I make science and technology look as exciting as they really are.

Working with pharma, biotech, and medical clients, I create marketing and brand imagery with energy, intensity, and a sophisticated, authentic feel. I love walking into a lab full of robots, lasers, and microscopes and walking out with pictures my clients are genuinely excited to use. The same holds true for my industry work. For a major multinational corporation, I spent days photographing coal fired power plants, and on another assignment, photographing a busy US container shipping port from the door of a helicopter and high up in a crane cab, riding along as the operator loaded containers onto a ship (the best office views I’ve ever had).

Over the years I’ve partnered with Johnson & Johnson, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber, MIT, Intel, iRobot, GE, and many others. My work has been published around the world in Nature, Science, Scientific American, GEO, and National Geographic. It never gets old hearing Science magazine’s editor call our shoot “one of the nicest photographic spreads we have ever done,” or Nature magazine’s picture editor tell me, “I’m beyond impressed with your work, yet again!”

What I value most, though, is the people. My clients are loyal partners, and every shoot is a true team effort, because the best creative work always comes from collaboration.

I’m a born-and-bred Bostonian, and when I’m not behind the camera you’ll find me sailing, skiing, ocean fishing (usually cold, often soaked, always exhilarating), or deep in to a vintage motorcycle restoration. If my work speaks to you, let’s talk.

Sam

What clients say:

“On behalf of Intel Corporation, I’d like to thank you for your participation during the making of ‘One Digital Day.’ I attended the photo editing session and was knocked out by your photography! You truly are the best of the best and I’m delighted to be associated with such a talented team. Congratulations on a job well done!”

— J. Scott Crist, Intel Corporation

“Many thanks for your great work — it was nice to have so many good shots to choose from.”

— Heather Savelle, Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

“Hi Sam,
We just received the final PDF for the Brin Book so I wanted to share! I hope you love it as much as we do!”

— Chrissy Blitz, Associate Director, Communications Planning, The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

“I think this turned out to be great piece; thanks for the amazing photographs!!”

— Christianne Smith, Fassino Design Inc

“As always thank you for doing such an amazing job. Your photos are a great visual road map to the mission of HST.”

— Alison N. Haughton, Communications Manager The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

Hi Sam,

As always, these photos look great! The group shots will be a huge help in communicating the collaborative work done at the LSP.”

— Sarah Arena, Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology (LSP) 

“The photos are simply marvelous. The ones I like the best include Sam Ogden’s weirdly apropos double exposure of Tim Berners-Lee, the Swiss genius whose brainstorm created the World Wide Web.”

— T.R. Reid, technology reporter of the Washington Post, reviewing the book "24 Hours in Cyberspace"

“Thanks Sam.
You should know the editors were beyond impressed with your work, yet again!”

— Barbara Izdebska, Senior Picture Researcher, Nature magazine

“Thanks Sam,
Your photos are excellent and exceeded my expectations. And thanks very much for the quick turnaround.
Best regards”

— Ernie Mastroianni, Photo Editor, Discover Magazine

“Thank you for your excellent work on this piece. You have given us a visually stunning brochure and a photograph library that should meet our needs for many years to come. On behalf of all the members of the brochure committee, thank you for helping us to realize our goals for this project.”

— Donna Reed, Harvard Medical School

“I want to thank you so much for your truly outstanding work on “Spirit of the Place” and for your unflagging support. It was great to finally work together.”

— Pamela Geddis, Principal, Geddis Productions

“Sam, I want to tell you how incredibly pleased we have been with the shoot you did for us in November. It really was one of the nicest photographic spreads we have ever done, and many people here agree. You’ll be first on my list of contacts should another Boston photo op come our way.”

— Leslie Blizard, Photo Editor, Science magazine

“Thanks for your time and effort. Everyone here thinks the pictures are fantastic.”

— Dana Fortin, Equitystars (Mortgage Banker)

“Dear Sam; I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful job you did on this article! It was a real pleasure to work with you up in Boston, and I am very pleased with all the results of your hard work. I look forward to calling you with the next challenging assignment.”

— Nisa Geller, Photo Editor, Scientific American

“See enclosed...the Codman Company Corporate Brochure. It think it is a real beauty, and everyone here is very excited by it.”

— Laura Bergan, The Codman Company (Real Estate)

“Sam, As usual, the images are really high quality. Thanks.”

— Dinah Olanoff, Principal, Three D Solutions

“...many thanks for your participation in the [Harvard] Faculty Club brochure. The shots were great.”

— Douglas Young, Faculty Club of Harvard University

“It was a pleasure working with you. You are a talented photographer. The composition and color saturation were just what we had hoped for!”

— Denise Garlow, The International Association of Hewlett-Packard Computer Users