I’m Madison, a San Diego–based photographer, creative director, and co-founder of Sachi & Pepa. My work lives at the intersection of refined commercial storytelling and a little Western grit.

I earned my BFA in Photography and took off for Los Angeles, where I interned for Art Streiber. Working under one of the best in the industry taught me everything about lighting, production, and how to hold my own on high-pressure entertainment sets. It’s also where I realized I thrive in environments where the bar is high and the expectations are higher.

Eventually, I came home to San Diego and followed another obsession of mine, food. I built Sachi & Pepa with my best friend, a creative agency focused on producing elevated, strategy-driven campaigns for food and beverage brands. What started as two women with a vision quickly turned into a full-scale studio trusted by companies across the CPG space.

Somewhere in the middle of all that, I picked up riding horses again, something I did competitively for more than ten years growing up. That decision pulled me back into the Western world and reshaped the way I create. The dust, the motion, the culture, it all shows up in my work now in ways that feel honest to who I am.