need images to function strategically as well as aesthetically.
How Projects Are Scoped
Every project is shaped by the realities of the assignment: subject count, location count, production complexity, scheduling, post-production, and final deliverables. Some commissions are straightforward. Others expand into image libraries or printed editions with broader narrative and commercial use. Scope is determined by what the work needs to do once it is delivered.
How We Work
Discovery
We define the subject, audience, intended use, and narrative direction.
Development
Scope, schedule, production requirements, and deliverables are established for approval.
Production
Sessions are conducted on location or in a controlled setting with emphasis on authenticity, coherence, and authority.
Curation
Images are refined into a focused selection built for narrative strength and practical use.
Delivery
You receive a finished image set, image library, or printed brand edition according to the approved scope.
Quoting
All projects are custom-quoted.
Portrait Commissions start at $1,500. Image libraries and Brand Editions are quoted according to scope.
Fees are determined by scope, production requirements, final deliverables, and intended use.
What to Send When Inquiring
A useful inquiry includes the following:
Organization or client name
Type of project
Intended use
Location
Timeline
Known production needs
Budget range, if available
Selected Clients and Recognition
IMAX Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Mutual, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Universal Studios, NASA, Dentsu Tokyo, and work held in the collection of The New York Historical.
Real Results
“For the IMAX IPO, Hart’s visual storytelling was credited with strengthening investor confidence and contributing substantially to valuation."​
- Bradley Wechsler, CEO, IMAX Corporation.
Begin a Commission
For portrait commissions, image libraries, printed brand editions, availability, and press inquiries, please get in touch.
hart@hartgetzenphotography.com
Austin, Texas | 310-597-2009​