Hrair Jacques Chaparian Visual Artist | Cinematographer | Creative Director | Entrepreneur Hrair Jacques Chaparian is a Lebanese-Armenian visual artist, cinematographer, and creative entrepreneur whose journey began in 2012, when his father handed him a camera and asked him to cover an event. With no prior experience, that unexpected moment marked the beginning of a lifelong passion for visual storytelling. Entirely self-taught, Hrair spent his early years capturing weddings, developing his artistic eye, and building what would become Jacques Studios. His curiosity soon took him beyond wedding photography and filmmaking, exploring commercial productions, music videos, cinematography, and the art of creating images that evoke emotion. In 2022, he founded DUSK, a creative production company that evolved into a growing ecosystem of visual storytelling, artistic collaboration, and filmmaking. Through DUSK, Hrair continued to develop his cinematic identity, working across different creative disciplines while bringing together people who share his passion for the arts. His ambition eventually expanded beyond the camera. Driven by a desire to connect creativity with opportunity, he ventured into technology and entrepreneurship, developing Jennifer, a platform designed to connect businesses with content creators, and establishing Dusk Academy, a creative learning space dedicated to inspiring and empowering the next generation of artists and filmmakers. Having built his career through experimentation, persistence, and self-education, Hrair believes in collaboration over competition and in creating the opportunities he once wished existed. Today, his work moves between photography, cinematography, filmmaking, education, and entrepreneurship, united by a constant desire to explore, create, and challenge what's possible. For Hrair, creativity has never been about mastering one craft. It's about never losing the curiosity to discover another. And after everything, he's still Jacques from Dusk. Just a wedding photographer. :)