Victoria Ushkanova is an award-winning Portrait, Documentary, and Fashion photographer.
Based in Amsterdam the Netherlands
For Actors, Creative and normal people
Published on Photo VOGUE
Clients: NETFLIX, FORBES, PENGUIN Books and more
With exhibition experience
Commissioned and Personal work
I’m happy to share that my portrait photo won second place.
AAP Magazine #38 Women
“Out of thousands of different images submitted for this competition, we had the difficult task to select 20 photographers but since the submitted images were of such high quality we decided to select 25 photographers for this 38th edition of AAP magazine and you are not only one of the happy few but the 2nd place prize winner!
Congratulations for being selected from this array of great work!”
Portrait of a young woman
Amsterdam
Polaroid model test shoot
Portrait of Lola
Portrait of a Young Man
By the lake, under the rays of the setting sun, the hair gleams golden, and the skin tone merges with the celestial surface
A photo shoot for the cover of Penguin Books Publishing
Portrait of a Young Man
AI-generated image
British Journal of Photography
Portrait of “Bo and her Kids” has been shortlisted for the British Journal of Photography Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 and featured with other talented photographers in the fifth edition book published by Hoxton Mini Press.
The British Journal of Photography — the world’s oldest and most influential photography titles magazine.
www.1854.photography/2023/02/portrait-of-humanity-vol-5-shortlist-revealed/
Dreams about…
AI generated Art work
Malina in my room
I got divorced this summer and Malina visits me once a week. She plays in my small room, sitting on a chair like on a horse, watches cartoons on her phone, and in general behaves as if nothing has changed. When I catch her for a picture, what are her thoughts? She willingly poses for me and it always surprises me- She is a wild and free child who is not used to, obeying. Maybe that’s what love is.Almere Oosterwold, The Netherlands
Published on Poto Vogue www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/145492
Portrait of a Woman with a baby
Commissioned photography for Onehundredrestrooms
Portraits of a young man and woman
Step into the pulsating heart of Los Angeles, where the dreams of young men and women intertwine with Hollywood’s glitz, glamor, and parallel reality.
A young man plays in a music band. I met him working in a cafe.
A girl works as an assistant on a film set.
From my travels to L.A.
Portrait of a Dancer Liza
Amsterdam
Portrait of a Young Designer
Amy Lewis
Multi-disciplinary theatre maker
Photoshoot took place in a studio in Amsterdam
From a view of identity
Actress Headshots
Eirini in Amsterdam studio
Inana
Portrait of a woman with a tattoo
Stories of Young
Portrait of a young woman
Founder of the bookstore in Bijlmermeer Amsterdam 2022
Vladlena
Independent film director
Vladlena Sandu was born in her Father’s homeland of Ukraine (USSR), Crimea in 1982. After her parents divorced, she moved to her Mother’s hometown of Grozny in the Chechen Republic. She spent six years at war as a child and teenager. In 1998 she immigrated to mainland Russia and received the status of an internally displaced person.
Since the beginning of the war of Russia against Ukraine since March 20, 2022, Vladlena is based and works in Amsterdam / the Netherlands
Diana
Portrait of a young woman in a black dress
Portrait of Men
Headshot commissioned by NETFLIX
Malina and waterfall
Published on photo VOGUE
Summer in Portugal
locals escape the heat in a forest with a waterfall and a pond
Ukraine
On January 9th I came back from a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine. I would like to share with you my thoughts and photography from the 10 days of my stay.
Oosterwold community
Fest of Summer
Dogs, children, adults, music, food, and fun all mixed up in the field of Summer
35 mm film camera
Published on photo VOGUE
www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/145492/gallery#3915320
Portrait photos of Cody
Dutch Student
The portrait was taken during my interview with students of Fotovakchool Amsterdam.
Waterfall in Portugal
Fine Art Photography
Published on photo VOGUE
www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/145492/gallery#3785239
Marfa TX
Art Summer School with the TAAK
student portrait
Woman portrait photography
Bo is surrounded by children, immersed in the Yurt life in Almere
Published on photo Vogue
www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/145492/gallery#3768953
Bo and her kids
Almere Oosterwold The Netherlands
“Coming from both Dutch and Indonesian roots, I feel I never really ‘fit in’ because my blood has different cultures. Living in a yurt, intertwined with all the Elements, me and my children are rooting into the clay in Oosterwold. It is fascinating how connected I feel with this special place.”
