Meet Morgan Holcomb | Photographer, Copywriter & Marketing Consultant

We had the good fortune of connecting with Morgan Holcomb and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Morgan, other than deciding to work for yourself, what else do you think played a pivotal role in your story?
Most of my work stems from a childhood wish to be seen as I wished I could be, and I realized that many others, children or otherwise, have the same wish. This is my main objective when working on a shoot, marketing project, or written work. Keeping this goal, to grant my own wish for others, has been a large factor in my success. I hope to make others see themselves as they’ve always wanted to be, confident, beautiful, heroic, or competent.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
While I was raised with a deep appreciation for the arts (especially performing arts), I ultimately decided to study Business Administration, with the knowledge that everything is a business. However, business itself was not enough, I took on an Interdisciplinary Cluster in Narrative and Dramatic Literature as “mental health” classes, reveling in Shakespeare after Marketing classes. It was around this time that I began searching for the bridge between the two, the combined importance of learning how the cooperate world operates and how close it is to telling and showing a compelling narrative through words, images, and design.

After trying my hand at Loan Processing (not my best decision) I decided to pursue a corporate position in a creative field, or a creative position in a corporate field. That allowed me to see behind both curtains as it were. And now I feel confident enough to give perspective to both fields.

It was very difficult, feeling like I didn’t quite belong in either field. Not brave enough to be an artist, not myopic enough to devote myself to the corporate world. I delt with a deluge of imposter syndrome. But eventually I learning the importance of being my own self, and the benefit that floating between the two worlds had for my clients.

Constantly viewing each project from every possible perspective. From an artistic, market-driven, and emotive standpoint, how would I engage?  I try to take pictures of productions as if I was on stage, how would I like to look in this moment, but also as if I was the media manager, what would be a good promotional image. Together the answer is simply to find what moves me and hope it moves others as well on the stage or in the boardroom.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Whenever friends come to visit, I always take them to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens (it’s in Pasadena, but I think it counts), it’s a great escape and a beautiful place to walk around and find inspiration.

In the city proper, I’d recommend catching a show at the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. They have amazing immersive experiences that really make theatre more accessible. The Last Bookstore and the Melrose Trading Posts are also favorites.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I want to shoutout the friends and coworkers I’ve made in my various positions who encouraged me to combine business and art to make a difference. I want to thank them for trusting me and agreeing to be my guinea pigs for various projects. Thank you to Montana Women Magazine for publishing my first article with photography and making the fear of sharing with the public a little less terrifying. To @ahangforcreatives who introduced me to other wonderful creative souls. And of course, thank you to my parents who filled my childhood with stories and art.

Website: www.morganholcombportfolio.com

Instagram: @morganholcombvo

Image Credits
I captured all images.