Kyle Dorosz STUDIO VISITS

Photographer Kyle Dorosz began making “Studio Visits,” environmental portraits of artists in their studio spaces, in 2016. While earning a BFA in photography and a minor in art history from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Dorosz cultivated a “huge admiration and respect for the arts,” he says, so “photographing creatives in their spaces was a natural subject for me.”

Dorosz prefaces each session with a large dose of research, allowing him and his subjects to have meaningful conversations before the photographing even begins. Describing each shoot as a collaboration, Dorosz says involving his subjects in the creative process helps him step outside of his usual style, enriching his perspective as a photographer. Photographing creatives such as multimedia artist and animator Mike Perry, whose work you’ve likely seen on Broad City; mural duo ASVP, who create public works and private works for clients like Spotify; and iconic New York street artist Daze, Dorosz’s series is founded on the premise that artists’ studios are as telling as the artists themselves. And in certain cases, when he uses postproduction or on-set techniques to preserve the anonymity of graffiti artists, such as ASVP, the setting takes on an even more prevalent role in his portraits.

Born and raised in Maryland, Dorosz’s passion for photography began at the young age of nine, when he saw exhibitions of Ansel Adams and William Wegman at the George Eastman House in Rochester. “Seeing the beauty of Adams and the playfulness of Wegman sent me on a lifelong journey,” says Dorosz. And the need to keep that journey evolving is the fire beneath him. “This is my job. The hustle, the pressure—that’s what keeps me focused and excited every single day.”

—Amy Touchette

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