Helene DeLillo is an internationally recognized commercial and editiorial photographer who specializes in high profile beauty, fashion and technology advertising , marketing and corporate campaigns.  Her clients include Avon, Conte’ Nast, BBDO, Coca Cola, J. Walter Thompson, MTV Networks, Ogilvy & Mather, Sotheby’s, Time Warner and Warner Music Group among others.

Her images have appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Entrepeunuer, The New York Times, Time Digital, Design Graphics and Studio Photography and Design.  She has had the privilege of creating portraits of celebrities such as Gregory Hines, Kimora Lee , Russell Simmons, William Shatner, Martha Stewart, Albert Maselys and Lil’ Kim. 

Helene draws the viewer in with her mastery of technique, use of color and her connection with the subject matter.  Recently, she has turned her eye to capturing lush tropical destinations.  Her preference for visual richness has inspired her to choose island locations like Moorea, Tahiti and Oahu her childhood home.

Raised in Honolulu, Helene is welcomed warmly by this island community, which affords her the enviable opportunity to work with local personalities such as Grammy-Award-Nominated Raiatea Helm and actress Kea Ho, daughter of Hawaiian celebrity Don Ho. Helene was invited to serve as both photographer and guest judge for “Dancers in Paradise,” a 12 part Reality TV series broadcast on ABC Hawaiian affiliate KITV 4.  While on set, she captured episodic stills subsequently used for marketing, promotion and editorial.  Her work appears regularly on the covers and within the pages of The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Spa Magazine, and Look Magazine Hawaii.  

Helene’s passion for photography and digital imaging technology began in childhood.  In school, it was Helene who showed her instructors how to master the first Macintosh computers.  Early in her career, she contributed to publisher Robert Goodman’s  “A Whale’s Song.”  There she presented the technologies requisite to produce the first book fully desktop published on the Macintosh.

Today, Helene serves as a keynote speaker at corporate events and digital imaging trade shows internationally.  She was honored  to be chosen as a member of the Photoshop World Instructor Dream Team, PEI’s Photoshop Masters,  and a recipient of a Wacom award. Helene’s training videos were awarded a Gold Aurora Award and a Gold Technical Achievement Award as well as being among finalists in the NY Festivals Awards and being published in the Creativity 30 Annual. Digital industry leaders such as Adobe, Apple Computer, Eastman Kodak, Iomega, and Nikon engage her expertise during test and review phases for new digital cameras and software. 

Helene DeLillo owns and manages her studio in New York City and Honolulu, Hawaii  She is currently developing new creative courses on photography, lighting and Adobe Photoshop.

Portrait by Greg Gorman