NICE TO MEET YOU

Pursuit of Portraits is a global creative collective with a singular mission: Create an accessible global community of portrait-lovers through platforms to share the best of portraiture photography. 

In all our projects, we work to unite portrait photographers and enthusiasts of all skill levels and backgrounds, facilitate collaboration, and foster supportive relationships within this creative community.

Our platforms include small to large scale photography-centered events and quarterly instameets, our Instagram account (@pursuitofportraits), biannual Pursuit of Portraits print magazine, and website.

"The coldest stare" - Thank you to New York City based photographer @the.ellle 🇺🇸 for sharing this portrait of @madamejac via #pursuitofportraits - The team at PoP
"BRAZIL touchdown 🇧🇷" - Excited to share some photos on our IG STORIES ⚡️today featuring some of the photographers from Brazil. Here is a shot by @alissongabriel__ of @toompiva via #pursuitofportraits - The Team at PoP -
"From the trees" - Thank you to Boston based photographer @tinalumina 🇺🇸 for sharing this portrait of @nathandargis via #pursuitofportraits - The team at PoP
"Never let a stumble be the end of your journey" - Thank you @_hrtbrk ; a Dallas, Texas 🇺🇸 based photographer for this shot of @taywtsn via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by @saunakspace
“The greatest risk any of us will take, is to be seen as we are.” - Thank you @bykevinsanon; New York City 🇺🇸 - based photographer for this shot of @melbrazilia via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @neivy
"Seated up so high, yet so humble" - Thank you @delton_b for sharing this self portrait via #pursuitofportraits - The team at PoP
"Don't look down" - Thank you @lizziesteimer ; a Brooklyn, New York 🇺🇸 based photographer for this shot of @chrisxmerritt via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by @neivy
“If those aren't hot pants I don't know what is” - Thank you @erik.trent; Texas 🇺🇸 - based photographer for this shot of @_vphi via #pursuitofportraits - The Team at PoP
"Lonely for you only" - Thank you to Barcelona, Spain based photographer @joelhowells_ 🇪🇸 for sharing this portrait of @_ririadna via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @neivy
The final 🎯winner of the #710kportraits contest is @sagevt, from California. The subtleness and the double exposure ✨👌 Congratulations from all of us. #pursuitofportraits - CHECK OUT our ig stories for a few more of our favorites. With over 7,400 photos shared this was not easy...but thank you all for indulging us and hopefully along the way you stumbled on some amazing work. - Thank you to all the partners 💕, this wouldn't have been possible without you. @silver.seas @quietthechaos @earth_portraits @thevisualvogue @777luckyfish - The winners of #popxla will be shared next! 🙃🕺🏾🎉 - The Team at PoP

OUR STORY

Established in 2015 in New York City, Pursuit of Portraits is comprised of a diverse team of 14 creatives, led by Founder/Creative Director Saunak Shah. What started as an Instagram account to showcase portraiture photography, has grown into a multi-faceted movement that meaningfully connects thousands of creatives around the world.

Since the pursuit began just two years ago, we've crossed a quite few milestones off along the way. We published our first print magazine in Fall 2016 (and have the Spring 2017 Issue 002 to launch on Saturday, June 10th). We held 2 portrait exhibitions in W New York, Union Square and 1 at Lomography New York and an upcoming one at Warehouse Studios for our Spring Launch Event. We hosted 14 Instameets held across New York, Iceland, Chicago, Seattle, Orlando, Singapore and we're off to Los Angeles on June 17th for our next one. We formed partnerships with over 30 brands. And we grew our Instagram community to 135k followers (and counting) with over 1.5 million photos shared within #pursuitofportraits.

In 2017, we're excited to continue driving the portraiture photography movement forward by creating new and unique experiences for our growing, global creative community.