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Content * Styling * Events * Photography

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A social media content house for the loud, the playful, and the colourful. Born in Manila, now based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Photography, reels, styling, and events, made by hand. Shooting worldwide.

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A pizza cutter balanced on a sweet potato and a tomato, with lemons and a stopwatch on blue
SAY HEJ * SAY HEJ * SAY HEJ *

Selected clients: Maybelline, L'Oréal, Dove, McDonald's, Jollibee, Bench, Barry M, Havaianas, Summer Fridays, Glow Recipe, Happy Skin, Colourette, Pyrex, Fresh, Careline, BLK Cosmetics, Vision Express, Oxecure, Human, Frabelle, Fiona Jewelry, Cravewell.

Services

Four ways to work with us.

Book one, or combine them. Prices on request.

01

Launch

Launch package

Everything one product launch needs, made in one shoot.

  • Hero stills
  • Reels and TikToks
  • Cut for every channel
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02

Monthly

Monthly content

A fixed set of videos and stills every month, at one clear price.

  • Videos and stills each month
  • Planned with you
  • Ready to post
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03

Shoots

One-off shoots

Campaign, editorial, and product shoots, stills or video.

  • Campaign and editorial
  • Product and packshots
  • Food and drink
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04

Sets

Sets and styling

Props and sets sourced, built, or thrifted, for us or for your team.

  • Prop sourcing
  • Set building
  • Styling on set
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Video

Made for the phone, styled like a campaign.

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A palette knife dragging through a pool of red Scout Beauty gloss
Scout Beauty
A Not Pot tube rising out of marshmallows on apricot
Not Pot
An orange jar glowing on blue crushed velvet among coloured glasses
Skincare
Five lip gloss tubes squeezing out swatches from berry to orange
Lip gloss
Pearly lotion dripping down a pump bottle on silver satin
Body care
A palette knife lifting icy blue cream around the Not Pot logo
Not Pot

Photography * Set styling * Cosmetic styling

Work

A coral lipstick smeared across a pale corner
A pizza cutter balanced on a sweet potato and a tomato, with lemons and a stopwatch on blue
A sweet potato mirrored into a symmetrical creature with purple sprouts on deep blue
Lipsticks among chess pieces on a green felt table
The Risfolk table by the window with candles and paper pompoms
An egg on a wooden stand beside garlic, shells, a marble, and a Slinky on blue and red
A red lipstick smeared across a black-and-white food magazine page
A lily, a dried fish, and oranges on deep blue
Glow Recipe jars on pastel fluted plinths
A cucumber, radish, aubergine, and tomato balanced on pale blue
A radish riding a wooden clothes-peg figure on teal
Dehusk cereal splashing out of a bowl beside a Rubik's cube
Toast spelling save me in jam on a striped tablecloth
Chillies pinned to a dartboard like darts
Not Pot tubes on gold satin with a tiny Christmas tree and strawberries
A moss and dried-flower centrepiece with stones and mushrooms
A tomato and cucumber stack speared on a fork on pink
Radishes in a martini glass on a silver tray on green velvet
A mint rotary phone wrapped in paper butterflies on lilac
A turquoise typewriter typing Still Good, Still Life on red
A lemon dripping onto a dried fish against dark blue
Lipstick swatches stacked from nude to berry
A man in a green shirt with a red onion over his face
A fork, grater, sausage, and onion balanced on pink
Mahjong tiles scattered on a red table with a green curtain
Matchboxes reading I stole this from Risfolk
A red shoe balancing a glass with a lemon slice
A fish, pocket knife, padlock, and pins floating on white
A Glossier serum bottle on a wavy pink set
A red mushroom among buttons and trinkets on red velvet
A knife hovering over an egg, butter and dark bread
A blonde head face-down on a keyboard beside a snack wrapper
A fruit bowl with bread, jam, and beads on lilac
Scout lipsticks and their swatches on peach
A chilli in a martini glass among coloured glassware
Sisig on a crispy rice cake with a lace tuile
Three vintage telephones floating on pale blue
A hand holding a beaded bag of red onions
Babe Formula bottles on wavy pastel blocks
Green peppers, a whisk, and a key floating on white
A crossword, typewriter, and record player on a blue cloth
A garlic bulb hanging from a peg with a Still Good, Still Life tag
A bright red lipstick swipe on a white and grey corner
A lighter flame held up to a tomato in the dark
Glitter purple handbags with butterflies on lilac
Biko on a pandan leaf on a black plate
A reader with a Still Good, Still Life book, juice and a sandwich
A Glossier tube balanced on a striped pedestal on lavender
Broccoli, a watch, and pearls floating on white
A vintage TV, red phone, and cameras on gingham with a blue curtain
Hands cupping red radishes against a dark green jacket
Lipstick bullets cut flat in a grid of shades
A close-up of a cut tomato glistening on black
An Oxecure cleanser among lab glassware on mint
A Cookie radio with lemons and a cocktail shaker
Mushroom adobo on crispy rice with a tuile
Two Dove body wash bottles on plinths in the clouds
Eggs, a hammer, and a carabiner floating on pale blue
Lipstick samples in clear dishes on blush
A vintage wall telephone dial in brass and wood
A lilac Faace tube on a glass block in purple light
Vegetables, a clock, and a mesh bag in a dark still life
Youth to the People bottles with glass spheres on peach
A cracked egg balanced on a hammer in the dark
An Oxecure acne serum with aloe and a swab on mint
Bread rolls and a cat on a dark tablecloth
Glossier products among pastel foam shapes
Legs in brown trousers beside oranges in a net bag
Glow Recipe jars lined up on pastel plinths
Hands holding a Still Good, Still Life newspaper out of a suitcase
Today's Skin tubes on a clear acrylic stand
Orange halves, cherries, beads, a hair clip, and peel floating on white

