Christopher Xavier Lozano

Christopher Xavier Lozano is the creator and founder of Total Look Studios. He is the extreme inspirational & backbone, practiced extensively in the Total Look Arts. Christopher comes from two generations of family in the Cosmetology Beauty business (father, mother, grandmother etc.) Family skills carried over into Christopher's dreams come true, Stunning Photography & Graphics Imagery. As a young child, the family's 6 salons and 2 beauty schools in San Antonio, TX were his playgrounds, and he was even teaching as a hair instructor in their schools for many years since he was a young teen. He is the recipient of numerous award winning independent arts and graphics competitions from San Antonio, Houston, Denver, Chicago, to Tokyo & Prague.  Christopher's unorthodox arts started in extremes from a very young age painting, sculpting, cutting hair & competitively racing motocross freestyle, Trans Am class Mechanic, Texan born expert shot & gunsmith all awhile simultaneously studying professionally as a Hair Designer, Makeup Artist & Fashions Stylist since age 9. After a motorcycle accident ended his racing career, that very same day he picked up a camera, and while limping around on crutches he took his first award wining images. Soon after as an inspiration to keep him in the family business, Christopher's father planted a seed idea asking "Why don't you do your models photography and hair?" which led to realizing his dreams come true as the Total Look Studios, registered trademark 1982. Although an exceptional Fashions and FX Photographer today, his formal photography training comes via the hard way; U.S. Army 25-S Still Photographic Specialist where during his tours of duty he served with full honors as a Desert Storm MP Augmentee, "Criminal Investigations Division" (CID photographer ) & Special Forces "Military Operations In Urban Tactics" trainer (MOUT Instructor). After Desert Storm and divorce Christopher finally arrived in Hollywood 1998 as single father starting life over. Christopher since has worked his way up from a minimum wage 8x10 B&W printer, delivering prints & film on a motorcycle through out Hollywood to notably one of Hollywood's finest set & studio production photographers and exceptional promotional, editorial graphics illustrator. Honored as a make-up team member for "The Passion of The Christ", which was nominated for an Academy Award 2004 - make-up FX. Christopher's most impassioned triumph is only a small footnote in Hollywood's History, however it was with his greatest pride the successful fight to save a 90-year-old Hollywood Historical Landmark has inspired his Dream to Build "Hollywood's 1st Photography Museum Library & Learning Center".