Victoria Linssen is an award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker whose mission is to tell conscious visual stories that uplift and inspire people to take better care of our world. She is a cum laude graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography in Ventura, CA and has Bachelor of Science degrees in Visual Journalism and Business Finance.
Linssen’s emphasis in her visual career has been in the nonprofit sector telling stories worth sharing. She has produced and shot photography, documentary and multimedia projects for the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Alaska, World Dance for Humanity, the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, the Olohana Foundation, Eco Earth Enrichment and more.
Linssen worked as the pre-production line producer, cinematographer and additional editor on the documentary film, “5 Women: 4 Seasons”, nominated by From the Heart Productions as a 2015 Hot Film in the Making. She has also edited on “Pump” and “Beautiful Nonsense” for Green Planet Productions / The Big Picture Ranch, (winners of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary for “Fuel”) as well as worked on marketing strategy and sponsorship/distribution for Walk Your Talk Productions on Dulanie Ellis’s multiple award-winning film “Ground Operations: From Battlefields to Farmfields.”
Linssen’s still photography work won honorable mention in the Lucie Foundation’s 10-year anniversary of the International Photography Awards. She also won Semi-Finals for the Share the View photo contest sponsored by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver and was a finalist in the International Portrait category for the Federation of European Photographers contest. She has been published widely in the Ojai Valley News. Her work has also been published on Week in Pictures (a collaboration between the Brooks Institute and National Press Photographer’s Association.)
Linssen also works as digital marketing consultant developing cross-channel digital marketing strategies for Fortune 500 and Nonprofit clients. She has been honored with numerous awards during her long tenure in this career, including articles in the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Business, Business Travel News, and an appearance on CNN. Linssen’s marquee client list includes:
Corporate Clients: Alterna Hair Care, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, British Airways, Epson, Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa, JW. Marriott Hotel, Kraft Foods, Mead Johnson, Nestlé Foods, Procter and Gamble, Unilever
Nonprofit Clients: American Red Cross, Operation Smile, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, World Vision, American Bible Society, plus a network of more than 100 rescue missions and food banks.
Linssen is a member of multiple photography and documentary film organizations, including:
American Society of Media Photographers
Editorial Photographers
International Documentary Association
National Press Photographers Association
North American Nature Photography Association
Women in Film
Women in Photography International
Linssen also volunteers with the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation and is a former board director of the nonprofit Friendly House.
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For more information or to book Victoria for an assignment, please email victoria@victorialinssen.com or call 310-663-6358.
