We are Sarolta Dobi and Ross den Otter.

We collaborate. We work as a team, and our favourite answer to the question, "What do you do?" is still...

"We shoot people!"

It's a conversation starter, if nothing else.

For 30 years, Pink Monkey Studios has been our creative home. Photography has been at the centre of what we do, but our interests and activities have always extended well beyond the camera.

We've photographed Nobel laureates, spiritual leaders, political and corporate leaders, and Gemini, Juno, Emmy and Grammy award-winning performing artists. We've worked with film and theatre companies, photographed dancers and symphonic orchestras, and created portraits of people just beginning their journeys alongside those who have already made their mark.

Our work has appeared in annual reports and publications throughout North America. We've travelled, explored and photographed along the way.

Alongside our commercial work, teaching became an important part of our lives. We discovered that sharing what we know can be just as rewarding as making photographs ourselves. For Ross, particularly, mentoring other photographers became one of the most enjoyable aspects of his professional life.

We're interested in helping people understand not just how to make a photograph, but why it works, why it doesn't, and what they might do differently. Developing an eye, solving problems, experimenting and finding an individual creative voice are all part of that process.

We're also fascinated by how things work and how things are made. We've embraced digital technology while building cameras from matchboxes, Campari bottle caps and electrical tape. We've constructed room-sized cameras from timber and tar paper, and made working photographic equipment out of plywood.

We like to experiment. We like to make things. We like figuring things out.

Today, Pink Monkey Studios is an evolving platform for photography, experimentation, education, mentorship and visual storytelling. Our creative interests extend beyond the camera into metalsmithing, mixed media, alternative photographic processes and the craft of making things by hand.

We share what we discover, explore ideas, teach, experiment and occasionally make a complete mess of things before figuring out how to make them work.

After 30 years, our approach hasn't really changed. We're still curious, still MacGyver-style problem solvers, and still interested in seeing what happens when you try something a little differently.

An independent Canadian creative studio, working internationally.

Welcome to Pink Monkey Studios.