News

Exhibitions

Exhibitions by Thurees Obenza.

The Galleri 54 Peepshow window with Foreign Object inside22 May – 14 June 2026

Solo window work

Foreign Object

Galleri 54 Peepshow, Gothenburg

From 22 May to 14 June 2026, Foreign Object is on show in the window of Galleri 54 Peepshow, presented as a photograph that hangs behind the real version of itself: a real tomato and metal tools that decay over the exhibition period. What does it mean to be a foreign object? Thurees thinks of wooden splinters lodged in her fingers, and the way the body lets you know when something does not belong.

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The street-window gallery on Chalmersgatan with the photographs on show2026

Solo street-window show

Still Good, Still Life vol. iii: The Threat of Intimacy

Street gallery window, Chalmersgatan 4, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg

With The Threat of Intimacy, Thurees presented the third exhibition in her ongoing Still Good, Still Life series, this time in a street gallery window display. Unlike traditional gallery exhibitions, the window format meant the photographs were encountered by people simply passing by. Commuters, pedestrians, and curious onlookers often stopped to look and ask questions about the work.

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Visitors in front of Thurees's photographs at Galleri Rotor2March 2026

Group show

Audacious BIPOC

Galleri Rotor2, Teatergatan 5, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg

For the Audacious BIPOC exhibition celebrating Women's Month, Thurees presented three photographic works: A Woman's Place is Wherever the Hell She Wants It to Be!, Sugar, Spice, and Reproductive Rights, and a still life featuring lipsticks arranged around a chessboard. Working primarily with objects and staged compositions, her photographs explore themes of autonomy, femininity, and power.

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Visitors looking at the Still Good, Still Life photographs on a white wall2025–26

Group show

Still Good, Still Life vol. ii: Food as a Ritual

EAT: Food, Culture, Design and Materiality, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg

Food as a Ritual was presented as part of the EAT: Food, Culture, Design and Materiality course, where students developed individual artistic projects exploring food from personal and cultural perspectives. For this exhibition, Thurees continued developing Still Good, Still Life, focusing on the repetitive gestures and routines that shape everyday relationships with food.

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Framed still lifes above a styled table with candlesticks and fruitNovember 2025

Solo exhibition

Still Good, Still Life vol. i: Value and Visibility

HDK-Valand Café, Gothenburg

The Value & Visibility exhibition marked the first public presentation of Still Good, Still Life, an ongoing photographic series. The series focuses on food sourced from discounted grocery bags: produce that is still edible but often overlooked due to appearance, timing, or expiration dates. Through carefully staged still life photography, Thurees asks viewers to reconsider how value is assigned to everyday food.

