Charles Sammann is a photographer and set designer based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City. He graduated from the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University with a degree in photography. After school, he moved to Santa Fe, where he became the studio manager at the Santa Fe Workshops, later becoming one of the founding members of their Cuban Cultural Exchange Photo program in Havana, where he developed a love for documentary photography. Splitting his time between Havana and Santa Fe, Charles started shooting still life photography for Outside Magazine, where he discovered a strong connection with creating graphic imagery from still objects, particularly flat lay photography. 

Since moving to New York City, Charles continues to photograph things that don’t move but has expanded his practice to portraiture, set design, and prop styling. He works both in the editorial and commercial world with clients ranging from Outside Magazine, Gay Letter Magazine, Milk-Bone, Apple, and Indeed. Charles is a runner, dancer, an avid fermenter, and a hopeless romantic.