A brief history: I’m Abe Landes, and I have been working in the DMV since 2011 as an event photographer in corporate and private settings.

My clients span a wide range of progressive missions, and I find myself working with foundations involved with children’s services, public health, conservation, immigration, housing, human rights, agriculture, visual/performing arts, and civil rights.

I created Du Col Portraits in 2023 as a way to better understand and serve clients in the corporate, government, and non-profit foundation world.

I value long-term relationships with my clients and enjoy seeing the long arc of success year over year. I love being able to help tell their stories through images of their staff, clients, and missions.


Every session, I bring on exceptional team members, a quick delivery timeline, creative problem-solving, and a drive to provide the best imagery. I work to make every event and interaction positive and momentum-generating for our clients.

As a team, we judge our success by our clients’ success in hitting attendance goals for future events, exceding common standards for production photography (like delivery times and tight editing techniques), and remarks by attendees:

“Your photography team was exceptional: we knew where to look and they helped us pose. You made it all easy. Thank you!”

It’s easy to make great photographs, but it’s another thing to make people feel great in the moment.

Within a close network of professional event planners and foundation members, there is an incredible breadth of events happening in Washington, DC. From small retreats to international musical acts to thousands of people cheering at a downtown DC charity 5k: there’s no shortage of fun and engaging events that planners have dreamt up.

Large conferences, office-wide headshots, corporate meetings/awards, and community building events are all in our wheelhouse.

It's been a pleasure to play the part of photographer, to organize the best media team for the occasion at hand, and to share the excitement of these excellent events through photographs.

With all that said: let’s talk about your event and make it happen!

- Abe Landes

Contact me directly here (info@ducolportraits.com) or text/call 703-539-2049.

All in the name… ‘Du Col’ translated from French into English means ‘of the (mountain) pass’, which reflects my commitment to help clients to new horizons in their work and careers. Plus, the name is a callback to my admiration of bicyclists riding throughout the mountainous French Alps, requiring longterm vision and perserverance. Let’s go!