Ilze Lucero is a Clarkston-based photographer, stationery designer, and artist. She has lived in Clarkston since 2011 with her husband and raised her two children here.

Ilze was born and grew up in Riga, Latvia, and moved to the United States in the late 90s. She always had a great passion for photography and telling stories through images. She expanded her creative endeavors with painting and design and has several greeting cards sold on Minted.com, Felt App and in Target. Her photos have been published in Wedding Day Magazine as well as Behind the Shutter Magazine. A variety of her work is available through her stores on Zazzle, Redbubble, Society 6, and Spoonflower and she also licenses some of her stock photography through Adobe Stock and Shutterstock.

She continues to provide portrait photography services in Clarkston and Detroit Metro area and continues painting. She has a passion to grow the artistic and creative communities and make connections with creatives from various fields.