About
creative photographer
Mariah J. Greene is a freelance visual artist based in South Central, Los Angeles who specializes in the disciplines of Creative Direction, Concept Curation, Art Direction, Photography, and Storytelling/Filmmaking. As a photographer she specializes in portraits, creative editorials, and conceptual storytelling.
Having worked on over 15 film productions, as well as written and shot over 10 short films herself, some of which feature great accolades such as a High School film project titled "Colourless." It was a contender in the 2015 LA Shorts Fest and played on screen at LA Live in DTLA. "The Painters Grief," starred British actor Clem Von Franckenstein. Additionally, television screenwriter and executive producer Bob Daily mentored Greene as she wrote and directed a Pretty Little Liars spec script titled "SNAKES," which was awarded best film in the 2015 WPHS film festival. ​
Why south central?
The name "FigxWest" was inspired by late friend and fellow artist Vance Byrd, who she often collaborated with as a teen. It is short for Figueroa Street and Western Avenue; streets within the South LA community we aim to serve and create with.
Our mission is to show a side of South Los Angeles, along with the communities within, that people are not very familiar with. We would like to change how the community is portrayed in mainstream media. With the use of photographs and filmmaking that produces visuals to portray the realism of what we call everyday life, as well as break the stigmas society has created on what it means to be from the "inner city."
The majority of the locations we shoot at are located in this area.
Our overall goal is to create a new streamline of Multimedia Productions for years to come.
This community is filled with a lot of culture and richness but there is also a lot of underlying pain. It is our hope that our creations can provide an outlet for that pain and somehow assuage it.