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.

"PURSUIT IN LA" - It has hardly been a few days since the PoP team's been back in New York and we already miss LA 😭 we cannot thank you guys enough for showing us such an awesome time at #PoPxLA 💕🔥🎈- Thank you to all of you for coming through and showing love, thank you to the creatives (listed below) who were supporting us and to @woodsnap for their partnership. - We are looking forward to seeing all your photos. Share em by Sunday, July 2nd via #PoPxLA for a chance for some awesome prizes by Woodsnap and swag from PoP. #pursuitofportraits - Thank you guys below for helping spread the word, showing us a part of LA and making it all happen. - Photographers: @clinteastwood @kingvuddha @jethroalaba @jaredsvisuals @devintimothynelson @justinquebral @thestreetsensei - Models: @matisoncard @dathias @hannahdo_ @kimmyisskinny @litaflita @denny623 - Team PoP in LA: @5thphvse @dennistejero @saunakspace - PS: Check out our IG STORIES for a sneak peek of the video by @nick.trance and some photos from yours truly - the Team at PoP in LA 💕🎈🤡
"Watching you, watching me" - Thank you @nikkuman; a Dallas, Texas 🇺🇸 based photographer for this shot of @dean_of_dallas via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by @anishaspice
"Shape of you 🎶" - Thank you @sayjor; a New Yorker in Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺 for this shot of @jazzfullofzen via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by @sharmeen.c
“vidro invisíve” - Thank you @moraismavi; Salvador, Bahia, Brasil 🇧🇷- based photographer for this shot of @leticonceicao via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @anishaspice
“Summer Soul” - Thank you @briannamariephotog; Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸- based photographer for this shot of @jeremiah_espinoza via #pursuitofportraits - — Team PoP
“On the low” - Thank you @ninthvision ; Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸 -based photographer for this shot of @haileyordanez via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by @sharmeen.c
“Firefly” - Thank you @victorofvalencia; Denver, Colorado 🇺🇸- based photographer for this shot of @mackenzie_thoma via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @jaegentan
“🌿” - Thank you @blackprints; New York City 🇺🇸- based photographer for this shot of @orionvanessa via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @neivy
“This city is mine” - Thank you @jnsilva ; New York 🇺🇸 -based photographer for this shot of @thatnycgirl via #pursuitofportraits - The team at PoP
“Dancing in the daylight” - Thank you @care_photos; Milwaukee, Wisconsin 🇺🇸- based photographer for this shot of @caitlinrileyy_ via #pursuitofportraits - Selected by: @anishaspice

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.