Meet the Team

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    Gary Matoso

    Founder, Creative Director, DP

    Born and raised in California, Gary Matoso began his career in a commercial photography studio in San Francisco. He later moved to Paris, France where he was based as a photojournalist for 16 years. His assignments took him across Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and the former Soviet republics. His photography has appeared in publications including: The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, People, Forbes, Smithsonian, Liberation, Le Monde, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times of London. In 2010 he founded Vignette, a creative agency and production company that focuses on telling meaningful stories through photography and film.

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    Cameron Zohoori

    Director, Head of Post-Production

    Cameron Zohoori is a filmmaker from North Carolina by way of Jamaica, Arkansas, and Seattle. After studying neuroscience, he decided storytelling was a more compelling way to affect people’s brains. Projects in diverse media have taken him from the hollers of Kentucky to the streets of Liberia, from cage diving with great white sharks to training rural radio producers. As a Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow he spent a year filming and photographing the lives of youth and youth workers in Lowell, Massachusetts. The resulting documentary “The Vow” played festivals around the country and internationally. Since 2015 Cameron has worked with Vignette in Seattle.

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    Louise Colette

    Senior Producer, Head of Casting and Story Development

    Louise Colette grew up in Paris, France and attended Concordia University focusing on sociology and film studies. She joined Vignette in 2018 and is a Senior Producer and Casting Director. She has a passion for people and an uncanny knack for finding meaningful stories that unfold on screen. As a producer she strives on building trusted relationships with cast and crew alike, and makes it a priority to ensure a safe, fun and equitable production environment for all.

