Founded and directed by award-winning cinematographer and photographer, Cullen Blanchfield, our boutique production company specializes in seamlessly blending stills and motion to bring human-based projects to life. Essence Productions is the culmination of over 7 years of industry experience, including 3 years working at Stewart Cohen Pictures, a production company in Dallas, Texas.

While Essence's roots are firmly planted in NYC, our lens has traversed the globe, capturing the essence of diverse narratives in places like Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Ireland, Mexico, Dallas, San Francisco, and beyond.

"Essence" refers to the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, often considered as the most important or defining characteristic that captures the core or fundamental aspect of that thing. It is the inherent, unchanging nature or identity that gives something its distinctiveness. In a broader sense, "essence" can also refer to the characteristic features or qualities that define a person, object, concept, or phenomenon, capturing its unique and essential qualities. This is what we set out to capture every time we pick up a camera.