Andrew Kaen

Portrait work keeps cameras clicking in Upper Manhattan. Andrew Kaen is out in the neighborhoods, turning key moments into still images. Candid snapshots, event coverage, and fine-art prints appear alongside headshots shot through with personality. At weddings and celebrations he lets moments unfold before the shutter clicks. Couples cling to those images years later. Behind-the-scenes reports for stage productions capture faces lit by footlights rather than flashbulbs.

Visit the studio squeezed between Broadway and Amsterdam: 320 W 105th St #2b New York, NY 10025. Anchored on the second floor of a pre-war building, the space holds backdrops for portraits that need more than a plain wall. He’ll shoot on location if the light is right—the gridded side-streets of Morningside Heights, fire escapes in the West 100s, even Central Park’s bridle paths. Bring a well-lit hallway; he’ll make it glow.

Find Andrew Kaen any afternoon. Reach him at (646) 765-7890 to line up a photo session. Quick map link: directions. It’s the kind of place you stumble past once, then return to for keepsakes.