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Thurees beside Echoes of My Dreams, a wall of altered prints with a framed photograph2025

Group show

Remembrances

Rotor 2 Galleri, Valand, Gothenburg

Remembrances, curated by Juliana Goméz and Esther Dullinger, was a group exhibition at Rotor 2 Galleri, Valand, where Thurees exhibited along with fellow HDK-Valand students. She showed Echoes of My Dreams (2023), a photograph that represents the vividness and repetitive nature of her dreams: a framed photograph superimposed in front of several copies of the same photograph, altered with techniques like paper manipulation.

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Prints

Shop

From fika to Femme Powered: photographs and graphic prints by Thurees, sold through Cay Collective.

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  • Kardemumma i Kavaj
  • Morgonkaffe
  • Smör
  • Kanelbulle
  • Våffeldags
  • Pekan i Jeans
  • Mjaumsig
  • A Woman's Place
  • Femme Powered
  • En Kopp Till

Formats: reels, stills, stop-motion, and sets.

How working with us works.

Start a project

  1. Say hej

    Tell us about the product, the launch date, and where the content will live.

  2. Brief and quote

    We send a moodboard, a shot list across video and stills, and one quote.

  3. Build and shoot

    Props are sourced or built, and we shoot video and stills on the same set.

  4. Ready to post

    Edited reels and stills, cut for every channel.

From the grapevine

Reviews

A crossword, typewriter, and record player on a blue velvet table
“
I recently hired Sunny East Side studio for my business, and I couldn't be happier with the results. Her color work, attention to detail, and creativity in styling really exceeded my expectations! She is professional, accommodating, and truly understands how to showcase my products in the best light. I highly recommend the studio!
HampusSweden
Three vintage telephones floating on pale blue
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The best studio I've come across. Thurees has an amazing eye for product photography and is always helpful, professional and accommodating. They have a large amount of props which really made the options plentiful. Would wholeheartedly recommend her services!
EivaGermany
Not Pot tubes on gold satin with a tiny Christmas tree and strawberries
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Thurees was very friendly and accommodating. She understood what look we were going for and was eager to contribute her own input on how we can elevate our branding through her photos. Her studio has a lot of good energy and keeps the creative juices flowing. Kudos!
MarielPhilippines
Mahjong tiles scattered on a red table with a green curtain
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Sunny East Side's photo style is very modern and you won't find any other photographer doing their style here in the Philippines. 10/10 would recommend.
CarlPhilippines
A coral lipstick smeared across a pale corner
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EXCELLENT Photographer. The best product stylist and photog in manila. 10/10 happy with Thurees' vision and service. YAAAAS
JoshuaU.S.A.
Thurees kneeling on a desk with a newspaper and a green rotary phone

About * Meet the studio

Every object deserves its close-up.

Sunny East Side is a content studio in Gothenburg, founded by photographer and stylist Thurees Obenza. It started in Manila, shooting beauty and food for brands like Maybelline and L'Oréal, and moved to Sweden along with a frankly unreasonable prop collection.

We have a soft spot for anything worn, thrifted, discounted, or one step from the bin. A wonky tomato, a 1970s telephone, a lipstick that's seen things. Give it the right light and it will outshine anything brand new.

We plan the strategy, build the sets, shoot the stills and reels, and keep your feed fed. And when the shoot wraps, we're probably cooking dinner for twelve.

Thurees in a crown of pink and orange flowers

Off duty * Modelling

When she steps out from behind the camera, she goes in front of it. Thurees is a plus-size commercial model and actor, booked by brands like Maybelline, Dove, and L'Oréal.

See her on Acasting
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Tables, suppers, small celebrations

Styled events

Intimate dinners and small parties, styled from the invitations down to the napkin rings, with tablescapes and arrangements built from found objects. And we cook the food too: every day, without fail. It's our love language.

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The Risfolk table set with moss, mushrooms, ginger roots, rattan chargers and paper menus2025

Supper club

Risfolk

At home in Gothenburg

A Filipino rice dinner for friends, with every grain of it made by hand. We styled the table as a forest floor of moss, stones, mushrooms, and ginger roots, designed the menus, place cards, and matchboxes, and cooked every course: samalamig sa sago to start, champorado with daing, sisig on crispy rice (with a vegan mushroom adobo), then turon mille-feuille, biko, and galletas. The matchboxes read: I stole this from Risfolk.

How I style small events

In the press

Features

Interviews and profiles on her work, her studio, and the colour, confidence, and representation she brings to both.

