Featuring: Amalia Vossoughian, Amit Machamasi, Andrés Fernando Allain, Andrew Kung, Jan Chrisann Edward, Kir Simakov, Lidewij Mulder, Nicolás Bernal, Punit Kaur, Rody Oliveira, Sara Swaty, Tristan Martinez, Vurzie Kim, and Zeng Yanxun.
This exhibition began with a VSCO prompt: show us your community. Again and again, photographers chose to make portraits.
Not as observation or document, but as a deliberate act. A way to collaborate and connect with the person in front of the lens. Often guided by a shared question: what can we create together?
Whether the final image is part of a personal project, an editorial assignment, or a brand campaign, each reflects the photographer’s intent, craft, and the weight of their decisions.
Where to stand. When to press the shutter. How to frame a relationship. How a shift in light can change everything.
Some photographers work over time, creating images as part of a larger body of work. Others move instinctively, responding as moments unfold. Many do both, balancing direction and intuition as part of their practice.
At VSCO, we believe a photographer’s practice is shaped by the people and relationships around them. It’s not just about who you see, but how you stay connected, keep learning, creating, and move forward with confidence.
How do you photograph with intent?
Share your perspective with #MyCommunity and tag @vsco for a chance to be featured in an upcoming VSCO collection. Explore the extended exhibition at vsco.co/photoville2026.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Amalia Vossoughian
Amalia Vossoughian is a Brooklyn-based high school photographer specializing in portrait and journalistic photography. Rooted in the rhythms of everyday city life, her work captures the unique characters and subcultures that define New York’s spirit.
Amit Machamasi
Amit Machamasi is a self-taught photographer based in Bhaktapur, recognized for his profound passion for storytelling through visual media. His photography career began in 2020 with a position as a photojournalist, where he has since dedicated himself to capturing impactful moments.
Andrés Fernando Allain
Andrés Fernando Allain (1977) was born in Cusco, Perú, and is a photographer with over 25 years of experience combining artistic, documentary, and commercial photography. He has exhibited in Latin America, the United States, and Europe.
His work stands out for capturing the human and cultural essence of his subjects with a deeply personal approach that reflects everyday life, identity, and memory in his portraits. He integrates traditional analog roots with expertise in digital processes, creating a bridge between historical techniques and contemporary visual language. Since 2013, he has been researching and practicing 19th-century photographic processes, always with a keen eye for light, composition, and gesture.
His experience also extends to curatorial and cultural projects, contributing to the preservation of historical photography. The vision of Andrés Fernando Allain balances aesthetic sensitivity and conceptual depth, resulting in images that emotionally engage the viewer and endure over time.
Andrew Kung
Andrew Kung is a photographer living and working in New York. His work often centers on contested ideas of place, identity, and belonging. From subverting the male gaze to exploring the absences and omissions in Asian American history, he often draws upon personal experiences to present a reimagined cultural citizenship. Andrew has previously been awarded and exhibited by Light Work, NYSCA/NYFA, Houston Center of Photography, LensCulture, Blue Sky Gallery, Photolucida, En Foco, PhotoVogue, British Journal of Photography, and WePresent.
Jan Chrisann Edward
Jan Chrisann Edward is a New York City–based photographer originally from the Caribbean. Her practice explores themes of family, faith, and identity through a lens of personal and collective memory. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum at FIT, Russell Sage College, AM:PM Gallery, and many other spaces. She earned her BFA in Photography and Related Media from the Fashion Institute of Technology in May 2026.
Kir Simakov
Photographer Kir (Kirill) Simakov (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. He specializes in fine art, portrait, urban, architecture, and landscape photography. His portraits of celebrities, politicians, and famous personalities have been exhibited in galleries and art fairs all over the world. Since 2016, Kir has run his own studio, offering artworks for interior decoration of homes and offices.
Lidewij Mulder
Lidewij Mulder is a Dutch photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BA in Photography from The University of Applied Photography and studied Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism at ICP. Her work tells personal stories highlighting overlooked social and cultural themes. She was shortlisted for 1854’s Portrait of Humanity, the Independent Photographer Portrait Contest, and GUP’s FRESH EYES and New Photography Talent, with exhibitions in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and New York, among others.
Nicolás Bernal
Nicolás Bernal is a queer Indigenous Pasto photographer, political scientist, and visual artist, born and based in Ipiales, Colombia.
Punit Kaur
Punit Kaur is a photographer documenting Sikhi as it is lived through devotion and discipline. Born into the traditions that inspire her, she approaches photography as an offering to the divine. Her work expresses the presence and continuity of the sovereign Sikh identity.
Rody Oliveira
Rody Oliveira is a film photographer from Brazil whose work invites its viewers to dive into life in the marvelous city of Rio de Janeiro. The intimacy between Rody’s subjects and his admiration for the suburb he grew up in creates a series of tender photographs which elevates the beauty of Cariocas and their lifestyle.
Sara Swaty
Sara Swaty is a disabled documentary and portrait photographer based in Los Angeles. Her practice examines identity, gender, and ableism through long-form visual storytelling.
Tristan Martinez
Tristan Martinez (b. Los Angeles, CA, 1996) is a second-generation Colombian American interdisciplinary artist living and working in New York City. Through his lens, he zooms into the banal aspects of daily life. Tristan’s practice explores irony, the ephemeral, and the elevation of the everyday. With grander questions of self and relationships, his work is placed in the context of the everyday person. Drawing inspiration from artists like Jason Nocito, Chris Maggio, and Ryan McGinley, his work addresses the questions we all face when we wake up. He uses the narrative potential of images to construct ambiguous scenes that transcend individual identity and defy direct placement.
Vurzie Kim
Vurzie Kim is a photographer and visual artist from Northern Nigeria working between documentary and portraiture. Her work explores identity and cultural heritage through still, intimate images.
Zeng Yanxun
For Zeng Yanxun (b. 1995, Guilin, China), photography is both memory and a way of expression. Zeng’s photographic journey began in 2014.
Organizations
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VSCO
VSCO is a complete photography platform—editing tools, portfolio sites, client workflows, and community—that helps photographers hone their craft, grow their network, and build a photography business on their terms.
Whether they’re landing their first paid gig or growing an established practice, VSCO champions photographers at every stage of the journey. Their mission is simple: to close the gap between the creative life photographers want and the confidence, tools, and community they need to make it real.
VSCO—Where photographers turn pro.
Portraits of Proximity, by VSCO
Featuring: Various Artists
Curated by: Jon Feinstein Christina Rouse Maggie Carson Jurow
Locations
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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The views and opinions expressed in this exhibit are those of the exhibition artists and partners and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Photoville or any other participants and partners of the Photoville Festival.
