About

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Roxanne McCann is a native of San Francisco, California.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  She studied abroad at the Stanford campus in Rome, where she became immersed in Italian Renaissance art.   She began studying photography as a college graduate after being given her first camera by Austin McCann.

While producing television commercials in Los Angeles, McCann observed the work of many talented cinematographers, among them Academy Award-winners Haskell Wexler and Conrad Hall and the multi-award-winning director/cameraman Joe Pytka. At that time she began taking production stills.

Renaissance Art has been a continuing inspiration for McCann. In the Ancestral Traditions photo essay the influence of the dramatic chiaroscuro effect used by Caravaggio and the captured moment of the sculptor Bernini are evident.  The subjects are lit only by available light – a spotlight, fire, or a sunbeam, and at times emerge from the darkness like apparitions. Many of these limited-edition gelatin silver photographs have been printed by the artist using advanced darkroom techniques. 

The Visions of Hawai’i  photo essay embraces the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands, as seen in a beautiful face, a spectacular vista, or a chameleon’s tiny world. The color work leaves behind the gravitas of the black and white for a lighter feeling.

Getty Images represents McCann.  Their collection of over 1200 of her images includes Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Dick Van Dyke,  Robert Altman, Ringo Starr, James Cameron, Nicole Kidman, Maya Soetoro-Ng,  Buffy Sainte-Marie,  Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Henry Fonda, Martin Sheen, President Gerald Ford, George C. Scott, Jack Lemmon, John Larroquette, Burgess Meredith, Pat Benatar, Cindy Williams and Scarlett Johansson.

McCann's work has been featured in numerous publications in many countries, including Vogue, Esquire, Architectural Digest, Elle, People Magazine, InStyle, Hawaii Magazine, T.V. Guide, L’Officiel, Forbes, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Malibu Times Magazine, This Week on Kaua’i, Hawaii Magazine, Hawaiian Style Magazine, Hana Hou, AdAge, Variety, Slam, and Scientific American. 

Her photographs have appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The InStyle Television Special, Fox News, The Weather Channel, and NBC News.  They are also published in Colin Cowie's Weddings, Vera Wang on Weddings  and The American Journey of Barack Obama.

McCann has photographed record covers and inserts, one of which received a Grammy nomination for Best Album Cover and has created images for marketing materials and political campaigns.

Sonic Editions and Uncrate offer framed prints of McCann’s work, and custom prints are available through this website.

 Her photographs are in private collections throughout the world.