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Parazol Studios is a multimedia, community studio where everyone from hobbyists to creative professionals are welcome to work on photography, cinema, and post production.
We were talking about how we wanted to create a space that was safe for artists to gather under one roof to collaborate, the first image we thought of was an umbrella. We thought of synonyms for the word umbrella and when we thought of the equivalent in Spanish, (insert suspenseful music here), we took the English/Spanish word "parasol" and gave it the creative spelling, Parazol.
We're a group of friends from the same part of town who found a common interest in making films and taking intriguing photographs. Apart from having a passion for the arts, we're also united by our similar sense of family values and a robust work ethic. As artists, many of our starting out stories are filled with memories of individuals who gave us the cold shoulder or took advantage of us. We especially remember going to speciality stores and studios eager to learn more only to get pretentious service from people telling us we knew nothing at all. We want to change the high-brow attitude commonly found in the media arts. We want To help underrepresented youth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area who are pursuing media arts and give them the guidance we wish we had when we were getting started.
Parazol Studios is a place where everyone from hobbyists, to student artists, to creative professionals will be warmly welcomed to hone their craft.
Photographer: Brenda Davis
Models: Obed Gonzalez, Pedro Perez and Tomas Karmelo
Location: Parazol Studios 630 E. Pierce Phoenix, AZ