Studio owner Robert Rose grew up with photography. When he was ten, Rob began developing film and making prints in a home darkroom he set up with his dad, Ken. Rob began working part-time in the studio at the age of 13.

Rob literally learned the business from the ground up, beginning with folding price lists and sweeping the floors. While Rob was in high school he assisted with some of the studio darkroom work, and by the time he was eighteen he was in the camera room creating portraits. In 1985, Rob purchased the studio from his parents. Over 25 years of full involvement in every aspect of studio operations gives Rob a unique perspective on portrait photography and helps him create portraits that are artistic and sensitive.

Rob is an active volunteer both locally and internationally. Locally, Rob has volunteered for Bellevue Schools and Kindering Center, and has been a member of Bellevue Rotary since 1986.

Rob’s lifelong interest in the people and culture of south Asia began when he was a Rotary exchange student to Calcutta, India, during his junior year in High School. He still enjoys exchanging visits with his two Indian “families.”

He has done extensive volunteer work for an orphanage in Nepal and has raised money through Rotary grants to help orphaned, disabled and disadvantaged children in Kathmandu, Nepal.

In 2005 Rob and his wife, Gina, founded The Rose International Fund for Children, a nonprofit organization
which benefits orphans and children with disabilities in developing countries.

Rob’s many charitable activities, both locally and internationally, have earned him the prestigious ‘Four Avenues of Service Citation’ from Rotary International, and in 2005 he was named Rotarian of the Year by the Bellevue Rotary Club. Rob also donates portrait displays for the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and the Bellevue Philharmonic. These displays tour downtown office buildings throughout the year.

Rob enjoys spending his
free time with his wife and
their sons Aaron, Richard,
and Carey.

Professional photographer Len Bordeaux has created portraits on the tarmac at Sea-Tac Airport, on top of Crystal Mountain, on a speedboat in Lake Union, and in many homes and offices around Puget Sound.

Len began taking pictures with a Kodak Brownie camera in 1954 and started photographing professionally in 1976. He owned and operated Bordeaux Photography in downtown Seattle from 1980 to 1993, specializing in studio and location portraits for families and corporations. Len was active in the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and photographed many of the region’s most prominent business leaders as well as families, children and pets.

After closing his studio, Len worked as a professional landscape gardener on Bainbridge Island for two years before returning to photography to work with internationally acclaimed portraitist Ken Whitmire in Yakima, Washington.

While teaching at Ken’s International Wall Portrait Conference, Len was recruited by Silvio Photographers in Scottsdale, Arizona. Len enjoyed creating portraits among the saguaros and chollas, but he found that he missed soft green trees, salt water and rain. He joined Brant Photographers in 1998, and he is delighted to be back in the Northwest.

Len has four grown children: two daughters and two sons. Len’s interests include Buddhism, gardening and hiking. He facilitates several vipassana meditation groups
in Seattle.

Cathy Griffin

Cathy Griffin has been in love with photography since the first day she was given a camera at age six. Creating great images has been her passion ever since.

Retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1998, after serving for twenty years, the former accountant turned her passion into a career. She has been a wedding, sports, and event photographer for various studios in the Seattle area.

In 2002 she established Griffin Images, a portrait and fine art studio in Bellevue. Wanting to perfect her eye in portraiture, she enrolled in the Art Institute of Seattle, and received a Degree in Commercial Photography. Cathy was invited to join Brant Photographers in 2006. She then closed Griffin Images and is delighted to be part of the Brant family.

In her spare time, Cathy can be found photographing flowers, landscapes, sunsets, and cuisine. Combining photography with her second joy, the love of cooking, she is working on a vegetarian cookbook that will feature her favorite recipes. The cookbook will include photography from the Pacific Northwest, informational stories on food origins, and articles about the nutritional benefits of a vegetarian diet.

Cathy lives in Bellevue with her husband, Walter, a computer systems engineer. They enjoy travel and home remodeling. Their adult son, Marques, resides in Seattle.