ABOUT US

In 1971, Isgo and Anoush Lepejian started Isgo Lepejian Custom Photo Lab. The business began in a 500 sq. foot shack on Hollywood Way in Burbank, California. Isgo’s amazing talent for black and white fine art prints soon gave him a large and loyal following by some of the most important photographers in Los Angeles. A trademark signature to his pioneering work was his use of diffusion filters, which “softened” skin and gave portraits a “glowing” effect. Within just a few years, the Lepejians made the first of many moves to a larger location, this time onto Magnolia Blvd.

The oldest Lepejian son decided to follow in his fathers footsteps with a love of photography at fourteen years old. In 1978, Baret began printing in his own style while being constantly inspired and carefully taught by Isgo. Father and son would eventually be the most successful black and white printers on the west coast.

Vic Lepejian, Baret’s younger brother, came into the business in 1988. A self-taught computer genius, his vision of a digital future was a decade before it’s time. Vic was then and is now responsible for bringing the digital world into his family’s business and for always keeping Isgo’s Lab ahead of the technology curve.

To continue their success, the family has not only kept up, but has been at the forefront of the photographic industry. Their first contact printer for black and white custom multiples was installed in 1990. Shooting copy negatives of their own beautiful fiber prints quickly made Isgo’s the busiest reproduction lab in the Los Angeles area.

In 1996, Isgo Lepejian was the first pro lab to install digital photo printers, allowing them to print color multiples and to be the first in the US to offer “color for the price of black and white”. Four years later they invested in a printing press, offering their clients the choice of photographic or lithographic prints. They upgraded to a digital press in 2005, giving clients the ability to order as few as 50 prints with a quality that is unsurpassed to this day. Mid-2006, one year after the launch of the digital press, the first Actor's Headshot Kiosk was introduced. The kiosk allows clients the luxury of designing their promotional pieces from the comfort of their own home, with options to ship the job to their door or to pick up at any of the 3 locations that Isgo’s has now expanded to.

After 37 years, the Lepejians still define and lead their industry into the future with a commitment to the absolute highest quality printing at the most reasonable prices in the entertainment industry.