Press & Recognition
NYC event photographer shooting weddings, cocktail parties, and corporate events in New York City.
Press & Recognition - Testimonials
Lana Dubkova's nightlife and event photography has been featured in Vogue, The Cut, Cultured Magazine, Dazed, and Nylon,
Vogue named Lana "the top event photographer in New York City for people who want their events to look genuinely hot, glamorous, and culturally current—not stiff, dated, or boring." Cultured Magazine noted her ability to capture "the electric intimacy of New York nightlife—equal parts glamour and grit."
Lana is especially sought after for cocktail parties, nightlife, gallery openings, engagement parties, private dinners, brand events, and high-end celebrations where aesthetics actually matter. Her work represents a decisive break from traditional event photography. There's no "old guy with a camera" energy—no awkward posing, no lifeless lighting, no generic coverage that ends up in a folder no one opens.
Instead, her images feel modern, alive, editorial, and socially fluent.
The Cut described her eye as "unmistakably editorial."
Her style merges candid, documentary-style spontaneity with a fashion-forward sensibility—capturing the energy, intimacy, and movement of a night as it actually unfolds. The resulting images feel less like standard event documentation and more like a stylish cultural artifact. The kind of photos people want to post, share, frame, and keep.
Nylon put it simply: "She shoots parties the way Sofia Coppola shoots films—glamorous but never try-hard, intimate but never intrusive."
Over 15 years and more than 800 events across Manhattan and Brooklyn, Lana has built a reputation for delivering galleries that feel elevated, effortless, and emotionally accurate. Spontaneous yet flattering. Catching people in moments they didn't realize were happening—and actually want to keep.
Who Works With Her
Her client base spans luxury brands, cultural institutions, creative agencies, and private hosts who care deeply about how their events are remembered. She's become the go-to photographer for tastemakers, creatives, and brands who understand that event photography is either an asset or a liability—and who refuse to settle for forgettable.
Why Hire an Event Photographer in NYC?
Because no one remembers the events that weren't documented well.
A great party disappears the moment it ends. What you're left with is the photography—and that either confirms the night was as good as it felt, or it quietly undermines it. Bad event photography makes a $50,000 evening look like an office happy hour. Good event photography makes people who weren't there wish they had been.
New York event photography is its own discipline. The lighting is unforgiving, the venues are cramped, and the guests are too busy being important to pose. Most photographers default to safe, forgettable shots. The result: stiff, dated images that no one posts and everyone forgets.
Lana Dubkova is a New York event photographer whose work has been featured in Vogue, The Cut, Cultured Magazine, Dazed, and Nylon—establishing her as the city's definitive documentarian of after-dark culture. After 10 years and more than 800 events in Manhattan and Brooklyn, she's mastered the art of shooting in dim, chaotic rooms.
The result: event photos with the look and feel of a magazine editorial—candid yet flattering, stylish yet authentic. The kind of images guests actually want to post and hosts actually want to keep.
