Kyle Cobian

Kyle approaches photography as a collaborative practice, allowing his models partial agency over positioning and lighting when conducting his photoshoots. He is inspired by various media, such as anime, vintage video game advertisements, and XY Magazine. He deliberately creates photographs interpretable as fashion shoots, brand adverts, and fantasy scenes. Subjects become powerful and refined, poised in a magical reality. Kyle shoots his subjects extremely underexposed and then edits the brightness post-production, creating muted colors and tones that he further accentuates. This unique method of digital photography, coupled with dynamic, colored spotlighting, contributes to an ethereal beauty throughout his work.