Capabilities

In the Field

A person interviews a woman seated in a chair in a grand, circular hall with neoclassical architecture, captured by camera and lighting equipment.
A black-and-white eye-level shot captures three people standing outside a parked, illuminated "Taqueria Mexicana No. 2" food truck at night, with one man standing to the left and another man and a woman standing closer to the service window.
A man walks across the wide, concrete expanse of a large, sunny Buc-ee's gas station with stone-clad columns beneath a long, white, modern canopy.
A black-and-white, eye-level portrait shows a young man with dark, slightly unkempt hair wearing dark sunglasses and a polo shirt with a graphic print, standing in a brightly lit, out-of-focus retail store.
A view from inside a vehicle driving through a curved tunnel with tiled walls, bright overhead lights, and a lone car traveling in the distance.
A black cat stands on a white ledge along the exterior brick wall of a building, near a "For Rent" sign resting on the porch floor.
A black-and-white eye-level view of a mural on a brick building in an urban setting, featuring an elderly woman’s portrait and the words "Mother Nature shows us: anything big starts out small."
A billboard advertisement for injury lawyers featuring the phrase "INJURED? BRING IN THE MUSCLE" and the phone number "888-4-MUSCLE" is visible above a highway overpass, as seen from a vehicle window.
A woman wearing a dark shirt and an American flag-patterned baseball cap talks on a mobile phone in front of a blurry industrial building in this black-and-white medium shot.
A black-and-white view through a window reveals a brick building with several windows, a balcony, and power lines against a bright sky, overlooking a parked car and overgrown foliage.
A group of five people stand in a sunny backyard, with a man in a cowboy hat on the left, a woman looking at her phone, a man with a backpack, and two men standing together in front of the house siding on the right.
A bald man stands beside a small, illuminated food trailer at night, looking at his phone while a bright pole light shines on the grass nearby.
A black and white photo of a quiet residential street at night, illuminated by several glowing streetlights with houses and parked cars lining both sides.
A group of four people gather at a concrete picnic table in a sun-drenched, gravel-covered outdoor area under a large, bare tree while a man stands nearby looking at his phone.
Low-angle black-and-white view of tall signage poles against a cloudy sky, including a Woody's Smokehouse sign, a Shell logo, and a stadium light fixture.
A medium-shot, black-and-white portrait of a man with a shaved head and a mustache, sitting at a table in a pub and looking off to the side.
Three people stand at a bar, making grimacing expressions while reaching for small shot glasses.
Two men stand on a sidewalk in a desert landscape during the golden hour, both looking down at their phones, near a large, bare ocotillo plant.
A woman wearing a hard hat and dark jacket sits at an old wooden desk in a rustic office, speaking into a two-way radio while surrounded by paperwork, safety gear, and construction-related posters.
A black-and-white, through-the-windshield view shows a blurred driver in the foreground and a Texas state flag flying against a cloudy sky in the distance.
A side-profile, black-and-white close-up of a person with dark hair resting their chin on their hand, with a blurred silhouette of another person in the background.
A black and white image shows a professional photography setup with an umbrella light and a mirror attached to a stand, where the photographer is visible holding a camera to take a self-portrait in front of a window overlooking a cityscape.
A black-and-white view of a car driving on a highway ramp toward a tall, cylindrical industrial tower emblazoned with the word "BALTIMORE."
A young woman in a blazer stands looking at the camera on a suburban sidewalk while a young man in a jacket and jeans walks beside her, captured in a black and white photograph with a motion-blurred effect.
Two men sit at a wooden table in a cafe, with one looking at the camera while the other smiles at a smartphone, accompanied by coffee cups and pastries on napkins.
A person interviews a woman seated in a chair in a grand, circular hall with neoclassical architecture, captured by camera and lighting equipment.
A black-and-white eye-level shot captures three people standing outside a parked, illuminated "Taqueria Mexicana No. 2" food truck at night, with one man standing to the left and another man and a woman standing closer to the service window.
A man walks across the wide, concrete expanse of a large, sunny Buc-ee's gas station with stone-clad columns beneath a long, white, modern canopy.
A black-and-white, eye-level portrait shows a young man with dark, slightly unkempt hair wearing dark sunglasses and a polo shirt with a graphic print, standing in a brightly lit, out-of-focus retail store.
A view from inside a vehicle driving through a curved tunnel with tiled walls, bright overhead lights, and a lone car traveling in the distance.
A black cat stands on a white ledge along the exterior brick wall of a building, near a "For Rent" sign resting on the porch floor.
A black-and-white eye-level view of a mural on a brick building in an urban setting, featuring an elderly woman’s portrait and the words "Mother Nature shows us: anything big starts out small."
A billboard advertisement for injury lawyers featuring the phrase "INJURED? BRING IN THE MUSCLE" and the phone number "888-4-MUSCLE" is visible above a highway overpass, as seen from a vehicle window.
A woman wearing a dark shirt and an American flag-patterned baseball cap talks on a mobile phone in front of a blurry industrial building in this black-and-white medium shot.
A black-and-white view through a window reveals a brick building with several windows, a balcony, and power lines against a bright sky, overlooking a parked car and overgrown foliage.
