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Chicago Portrait Photographers

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The Top Chicago Portrait Photographers, 2026

Browse these top-rated portrait photographers from Chicago

Portrait photographer in Chicago
Nenad N.
Chicago
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Nenad is experienced professional photographer who has worked for various clients and organizations across Europe and USA for the last 20 years.

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Ken O.
Chicago
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Ken has a background and training in cinematography for commercial and narrative with a passion for still photography. Armed with cinematic techniques, he shoots portraits and editorial photography with a cinematographer’s mental tool kit. He has worked freelance and worked with companies such as Lifetouch Studios in the past, bringing modern lighting and a vintage aesthetic. He can also accommodate most looks to seamlessly find the right visual language for each project.

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Maya M.
Chicago
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camera Leica Q2, Hasselblad Lunar, Canon EOS 5D, Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon R6

Maya has always had a love for photography. From a very early age - if she went, a camera went with her! Maya cultivated that love with darkroom work, photography courses, and contributing to her college as photo editor of the newspaper, yearbook and literary magazine Maya specializes in Maternity Shoots, Newborn Sessions, Children's Photography, Head shots, Engagements and Family Portraits. She also shoots Special Events and Celebrations such as Charity Gala's, Small Weddings and Birthday Parties. If she were to choose a favorite...it definitely would be family photography capturing moments to be shared generation, after generation, after generation.

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Maria N.
Chicago
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camera Nikon D750, NikonD500

Maria Nevarez is an experienced professional photographer who has worked with many clients in the Chicagoland area for 5 years. She has an associate's degree in photography from the College of Dupage. She specializes in portrait, sports, food and architecture with over 400 shoots all over Chicago and the surrounding cities. She has also been featured on multiple online platforms including ABC 7 and 360Chicago.

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Andrew W.
Chicago
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Andrew is a commercial photographer and photojournalist based in and around Chicago. His background in graphic design and art direction directly informs his work—he considers how images will be used within a design and the overall art direction and creative strategy. He has photographed product and marketing imagery for DoorDash, covered national news with SOPA Images—a globally recognized wire service—and produced commercial and corporate imagery for clients across industries including automotive, industrial design, manufacturing, and beyond. Whether in fast-moving, high-pressure environments or a commercial studio, he approaches each assignment with intent, creating images that serve their purpose and fit seamlessly into the broader visual language.

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Kyle R.
Chicago
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I love to create! I have been taking photos for about 8 years now, started taking it more seriously about 4 years ago. I have traveled across the country in cars older than I am with one goal in mind - To capture beautiful, real, genuine moments of people and the world they are living in. There is no better way to train or practice photography than driving 5000+ miles and seeing nearly every sunrise and sunset over a 3-week period. I have lately been shooting live concerts and events, in addition to working on studio work with some of these artists.

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Chicago Portrait Photography Statistics

Average Portrait job start rating4.9
Portrait Chicago photography jobs per day914
Average length of Portrait photography job (hours)1.5
Portrait Photos taken per hour in Chicago3,428