About.

Liepins is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area and available to travel.


I'm a proudly Minnesotan photographer, cinematographer, and producer specializing in a documentary approach to storytelling.


With more than a half-decade background in photojournalism, I strive to tell every story I'm trusted with as authentically as possible.


Liepins co-founded and runs the creative production studio Ethography and will graduate from Stanford University in June 2025 with a B.A. in Communication.


e: nikolas@ethography.com

Nikolas Liepins in a white sweater take a photo of himself in the reflection of a dark window that acts as a mirror.

His work has appeared worldwide, from the Washington Post, LA Times, NBC, and Good Morning America, to Fortune, the Guardian, the Atlantic, and People.


Clients

Editorial clients include Shutterstock Editorial, the Associated Press, Anadolu Agency syndicated via Getty Images, and the European Pressphoto Agency.

Individual and enterprise clients are maintained through his studio Ethography and include Meet Minneapolis and various divisions of Stanford University.


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