A group of five people stand in a sunny backyard, with a man in a cowboy hat on the left, a woman looking at her phone, a man with a backpack, and two men standing together in front of the house siding on the right.
A bald man stands beside a small, illuminated food trailer at night, looking at his phone while a bright pole light shines on the grass nearby.
A black and white photo of a quiet residential street at night, illuminated by several glowing streetlights with houses and parked cars lining both sides.
A group of four people gather at a concrete picnic table in a sun-drenched, gravel-covered outdoor area under a large, bare tree while a man stands nearby looking at his phone.
Low-angle black-and-white view of tall signage poles against a cloudy sky, including a Woody's Smokehouse sign, a Shell logo, and a stadium light fixture.
A medium-shot, black-and-white portrait of a man with a shaved head and a mustache, sitting at a table in a pub and looking off to the side.
Three people stand at a bar, making grimacing expressions while reaching for small shot glasses.
Two men stand on a sidewalk in a desert landscape during the golden hour, both looking down at their phones, near a large, bare ocotillo plant.
A woman wearing a hard hat and dark jacket sits at an old wooden desk in a rustic office, speaking into a two-way radio while surrounded by paperwork, safety gear, and construction-related posters.
A black-and-white, through-the-windshield view shows a blurred driver in the foreground and a Texas state flag flying against a cloudy sky in the distance.
A side-profile, black-and-white close-up of a person with dark hair resting their chin on their hand, with a blurred silhouette of another person in the background.
A black and white image shows a professional photography setup with an umbrella light and a mirror attached to a stand, where the photographer is visible holding a camera to take a self-portrait in front of a window overlooking a cityscape.
A black-and-white view of a car driving on a highway ramp toward a tall, cylindrical industrial tower emblazoned with the word "BALTIMORE."
A young woman in a blazer stands looking at the camera on a suburban sidewalk while a young man in a jacket and jeans walks beside her, captured in a black and white photograph with a motion-blurred effect.
Two men sit at a wooden table in a cafe, with one looking at the camera while the other smiles at a smartphone, accompanied by coffee cups and pastries on napkins.
A black-and-white landscape shot shows a donkey walking along the bank of a body of water, while a group of people nearby film and photograph the scene.
A bald photographer in a black shirt kneels to photograph a smiling woman wearing a hoodie who sits in a chair in a studio lit by large softboxes and a boom mic overhead.
A bald man wearing glasses sits on a chair in front of a camera mounted on a tripod while a man in a striped shirt stands beside him in a studio setting.
A woman with bangs and a plaid shirt sits at a table with her arms crossed in a dimly lit, out-of-focus restaurant setting.
A person wearing a John Deere baseball cap and a dark quarter-zip sweater sits on a metal chair in a studio, facing a professional video camera setup equipped with a shotgun microphone and a large softbox light.
A woman and two men pose for a photo at an indoor event, standing in front of large black-and-white portraits and a decorative light fixture.
Two men stand on a suburban street corner near the intersection of 123rd Drive and W Pima Street, each holding an ice cream cone while standing next to their professional video cameras mounted on tripods.
A man with glasses sits in a classroom chair while a camera on a tripod is positioned in front of him, and a woman sits behind a desk in the background in front of a whiteboard with handwritten science lesson objectives.
A videographer films a woman wearing a sun hat and waders as she fishes in a calm, scenic lake surrounded by hills under a cloudy sky.
A black-and-white medium shot shows three people standing near a parked semi-truck, with two individuals wearing high-visibility vests posing in front of the vehicle while another person wearing a vest stands in the open cab doorway.
A young man with a white t-shirt and dark pants walks out of a store carrying a plastic bag past a window featuring a sign listing distances to various North American cities.
A man with a mustache, wearing a high-visibility vest, stands outside a vehicle in an outdoor lot while holding a camera mounted on a handheld gimbal.
A smiling man in a beanie and jacket stands on a boat deck, holding a professional camera with a shotgun microphone, with water and a distant forested shoreline in the background.
A man with glasses stands behind a tripod-mounted camera, gesturing to a woman who stands in front of it in a kitchen setting, as they coordinate a shot above a cutting board.
Two men, one younger with a shaved head and plaid shirt and one older with glasses and a black sweater, stand behind library shelves filled with books.
A videographer in the foreground films a bald man sitting in a chair for an interview inside a grand, historic chamber with decorative moldings, a coat of arms, and a large analog clock on the wall.
Two men holding ice cream cones stand on a corner sidewalk near a tree and a stop sign, with two professional video cameras on tripods set up nearby.
A young woman sits in the driver's seat of a car, looking up while adjusting a contact lens in her eye.
In a brightly lit office, a woman stands by a desk holding a laptop while a film crew with a camera on a tripod prepares to record her.
A man in a high-visibility vest stands in the foreground, while behind him a crew member sets up a large lighting modifier over the open engine bay of a semi-truck with an Amazon logo, with another truck parked in the distance.
A film crew prepares to record a seated man in a large, industrial-style studio, with a camera operator adjusting a small light while another crew member stands nearby holding a stand.
