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After almost 8 months since our last meet in New York, PoP hosted "Pursuit of Love 🌹” in Central Park in partnership with @verotruesocial, @jameshotels & @thesevillenyc. Within just a week since we hosted the meet, we’ve already seen over a thousand photos shared within the meet’s hashtag #PoPxLove.
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As part of the Global Pursuit and a celebration of 6 months on the road, PoP makes it back to home base to host "Pursuit in Coney" on Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 bringing together over 300 creators and a ton of Coney vibes.
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On Monday, January 1st, PoP carried forward its annual tradition of a New Years Day meet-up in the spirit of ringing in the new year with positive vibes, meeting new people and making portraits at Umpire Rock in Central Park.
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The team at Pursuit of Portraits visits and captures the spirit of AfroPunk festival this past weekend - An extravaganza of creativity; a confluence of style, tradition, art and music.
The Pursuit of Portraits Magazine 2017 Spring Issue 02 launch event took place on Saturday, June 10th to celebrate the next chapter in the Pursuit...
Pursuit of Portraits teams up with Holi NYC to create "Portraits in full color" - A myriad extravaganza of diversity, love and togetherness in celebration of Holi; the hindu spring festival of colors.
On Saturday, April 8th, Pursuit of Portraits held it’s first film meet in partnership with Lomography New York to celebrate National Film Day on April 12.
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Pursuit of Portraits and W New York Union Square joined forces to create a unique and immersive, first of its kind experience with "PoP Up at the W"
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PoP's "Hello 2017" Instameet successfully brought over 200 people together to start off the New Year a little differently.
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With New Year's just around the corner, we at Pursuit of Portraits wanted to take a few moments to thank all of you for being part of a memorable 2016!
With more than half a dozen meets under our belt, we recently had the honor of being interviewed by AdoramaPix to share some best practices we've learned along the way about how to host a effective meet.
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In celebration of Instagram's World Wide Instameet Weekend in honor of Earth Day, Pursuit of Portraits hosted over 250 portrait-lovers in Central Park for the "Hello Earthlings" Instameet.
The team at Pursuit of Portraits is looking forward to "In The Mood For Love" -- our first instameet for 2016, set for tomorrow, Saturday, February 20th with co-host @moodygrams.
The sole objective of a successful meet is a create a friendly, inclusive and fun environment for all attendees. No meet is too large or too small. The value proposition is to connect with like-minded individuals that share the same or similar passion with a clear take-away...
"Header Photo by Yuxi Liu"
Established in early 2015 in New York City, Pursuit of Portraits has rapidly transformed from a personal Instagram account for founder Saunak Shah, into a highly connected creative community of nearly 40 thousand portraiture fanatics and photographers. The most recent manifestation of Shah's vision for Pursuit of Portraits took place on a bright Sunday, October 4th in New York City, at the group's second ever instameet, aptly named "For the Pursuit".
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