Anthony Jay LaGuardia

Born and raised in Eau Claire, WI, Anthony is a recent transplant to Nashville, TN after spending the last 12 years in New York City. Anthony was a former Broadway performer and began his journey in photography taking headshots for his fellow actors, igniting his passion to be behind the camera.

“I was touring in the Broadway show Chicago in Tokyo at the time. I had just purchased my camera a few months prior and while on the road was taking non stop photos of my adventures. My best friend Thomas, a frequent subject in front of my lens, always called me squirrel. A play on words instead of girlfriend renamed squirrel friend, that one good Judy that you belly laugh with, act beyond silly with, talk to nonstop for days on end with, and always had each others best interest at heart kind of friend. Best squirrel friends we said. He joked if I ever made a business out of my photography someday I should call it Photos By Squirrel. Low and behold two years later, that inside joke became a reality and PBS was born. What started small became something bigger than I had anticipated. I was hired to take photos of fellow actors, doctors, dancers, families, couples, babies, dogs, bacon, and everything in between. It was an unexpected and true joy to get to create immortal images that were cherished by my clients. My goal was and is to get the subject in my lens to be captured in a frame that when viewed down the line could be experienced just as if the moment were happening in realtime. As the brand outgrew itself it was later changed to Anthony Jay Photography, the brand you see today. However, the concept remains the same: photos taken by your best squirrel friend.”

Anthony specializes in headshots, portraiture, and fitness and motion photography. Using both studio and natural lighting, Anthony Jay Photography works with each client to discover their esthetic and manifest their vision in a photograph. For general inquiries or booking information, please send Anthony an email via the link in the contact page or DM him on instagram.