A person in a beanie and jacket stands on a ferry car deck behind a camera mounted on a tripod, looking out toward a body of water and distant shoreline under a cloudy sky.
A filmmaker gestures while speaking to a man holding a water bottle in an indoor studio space set up with professional cameras, lighting equipment, and a large white backdrop.
A black-and-white selfie of three people on a ferry car deck, with a man on the left holding a professional video camera on a tripod, a man in a hooded jacket in the center, and a smiling woman on the right.
A film crew captures a scene in a sterile, clinical setting with three people in lab coats gathered around a workstation as a cameraman films them and a photographer kneels to take stills.
Two cameramen with tripods stand on the shoulder of a country road during sunset, as viewed from the open trunk of a vehicle.
A woman sits on a chair in the center of a room during a film shoot, illuminated by a large softbox light, while a camera operator and director monitor the scene from behind professional production equipment.
A computer monitor displays the Adobe Lightroom Classic interface, showing a black-and-white portrait of a woman seated in a chair with a filmstrip of similar shots along the bottom.
A man wearing a beanie and a jacket stands in a vast, grassy field under a cloudy sky, holding a camera up to his face to take a photograph.
A camera operator and a sound technician stand in a dark field at night, filming firefighters as they spray a bright, intense fire with a hose.
A group of people, including one filming with a camera, ride in a motorboat across a calm, reflective body of water under a cloudy sky.
A film crew of three people stands in a grassy field with wind turbines in the background: one man holds a boom mic, another looks through a tripod-mounted camera, and a third wears a white hard hat and looks at his phone.
A black and white portrait of a bald man with glasses, wearing a plaid button-down shirt and sitting with his hands clasped, is displayed on a laptop screen placed in front of a shelf stocked with coffee and tea packets.
A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits behind a boat's windshield, silhouetted against a bright, sunlit sky over a calm expanse of water.
A side profile of a man with a thick beard wearing a t-shirt as he stands in a field holding a drone remote control.
A bearded man in a t-shirt and jeans sits on a sofa in a fire station, looking at the camera while holding a phone, with a laptop on a table nearby and fire gear hanging on the wall behind him.
A man in a New York Yankees baseball cap and glasses talks on his phone while another person adjusts his white polo shirt collar.
Two men stand side-by-side operating professional video cameras on their shoulders while filming a crowd of people, many of whom are wearing yarmulkes, in a black and white scene.
A man with a full beard sits in an armchair while being interviewed by a person seen from the back, with a camera on a tripod and a boom microphone positioned to record the session in a home setting.
A blonde woman wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and dark pants sits centered on a picnic bench against a white brick wall, while a man with a ponytail and headphones stands to the left operating a large video camera.
Two videographers film a person petting a horse and a donkey in a barn as seen in a high-contrast black-and-white silhouette.
Three firefighters in full protective gear and helmets stand in front of a fire station between two emergency vehicles.
A film crew member sits on the floor operating a camera and laptop while filming a bald man wearing a tracksuit who sits in a chair under a large, glowing light sphere in a studio setting.
Two men with beards stand along the shoulder of a rural road, each filming the horizon with a professional video camera mounted on a tripod.
Three people wearing hard hats and branded First Mode safety vests walk along a dirt path toward a large, craggy mountain of dark rock, with the person on the left carrying a tripod-mounted professional camera.
Inside a fire truck cab, a man in a black t-shirt uses his phone while another man operates a professional Canon cinema camera mounted on a tripod.
A black-and-white landscape shot shows a donkey walking along the bank of a body of water, while a group of people nearby film and photograph the scene.
A bald photographer in a black shirt kneels to photograph a smiling woman wearing a hoodie who sits in a chair in a studio lit by large softboxes and a boom mic overhead.
A bald man wearing glasses sits on a chair in front of a camera mounted on a tripod while a man in a striped shirt stands beside him in a studio setting.
A woman with bangs and a plaid shirt sits at a table with her arms crossed in a dimly lit, out-of-focus restaurant setting.
A person wearing a John Deere baseball cap and a dark quarter-zip sweater sits on a metal chair in a studio, facing a professional video camera setup equipped with a shotgun microphone and a large softbox light.
A woman and two men pose for a photo at an indoor event, standing in front of large black-and-white portraits and a decorative light fixture.
Two men stand on a suburban street corner near the intersection of 123rd Drive and W Pima Street, each holding an ice cream cone while standing next to their professional video cameras mounted on tripods.
A man with glasses sits in a classroom chair while a camera on a tripod is positioned in front of him, and a woman sits behind a desk in the background in front of a whiteboard with handwritten science lesson objectives.
A videographer films a woman wearing a sun hat and waders as she fishes in a calm, scenic lake surrounded by hills under a cloudy sky.
A black-and-white medium shot shows three people standing near a parked semi-truck, with two individuals wearing high-visibility vests posing in front of the vehicle while another person wearing a vest stands in the open cab doorway.
