(New York, NY) It will be a big week for legendary photographer Ellen Stagg, who is headed to Vegas to participate in the AltStar Expo and Awards and appear at HUSTLER Hollywood for a book signing.
Las Vegas will be popping this week with all the adult stars, creators, photographers, and other industry people descending on Sin City for the AltStar Expo and Awards. On Thursday, June 6th, she’s kicking off four days of events with a signing at HUSTLER Hollywood for her book “Free to Be Naked.” Ellen and Hustler Honey Katie Kush will appear from 6pm to 8pm at the Hustler Hollywood store at 6007 Dean Martin Drive. Attendees can meet Ellen, take a selfie, and buy signed copies of her book. Katie will be signing magazines and taking photos. The 18+ event is free to attend, and RSVPing hstlr.link/EllenStaggLV is suggested.
Ellen will attend the AltStar Expo on Friday, June 7th, and Saturday, June 8th. It will be held at the Sahara Hotel & Casino, located at 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South. On Saturday, she’s an expert on the How to Work with Photographers seminar in George Room 1. Ellen and the other photographers will discuss how to hire photographers and work with them for magazine shoots and more. Attendees will learn how to make shoots successful for everyone.
The AltStar Awards will be held at the Sinwave Nightclub, 1412 South Main Street, on Sunday night. The red carpet will begin at 7pm, and the ceremony starts at 10pm. Ellen will find out if she wins Best Alternative Erotica Photographer and/or Best Alt Visual Arts Book for “Free to Be Naked.”
“I’m so excited about my HUSTLER Hollywood for signing and AltStar panel and awards show. I want to thank all my friends and fans who voted for me. If you’re in town on Thursday night, stop by my signing. And if you’re at the AltStar Expo, come to my seminar and be ready to learn a lot,” says Ellen Stagg.
Info about the AltStar events can be found at altporn.net/news/2024/05/26/altstar-expo-schedule.
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ABOUT ELLEN STAGG
Famed photographer Ellen Stagg describes her work as photographing women of all levels of dress undress, empowering women, and celebrating and collaborating with them through her photography.
Ellen’s lifelong interest in photography began in high school in Connecticut with a senior-level photography course. She attended the prestigious School of Visual Arts, graduating with a BFA. At the end of her junior year at SVA, Stagg signed with her first agent and immediately began shooting commercial content for magazines, advertising, fashion, and exclusive clientele. Ellen’s fashion and commercial work has appeared in Life, Vibe, Interview, Maxim, Flaunt, I-D, Inked, Penthouse, Time Out, Teen Vogue, and film and TV. Her subjects, drawn from acting, music, and sports, include Scarlett Johansson, Moby, Tony Hawk, Heidi Fleiss, Redman, Good Charlotte, and Geena Rocero. A complete list of her clients is at EllenStagg.com.
The turning point in her career came when Ellen met porn star/actress Justine Joli, who was searching for a photographer to create content for her site. Through Joli, she met other women from the industry and continued to explore more erotic subject matter but ran into difficulty while looking for places to showcase her work. Deemed too “porn” for her commercial work and too “artsy” for porn sites, Ellen started her own website, Staggstreet.com, which brought her more notoriety and opened doors for TV work and art exhibits.
Ellen was spotlighted in a ten-episode web series shot by The Independent Film Channel called “The Stagg Party”. Filmed and directed by Joe Swanberg, the series was shot in Brooklyn and Los Angeles and received critical kudos. She then moved on to shoot/produce and star in 2 seasons of Playboy TV’s “Badass,” photographing models doing badass activities like cliff diving, riding horses, and driving a tracker, all in the nude while Ellen interviewed them. Ellen also starred in KarmaloopTV KarmaloopTV.com, “Behind the Lens,” shooting and interviewing her models, including Stoya, Lily Labeau, Shay Laren, Kacie Marie and more.
Ellen has exhibited her fine art film images at art galleries worldwide. She has shown her work at Fuse Gallery, Parlor Gallery, Stephen Romano, Morbid Anatomy, Gallery, Brooklyn, Mighty Tanaka, and Scope Art Fair. Her work is regularly featured on the covers and pages of Hustler and Taboo magazines. Ellen received three wins and numerous nominations from the AltStar Awards. Follow her adventures on Twitter/X & IG at @EllenStagg.
