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Brooklyn, New York City

Dylan
van Druten

15 years · 63 five-star reviews · 300+ sessions in New York

Dylan van Druten

About

I'm a self-taught photographer with 15 years behind the lens. Before this became my full-time work, I spent seven years in investments and management consulting, building my craft in the hours around it, and somewhere along the way I fell in love with making images people keep for a lifetime. Moving to New York made the decision for me: there's no greater city to create in, and no better place to meet extraordinary people.

My philosophy is simple: timeless photographs that give you a feeling. I work with light, not against it, finding the moments where it does something honest and beautiful. The edit is always clean; nothing that dates a photo five years from now (see how I edit). I'm not directing a performance, I'm drawing out something real. The quiet in-between moments end up meaning the most.

I'm just as obsessive about everything around the photographs. From your first message to the moment your gallery arrives, the experience is designed to feel seamless: replies within hours, mood boards and outfit inspiration before the shoot, and a delivery that feels as considered as the photos themselves.

The session itself should feel like a walk through the city with a friend, not a stiff appointment between strangers. Clients tell me they forgot the camera was there, and most say they'd made a friend by the end. That's the goal: you at ease, gently guided when it helps, with photographs you'll keep forever.

I'm based in Brooklyn and shoot across all five boroughs. Alongside couples and families, I photograph for brands and companies including Toma, Two Blind Brothers, Sailor Health, and Leathwaite Executive Search. Clients have rated me 5.0 across 63 reviews on Google and Airbnb Experiences, and you can read every one of them.

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Where the camera goes when I’m not working
A woman in white walking across pale volcanic rock in Milos
Milos2022
A woman walking beneath the Qatari flag at the National Museum in Doha
Doha2019
An old stone lookout on a rocky headland above the ocean at Cape Point
Cape Point2019
A man walking a bicycle through a narrow terracotta alley in the Marrakech medina
Marrakech2019
A cow among ancient moss-covered laurel trees in the fog, Fanal Forest, Madeira
Madeira2022
A red-domed lighthouse on the sea cliffs at Cape St. Vincent near Sagres
Sagres2022
Whitewashed houses and windmills above the sea at sunset in Oia, Santorini
Santorini2022
A yellow tram on a sunlit street in Lisbon
Lisbon2022
Graffiti rooftops in New York at sunset
New York2026