Japanese american photographer and film director, Karina Taira was born in San Fransisco. She started her professionnal career at the young age of 19, while still attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and traveled between Tokyo and Los Angeles after moving to New York, she was awarded the Diesel Perfume Campaign which then brought her to Europe. She specialized in Beauty, Luxury and skin with an organic touch, keeping a sensual feminine approach to her work. She loves to show beautiful women with a feminine and strong mood. Her clients : Boucheron, Tag Heuer, Cerruti, L'Oréal, Nivéa, Cacharel, Bourjois, Lierac, Roc, Adidas