Stewart Shining is perhaps best known for his portraits of actors and musicians.  Through commissions for InStyle and Vanity Fair, Glamour and Rolling Stone, he has shot cover images of Drew Barrymore, Robert Pattinson, Amanda Seyfried, Leighton Meester, Gwen Stefani, Eva Mendes, Kiera Knightly, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Hugh Jackman, and Cameron Diaz.  Mr. Shining has created campaigns for Victoria’s Secret, J.Crew, Express, Ralph Lauren, and Maybelline.  He studied at Parson’s School of Design in the early 1980s and continues to live in New York City where, in addition to ACRIA, he also serves on the Board of Directors for the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.