Dina Litovsky, Paolo Verzone, Ismail Ferdous & Shane Cobalt.

Dina Litovsky

Dina Litovsky is a Ukrainian-born photographer living in New York City since 1991. Dina's imagery can be described as visual sociology. Her work explores the idea of leisure, often focusing on subcultures and social gatherings.

Dina is a regular contributor to National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, New Yorker, GQ and New York Magazine. In 2020, Dina won the Nannen Prize, Germany's foremost award for documentary photography. Other awards include the PDN 30, New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, POYi, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, International Photography Awards and American Photography.

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Paolo Verzone

For nearly 30 years, Paolo Verzone has explored the world around him through multiple visual mediums—from posed portraiture to documentary photo stories and more.

Born in Italy, Verzone has traveled the globe, capturing images of everything from climate change in the Arctic Circle to archeological and paleontological expeditions in the desert. A Canon Ambassador since 2017, Paolo has received three awards from the World Press Photo Contest, Pictures of The Year International, and Sony World Photography Awards; his images have been published in numerous magazines, including National Geographic, Time, Le Monde, Washington Post, GEO, and many more. His photographs are from different collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Instituto Nazionale della Grafica in Rome.

Since 2024, Paolo has been a National Geographic Explorer.

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Ismail Ferdous

Ismail Ferdous is a Bangladeshi photographer and filmmaker who lives in New York City. He is interested in social, cultural, and humanitarian stories of the contemporary world. A member of Agence VU’ in Paris, he began photography while he was studying in business school in Dhaka. He decided to break with his family tradition and not to work in business. Instead, he has pursued a carrier as a professional photographer for the last 12 years. After the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka in 2013, one of the worst industrial disasters in the history of Bangladesh, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,100 workers, Ferdous’s work made a plea against the devastating effects of the “fast fashion” industry on the population with his documentary film and photo projects “The Cost of Fashion” and “After Rana Plaza.” His curiosity about geography and migration has influenced his prolific work on migrations and refugees over four continents which shows unique human conditions and tells their stories.

Ismail has worked with important international newspapers, magazines, and corporate clients. Some of his major clients are The New York Times Magazine, Geo Magazine, Washington Post, Le Monde M magazine, Hermes, and many others. Since 2017 he has been a frequent contributor to National Geographic Magazine on many stories.

Ismail Ferdous’s work has been awarded with World Press Photo, Picture of the Year international, Alexa Foundation grant, Getty Images Instagram grant, and many other major awards in photography.

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Shane Cobalt

Shane Cobalt is a professional magician from Toronto, Canada. He is known for masterful sleight-of-hand and a deep knowledge of the history of magic. He specialises in historical and rare magic techniques blended with modern approaches, and is committed to preserving and evolving magic as an art form. 

Shane has invented magic for David Blaine and worked with David Copperfield to curate his museum of magic artifacts. He has performed around the world, including the Magic Castle in Hollywood and the Royal Opera House in London. In 2022, he represented Canada at the World Championship of Magic/FISM and in 2023 he sold out a tour of Japan.

He has been featured in National Geographic, CBC, CTV News, the New York Times and Vogue.

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Picto
New York

Picto was created in Paris in 1950 by Pierre Gassmann, a true pioneer of photography. Since then, Picto has become a leading partner of the world’s most famous photographers as well as the most prestigious brands in the world of fashion, luxury and beauty.

Picto New York is dedicated to serving professional photographers, galleries, museums, institutions, and passionate individuals with best-in-class scanning, retouching, and in-house Fine Art Printing & Framing services.

Beyond our services, we proudly host a Fine Art gallery space. This space is our hub for exhibitions, openings, workshops, talks, book launches, and projections. It's where we nurture creativity and connect with the art and photography community.

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Picto New York

77 Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11205
USA