Lon McGowan
I build useful, beautiful things—and the companies that make them. I founded Süti to strip the iPhone back to its essentials, co-founded OneClock to help people wake up better, launched Alpine Modern as a design-led lifestyle brand, and started iClick to bring thoughtful tech accessories to market at scale. I’m also a strategic investor in PopSockets, backing products with clear purpose and strong design DNA.
Photography is where I slow down. As an American living in Paris and traveling widely for both business and leisure, I find new perspectives in the rhythm of different places. The camera gives me space to study light, color, and tone—an outlet to explore the same design instincts that drive my companies, but in a quieter, more personal way.
My photographic work captures the tension between stillness and movement—transforming overlooked moments into something unforgettable. I create photographs designed not to dominate a space, but to belong within it—interacting naturally with light, texture, and color. Art, in my view, should be lived with, not merely observed.
This portfolio is a personal project, not a commercial venture. The works showcased here are not available for direct sale. They are shared as part of an ongoing conversation about how art lives within environments—open to curated exhibitions, private showings, and collaborations where the relationship between art and space matters as much as the image itself. Each piece is designed to complement its surroundings, to settle in rather than disrupt, to offer a quiet dialogue between image and space. For inquiries about exhibitions or collaborations, please contact me directly.
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