Nathan Alan Hoover was born November 20th, 1998 in Rochester, MN, he graduated from Mayo High School in 2017 with his 3 other siblings (Noah, Ashley, and Alyssa) (They are Quadruplets)
While attending Mayo High Nathan took interest in News Broadcasting/Radio, Journalism, and Baseball. Due to many sports injuries (including a concussion and torn Achilles to name a few of his injuries), Nathan changed his focus from Sports and intent to Pursue Sports Medicine to pursue Photography and Media full time.
Nathan attended Rochester Community and Technical College for three years and obtained his Two-year Photography Certificate and his Two-year Liberal Arts Degree while working for The Echo Newspaper where they were named Best College Newspaper for two Years in a Row!
While attending RCTC Nathan met many individuals with different backgrounds hearing other people's stories and struggles helped him build a photography body of work titled “People of the 507” highlighting unique individuals who I had never met as well as some individuals he is still friends with today. Nathan's influence from the 2000's Pop Culture Fashion and Music has made an impact on his personal style and work.
Nathan's knowledge and experience in social media come from many years of pursuing photography and running his own social media pages highlighting local musicians, artists, brands, businesses, and individuals string to be an enterpriser like himself. This hard work and dedication Nathan shows inspired Bucky Beeman to hire Nathan to work with the RGI team.
Nathan's consistency and creativeness comes from his mother "Melanie" who gave him his first camera as a kid. Taking photos was just a hobby for Nathan until the day he get introduced to art history and famous photographers like Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Irving Penn and David LaChapelle.
Nathan always strives to create the best photography, video or graphic/social media post to present his client or subject in the most creative and detailed way possible. He intends to grow his videography and marketing skills in the future to produce content for Realty Growth Inc. & Realty Growth Management and other local Businesses in the South East Minnesota.