AVERY KANE
PHOTOGRAPHY

Named in Aperture's 'Visual 100' — one of the ten most compelling photographers of the year.

Avery Kane — portrait

AVERY KANE

I work at the intersection of light, silence, and the unrepeatable moment. Based between New York and Paris, I shoot portraits, editorial campaigns, and long-form documentary projects for publications and brands that care about craft.

My practice is rooted in available light and minimal intervention — I believe the camera's highest function is to bear witness, not to perform.

New York · London · Paris
01Portrait
02Editorial
03Documentary
04Studio Lighting
05Available Light
06Retouching
07Art Direction
08Long-Form Projects
09Film Processing
10Location Scouting
Studio portrait, dramatic overhead light against black
LIGHT FROM ABOVE
Portrait · 2024
Editorial fashion, model in structured coat, urban plaza
CONCRETE SEASON
Editorial Fashion · 2024
Documentary, elderly man in sparse room, window light
THE QUIET HOURS
Reportage · 2023
Brutalist concrete staircase, graphic geometric forms
FORM & MASS
Architecture · 2023
Vast salt flat, lone figure silhouette against stormy sky
THRESHOLD
Landscape · 2023
Editorial fashion, two models on rooftop, rim light silhouettes
EDGE OF DUSK
Editorial Fashion · 2022
Street market, motion blur, one sharp face looking at camera
SUNDAY MARKET
Reportage · 2022
Modernist glass facade reflecting cloudy sky, geometric grid
STEEL MIRROR
Architecture · 2022
Foggy mountain valley at dawn, layered ridgelines
BEFORE LIGHT
Landscape · 2021
2012
International Center of Photography
Documentary & Photojournalism · New York, NY
2010
Yale School of Art
MFA Photography · New Haven, CT
2008
Parsons School of Design
BFA Fine Arts · New York, NY
Rencontres d'Arles2024 · Arles, France
Photoville NYC2023 · New York, NY
Visa pour l'Image2023 · Perpignan, France
FOAM Photography Museum Lecture Series2022 · Amsterdam
Foto Colectania Symposium2022 · Barcelona
FotoFest Biennial2021 · Houston, TX