RTS Studios

A photography & art direction studio.

Washington, D.C

 

 Visual worlds. Images built around characters and ideas that deserve to exist beyond a single frame.

 
 

Selected Work

Three projects, in rotation.

 

i.

Saudade

Editorial

 
 
 

ii.

Love & Other Obsessions

Editorial

 
 
 

iii.

Frame x Frame

Episodic

 

Two photographers shoot the same model, the same location, with the cameras of their choosing. The episodes sit the work side by side — an inquiry into how the eye, and the instrument, shape what the picture becomes.

 

Premiere — 2026

 

Two eyes on the same subject, and the picture is never the same picture.

On Frame × Frame

 

World Building, with intention.

 

A study in stillness — the kind that comes from having nothing to prove. Sovereignty as posture, lineage as light.

 

We make pictures slowly, and only of things we love.

- The Studio

 

The Studio

RTS Studios is a photography and art direction practice founded by Brandon “Yogi” Shields, working from Washington, D.C.

The studio takes a small number of projects each year · editorial, fine art, and commissioned work for select clients · with a preference for long collaborations and quiet rooms.

New work is published in volumes. Inquiries are welcomed by appointment.

 
 

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