about chase

There are moments when a life turns on something small. For Chase Porter, it was a camera—placed in her hands by her mother, when she was twelve and newly arrived in the Lowcountry from Bedminster, New Jersey. The gift became a calling. She walked Charleston’s streets with it, recording strangers, storefronts, shadows on old brick. The darkroom became her refuge; the documentary frame, her education.

She learned the grammar of photographs under Jack Alterman at the Center for Photography, where negatives floated like ghosts in their chemical baths, where light became a kind of language. What began as a fascination with documentary grit evolved, almost inevitably, into fashion—fueled by years of turning the pages of Vogue, W, and Interview. Street sensibility collided with editorial polish.

By fourteen, she was interning at a local magazine. By sixteen, she was photographing musicians in dim, electric clubs. And in the years since, her eye has carried her from Los Angeles soundstages to campaigns in Atlanta, from Charleston’s oak-lined streets to the wide horizons of Montana. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Forbes, USA Today, and LA Weekly. Her clients have included Bravo, Nike, Huk, and Stuart Weitzman.

Chase Porter Creative grew from that trajectory: an agency at the intersection of photography, styling, creative direction, and brand strategy. Here, every detail matters—the wardrobe chosen, the light caught, the story told. Chase works with commercial, editorial, and personal branding clients, building imagery that lingers and identities that hold.

One of her deepest commitments is to new talent. For aspiring models, she produces portfolios that are not only beautiful but strategic—industry-ready headshots, bold editorial shoots, the kind of work that opens doors. With long-standing ties to agencies, she helps her clients do more than pose for a photograph. She helps them step into careers.

Today, she divides her time between Charleston and Montana, carrying with her a vision shaped by place, by instinct, by relentless curiosity. Every project is approached with heart and precision, always with the belief that a photograph is more than an image—it is proof, style, memory, and strategy, captured in a single frame.