Los Angeles-based and well known celebrity photographer Frank Ockenfels 3 has created a series of print, online and outdoor ads for the fifth season premier of AMC's Mad Men. Working with AMC and The Refinery's Brad Hochberg, Ockenfels photographed all of the show's leads in character...

On the cover: Actor Jack Black snarls in a detail of a frenetic collage made for Giant magazine by celebrity portraitist Frank Ockenfels. The original image was torn into pieces and rearranged as a page in Ockenfels’ journal. 

Cover photo: © Frank Ockenfels

Location: Encino, Calif. He turned his family room into an office/art studio.

Preferred shooting studios: Industria in New York and Smashbox in Los Angeles.Major awards: "I have won awards," he admits, "but since I don't enter the call for entries much, I'm not really sure what."
Advice for aspiring celebrity photographers: "Don't do the obvious," Ockenfels cautions. "Find your own voice. Being a portrait or ‘celebrity' photographer is about the opportunity and what you do with it."

Website: FrankOckenfels3.com