Kaiser Cunningham is a Creative Director based in Nashville with wide-ranging experience including music video direction and production, documentary storytelling, portrait and live photography, artist branding, and more.
Born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he has always had an eye for visual arts and served as the staff photographer for the largest newspaper in Cheyenne, Wyoming at just 17 years of age. He further developed his passion for photography while in college, when what began as an elective class captivated his imagination and became his core academic focus. Inspired by directors such as Curt Morgan and Ty Evans at BrainFarm in Jackson Hole, Cunningham continued to build his portfolio as a freelance concert photographer while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2016-2020
With the connections he built during that time, most notably his relationship with mentor Ben Hagarty, the driving force behind the online creative community Black With No Cream, Cunningham relocated to Nashville in 2020 and began capturing performances of top-tier music artists full time, including Keith Urban, Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Anderson .Paak, Gary Clark Jr., Matt Stell, Jake Owen, Travis Denning and more. In addition to serving as the full-time Creative Director for Chase Rice.
Focused on pushing the envelope both technically and in subject matter to evoke an emotional response, his work has been featured on national television shows including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Entertainment Tonight, in print and digital outlets such as Sports Illustrated, Forbes, People Magazine and Men’s Journal, and across various brands such as Mtn Dew, Jack Daniel’s, Toyota and LIDS.
ABOUT kaiser
Artists:
chase rice, Brian Kelley, matt stell, midland, eli young band, michael ray, lindsay ell, logan mize, the cadillac three, cody johnson, anderson paak., jordan davis, russell dickerson, Jon Pardi, LIT, Ashley Cooke, Adam Doleac, Beartooth, Filmore, gary clark jr., Justin Moore, Chris Bandi, Lakeview, aaron watson and many more.
Work Seen In Press:
People, Jimmy Kimmel Live,ET, Country Now, Music Row, Sports Illustrated, Taste Of Country, Toyota, Lids, Mountain Dew, ABC News Radio, etc.