Claire Vance directs visual production at The Fortunate. Her work begins with observation: how architecture frames a gathering, where the light falls, and what a person notices on entering the room.
She translates the creative direction into choices about composition, sightlines, lighting, and the relationship between the setting and the people in it. Some details deserve attention. Others work better when they quietly support the whole.
Claire works with the house and its creative partners to connect the environment with the way it is photographed and filmed. Her attention to the image does not replace attention to the event. The room must work for the people there, with space for moments nobody could have planned.