Cassy Athena

ABOUT CASSY ATHENA

Photographer who is known for her work with the NBA. As a Getty Images photographer, she shares a wide range of her athlete and celebrity photos with her over 260,000 Instagram followers. Her work has been published in sports Illustrated, Samsung, Billboard, and Slam Magazine.

Being around the sports world growing up, she chose to pursue it as a career. She earned her BA in Art at Cal State University, Northridge. She then began her career as a Visual Effects Coordinator until going on to shoot a variety of NBA teams and individual stars.

She is known for being the creator of the Nick Young Meme. She is also the survivor of a brain tumor.

She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

She shares her photographs of athletes to Instagram including portraits of Marvin Bagley III , DeAndre Ayton , Iman Shumpert , and James Harden .