Airyka Rockefeller is an editorial and lifestyle photographer based in San Francisco, California. Whether it’s a personal project or an assignment, she is a multidisciplinary thinker, bringing curiosity, thoughtfulness and 15 years of experience to collaborations large and small. Airyka’s commissioned photographs span the fields of art & design, food & beverage, and interiors & gardens. Her empathy, eye for color and light, and her quiet observational skills help to create evocative imagery for artists and creative organizations, businesses and brands.

Airyka wandered a circuitous path to photography and wears many hats. She earned a Bachelor’s in cultural studies and film-making from Sarah Lawrence College followed by a Master’s in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts. She has spent time living and photographing in India, Lithuania and the Czech Republic, working in food, cookbooks, design & fashion. She is the founder of REALM, an interview-based project exploring concepts of home, and co-founder of Amending, an ephemeral pop-up shop featuring functional items for home and body. Her longstanding artworks, spanning collage, film and self-portraiture, can be explored here.

Her work has included commissions and collaborations with Auteur Wines, BK Interiors, Bryan Jones Catering, California Closets, Cooper Hewitt, Cottages & Gardens Magazine, Design Within Reach, Edible Magazine, Fern, Godfrey Dadich, Grey Magazine, Headlands Center for the Arts, Liis Frangrances, Luxe Magazine, Montalvo Arts Center, ParkLife, The Petaler, People I’ve Loved, Presqu’ile Wines, Preston Farm and Winery, Neu Haus Press, Julia Sherman, San Francisco Art Book Fair, Scribe Winery, TALC Studio - and others.

All photographs c. 2025