Carrie Masters grew up in rural Nebraska, daughter of an Chemical Engineer/inventor and a Archeologist/painter. Living on a acreage 4 miles from the nearest town Carrie spent most of her youth daydreaming out doors and discovering nature. Carrie received her first camera at the age of nine, and took photography lessons through the local 4H. With plenty of time to experiment Carrie spent hours snapping pictures of whatever she found interesting, and later became the official photographer of her high school.

Carrie’s father traveled the world for his job and gave her the opportunity to live all over the world, and to form a unique perspective and “eye” for the world that she lives in. Spending time in Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Carrie went from Europe to living for almost a year in Malaysia, from here she visited Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore . Carrie was fascinated with the mixture of art and how people from the various cultures with very different ways of life could coexist. After her return from Malaysia Carrie entered the University of Nebraska. She studied, Art, Photography, and Anthropology. During her time at the University, she attended school in Monterey, Mexico studying Spanish language. Carrie graduated in 1997.

While in college Carrie met her future husband when she walked into his shop and into his life. His store was called “The Ozone.” A team was formed. She spent the next 12 yrs. Managing the store, and being the in house designer for original art work, t shirts, tote bags, and other things that they would then sell to their patrons. The years in that shop surrounded with vintage clothing and punker apparel, helped to form her design sensibilities.

Carrie started designing for an LA based t-shirt company. In July 2006. Carrie then put her focus on her photography business, C. Masters Photo and her t-shirt designs. Carrie’s t-shirts can be found at Nordstorm, Virgin Megastores and Urban Outfitters.

Carrie started her latest endeavor “Robot Luv,” in 2006. Focused on photography as a design medium, and using it through various forms of manipulation, to come up with totally new expressions of her images.