  • 2023

    CREATE Philippines

    Nonconformist & Empowered: The Modern Filipina Through the Lens of Thurees Obenza

    By Arry Asiddao

    An interview about her path as a product photographer and founder of Sunny East Side, representation in advertising, and women in the creative industry.

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  • 2023

    The Business Manual

    How Thurees Obenza Became a Business Owner at 23

    By Bella Javier Liamzon

    How she built Sunny East Side Photo Studio at 23, the early challenges of a creative business, and the concept-driven way she approaches product photography.

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  • 2022

    Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, and The Philippine Star

    Thurees Obenza on Body Positivity and Digital Creativity

    Lifestyle section, national newspapers

    A feature in several national newspapers about her TikTok presence and her advocacy for body positivity, confidence, and representation.

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  • 2021

    Nala Woman

    Femme-Powered: Thurees Obenza on Photography, Colour, and Creative Identity

    By Tiffany Jillian Go

    On her creative process, how Sunny East Side began, and the role of colour and femininity in her bold, concept-driven work.

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Stories and how-tos

Behind the Scenes

On product photography, social media content, styling, and the odd tomato.

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The Risfolk table set with moss, mushrooms, ginger roots, rattan chargers, and paper menus

Events

Styling small events: tablescapes, found objects, and food made with love

20 October 2026 · 2 min read

Five lip gloss tubes squeezing out swatches from berry to orange

Social media

Social media content that stops the scroll

20 October 2026 · 2 min read

A fork, grater, sausage, and onion balanced on pink

From the studio

Artist or commercial photographer? Why I don't choose

20 October 2026 · 3 min read

Three vintage telephones floating on pale blue

For brands

How a shoot with Sunny East Side works, step by step

8 June 2024 · 2 min read

Glow Recipe jars on pastel fluted plinths

For brands

Making photos that look like your brand, not like everyone else's

7 June 2024 · 2 min read

A knife hovering over an egg, butter, and dark bread

From the studio

When the ideas run dry: dealing with creative burnout

30 November 2023 · 2 min read

Worked with

Selected clients

Maybelline · L'Oréal · Dove · McDonald's · Jollibee · Bench · Barry M · Havaianas · Summer Fridays · Glow Recipe · Happy Skin · Colourette · Pyrex · Fresh · Careline · BLK Cosmetics · Vision Express · Oxecure · Human · Frabelle · Fiona Jewelry · Cravewell

Good questions

FAQ

What does Sunny East Side do?

Sunny East Side is a social media content house run by Thurees Obenza. We make product photography, reels and TikToks, built sets, prop styling, and cosmetic styling for beauty and food brands, and we style small events.

Where are you based? Do you travel?

We moved the studio from Manila to Sweden, and we're now at Berghemsgatan 12 in Mölndal, just outside Gothenburg. We shoot on location too, in Sweden and worldwide.

How much does a shoot cost?

Every project gets its own quote, because a clean packshot and a fully built set are very different days. Tell us about the product, the launch date, where the content will live, and roughly what you'd like to spend, and we'll come back with ideas and one clear price.

Do you make video as well as photos?

Yes. We shoot stills and video on the same set, so your photos, reels, and TikToks all match.

Do you source the props?

Yes. Props are sourced from flea markets, thrift shops, and our own collection, or built by hand when the thing we need doesn't exist yet.

What kinds of products do you shoot?

Mostly beauty, skincare, cosmetics, food, and drink, plus lifestyle products that want to look loud, playful, and colourful.

How do I get my products to you?

You send samples to the studio before the shoot. Please send spares: something always gets smudged.

Can I join the shoot?

On location shoots, yes, you're welcome on set. Studio days are closed sets: we work on our own, and you sign off on the moodboard and shot list before we start.

Can I use the images anywhere?

We agree up front where and how you'll use the content, and it's written into the quote, so there are no surprises later.

Do you style events?

Yes, small ones: intimate dinners, birthday suppers, launch evenings, and parties at home. Tablescapes, found-object arrangements, printed details, and sometimes the food too.

How far ahead should I book?

As early as you can, especially around launches and holidays. Tell us your deadline and we'll plan backwards from it.

Say hej

Hej!

Tell us about your product and your launch. We'll come back with ideas and a quote.

thurees.se@gmail.com+46 76 411 7856Berghemsgatan 12, Mölndal, Sweden
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