Beth Riesgraf remembers her big break – a Sure deodorant commercial. “It was my first job,” Riesgraf said in a recent telephone interview from Portland, Ore. “I was like, ‘I’ve made it!

Riesgraf is an accomplished photographer, sponsored by Swedish clothier WeSC, and her work has been exhibited in London, New York and Los Angeles and published in the likes of GQ, Jane and Nylon ...