A young man with a white t-shirt and dark pants walks out of a store carrying a plastic bag past a window featuring a sign listing distances to various North American cities.
A man with a mustache, wearing a high-visibility vest, stands outside a vehicle in an outdoor lot while holding a camera mounted on a handheld gimbal.
A smiling man in a beanie and jacket stands on a boat deck, holding a professional camera with a shotgun microphone, with water and a distant forested shoreline in the background.
A man with glasses stands behind a tripod-mounted camera, gesturing to a woman who stands in front of it in a kitchen setting, as they coordinate a shot above a cutting board.
Two men, one younger with a shaved head and plaid shirt and one older with glasses and a black sweater, stand behind library shelves filled with books.
A videographer in the foreground films a bald man sitting in a chair for an interview inside a grand, historic chamber with decorative moldings, a coat of arms, and a large analog clock on the wall.
Two men holding ice cream cones stand on a corner sidewalk near a tree and a stop sign, with two professional video cameras on tripods set up nearby.
A young woman sits in the driver's seat of a car, looking up while adjusting a contact lens in her eye.
In a brightly lit office, a woman stands by a desk holding a laptop while a film crew with a camera on a tripod prepares to record her.
A man in a high-visibility vest stands in the foreground, while behind him a crew member sets up a large lighting modifier over the open engine bay of a semi-truck with an Amazon logo, with another truck parked in the distance.
A film crew prepares to record a seated man in a large, industrial-style studio, with a camera operator adjusting a small light while another crew member stands nearby holding a stand.
A person in a beanie and jacket stands on a ferry car deck behind a camera mounted on a tripod, looking out toward a body of water and distant shoreline under a cloudy sky.
A filmmaker gestures while speaking to a man holding a water bottle in an indoor studio space set up with professional cameras, lighting equipment, and a large white backdrop.
A black-and-white selfie of three people on a ferry car deck, with a man on the left holding a professional video camera on a tripod, a man in a hooded jacket in the center, and a smiling woman on the right.
A film crew captures a scene in a sterile, clinical setting with three people in lab coats gathered around a workstation as a cameraman films them and a photographer kneels to take stills.
Two cameramen with tripods stand on the shoulder of a country road during sunset, as viewed from the open trunk of a vehicle.
A woman sits on a chair in the center of a room during a film shoot, illuminated by a large softbox light, while a camera operator and director monitor the scene from behind professional production equipment.
A computer monitor displays the Adobe Lightroom Classic interface, showing a black-and-white portrait of a woman seated in a chair with a filmstrip of similar shots along the bottom.
A man wearing a beanie and a jacket stands in a vast, grassy field under a cloudy sky, holding a camera up to his face to take a photograph.
A camera operator and a sound technician stand in a dark field at night, filming firefighters as they spray a bright, intense fire with a hose.
A group of people, including one filming with a camera, ride in a motorboat across a calm, reflective body of water under a cloudy sky.
A film crew of three people stands in a grassy field with wind turbines in the background: one man holds a boom mic, another looks through a tripod-mounted camera, and a third wears a white hard hat and looks at his phone.
A black and white portrait of a bald man with glasses, wearing a plaid button-down shirt and sitting with his hands clasped, is displayed on a laptop screen placed in front of a shelf stocked with coffee and tea packets.
A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits behind a boat's windshield, silhouetted against a bright, sunlit sky over a calm expanse of water.
A side profile of a man with a thick beard wearing a t-shirt as he stands in a field holding a drone remote control.
A bearded man in a t-shirt and jeans sits on a sofa in a fire station, looking at the camera while holding a phone, with a laptop on a table nearby and fire gear hanging on the wall behind him.
A man in a New York Yankees baseball cap and glasses talks on his phone while another person adjusts his white polo shirt collar.
Two men stand side-by-side operating professional video cameras on their shoulders while filming a crowd of people, many of whom are wearing yarmulkes, in a black and white scene.
A man with a full beard sits in an armchair while being interviewed by a person seen from the back, with a camera on a tripod and a boom microphone positioned to record the session in a home setting.
A blonde woman wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and dark pants sits centered on a picnic bench against a white brick wall, while a man with a ponytail and headphones stands to the left operating a large video camera.
Two videographers film a person petting a horse and a donkey in a barn as seen in a high-contrast black-and-white silhouette.
Three firefighters in full protective gear and helmets stand in front of a fire station between two emergency vehicles.
A film crew member sits on the floor operating a camera and laptop while filming a bald man wearing a tracksuit who sits in a chair under a large, glowing light sphere in a studio setting.
Two men with beards stand along the shoulder of a rural road, each filming the horizon with a professional video camera mounted on a tripod.
Three people wearing hard hats and branded First Mode safety vests walk along a dirt path toward a large, craggy mountain of dark rock, with the person on the left carrying a tripod-mounted professional camera.
Inside a fire truck cab, a man in a black t-shirt uses his phone while another man operates a professional Canon cinema camera mounted on a tripod.

Clients

  • The John Deere logo featuring a yellow leaping deer silhouette centered within a green, rounded-square emblem, followed by the company name "JOHN DEERE" in bold green text.
  • The logo displays the text "SO EVERY BODY CAN MOVE," featuring the word "EVERY" in black letters on a white background, "BODY" in white letters on a black background, and "SO" and "CAN MOVE" in black lettering.
  • The word Patagonia in a gray, serif font against a black background, with a registered trademark symbol in the upper right corner.
  • The Microsoft logo, consisting of a square divided into four smaller colored squares—red, green, blue, and yellow—to the left of the company name written in a gray, sans-serif font.
  • The PEMCO Insurance logo features a graphic of a crest containing the word PEMCO above five vertical stripes, followed by the text PEMCO Insurance to its right in a bold, sans-serif font.
  • The Amazon logo in gray text with a smiling arrow underneath, set against a black background.
  • The Blue Nile logo features a stylized, monogram-style emblem of the letters B and N to the left of the brand name in a sleek, lowercase serif font, all in gray against a black background.
  • The Vulcan logo, featuring a grey chevron pointing right toward a vertical parallelogram on a black background, with the text VULCAN written in grey capital letters below.
  • The logo for the National Volunteer Fire Council features a red Maltese cross on the left, the dark blue acronym NVFC in the center, and a red bar containing the white text FIRE • EMS • RESCUE underneath.
  • The Under Armour logo, featuring a grey, interlocking U and A symbol centered above the brand name in grey sans-serif text against a black background.
  • The word McKESSON is written in grey, sans-serif capital letters against a black background, with a distinct horizontal line beneath the letter C.
  • A stylized logo featuring a vertical stack of six equilateral triangles forming a geometric shape next to the word "prisms" in lowercase, with both elements featuring a gradient from pink to orange.
  • The logo for Harrison Medical Center features the word "HARRISON" in a large, serif font underlined by a thin line, with the words "MEDICAL CENTER" in a smaller, matching font underneath.
  • The gray, stylized Avalara logo on a black background features an uppercase "A" combined with a checkmark symbol, followed by the lowercase text "valara" in a modern, sans-serif font.
  • A grey Christian cross icon to the left of the text PROVIDENCE Health & Services on a black background.
  • The Easterseals logo consists of the word "easterseals" in a grey, sans-serif font to the right of a stylized, circular sunburst emblem made of grey dots of varying sizes on a black background.
  • The Colliers International logo features the word Colliers in a large, bold grey serif font above the word INTERNATIONAL in a smaller, spaced-out sans-serif font against a black background.
  • The logo for Swedish Health Services, featuring a stylized grey "S" emblem composed of circular lines and a central cross, followed by the word "SWEDISH" in a bold, grey, sans-serif font on a black background.
  • The YWCA logo features the text "eliminating racism empowering women" in light gray, lowercase letters above the bold, lowercase acronym "ywca" on a black background.
  • The logo for Fulcrum features a red, downward-pointing banner shape containing a stylized white letter F, followed by the word FULCRUM in red, sans-serif capital letters.

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