Best Of on photo Vogue
Opening the door and seeing two friends
Portraits of creators
Commissioned by NETFLIX
Amsterdam 2019
Portrait of a young woman
Oosterwold, The Netherlands
Published on photo Vogue
Sam, portrait of a young man
Photoshoot made in my studio Oosterwold Almere
Published on photo Vogue
Portrait of a traveler a man from Antarctica
Hands
Sisters and brother from the project for Stories of Young Amsterdam Bijlmer
Malina reading comics
portrait on a medium format film camera
Floris with child surrounded by his garden
Oosterwold the Netherlands
“Blame The Algorithm”
Munich Stadtmuseum ( Münchner Stadtmuseum).
Fund out that my photo artwork Debbie was presented in an exhibition “Blame The Algorithm” from Der Greif issue 12 Guest edited by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin in 2019
dergreif-online.de/special/farewell-broomberg-chanarin/#content-slider
Anna Drijver, Dutch actress
Photoshoot in studio Oosterwold Almere
Brianna
2017 Amsterdam Oost
Photo portrait of Yonatan Trooster
Captured for advertising campaign for Flirt Creativity agency.
Sanne Samina Hanssen Dutch actress
Malina Bakkum, the Netherlands
A feeling of freedom and endless sunny winter wind. The world is changing
Love
Portrait of a woman with cats 2019
Sofia
Portrait of Vivian in her tyni house
Oosterwold the Netherlands, 2021 January.
Portrait of the artist Ruan Hoffman
Portrait of Mayaki Kimba, political science, The Black Archives.
For Reed Magazine, Portland, OR/ Portretfotografie van Mayaki Kimba, politicologie, The Black Archives. Voor Reed Magazine, Portland, OR.
Anna from Belarus
Here you can find an interview with me
also my video from my live performance in 2012 Mmoma Moscow
https://www.fresheyesphoto.com/ushkanova
Portrait of Gijs Blom, Prince Viridian in the film The Letter for the King
It seems to me on all these photos the Gijs is absolutely different from a sexy man to an almost sickly teenager from the movie “Spider” by David Cronenberg, he can show different sides. He is great.
I had a photo shoot with a dream team of Netflix.
It was fun to work all together, with a stylist, make-up artist and in the background a cameraman with a soundman doing backstage video.
TESTIMONIALS
Fiorenza Togna
We were looking for a long time for a portrait session that would really represent ourselves in the most natural and spontaneous way possible.
We are glad we found Victoria, she has a very positive energy and really connects with you.
She is very good at make you comfortable and the final result is great!
Christopher Mack/ NETFLIX
Victoria was amazing!
We hired her to take pictures of some writers we were hosting at Netflix. (Before the Pandemic).
The images came out beautiful.
One of the writers actually commented, “Maybe I do have a face for television!” And I replied, “Only if Victoria is behind the camera.”
Once this pandemic is over, we will definitely use her for future shoots. Thanks again, Victoria.
Khalil Emede/ NETFLIX
Victoria is hands down one of my favorite photographers to work with.
She is a deep soul, and has an understanding of people’s lines and features in a manner she can make the simplest portrait look like a work of art. When working, she looks for an actual connection with her subjects and strives to capture the light in their eyes.
As Netflix, we worked with Victoria multiple times in Amsterdam and have been always very very pleased with the results, both in full studio days and during events in which gear, times and spaces were limited.
I’d recommend Victoria to anyone who’s looking for an artist who can adapt herself to any situation and can produce top quality work with the simplest of setups.
Marcus Franck
We used Victoria to do portrait photography for our latest collection and are very happy with the results. She fully understood the brief, was great to deal with, and took some really nice photos for us. Can warmly recommend.
Victoria is a true artist and has a vision for balance, light and beauty. She took photos for my acting portfolio and made me feel comfortable and made sure to highlight my best angles. She is really good about capturing a natural moment without making anything too posed. Check out her website for pricing. VERY reasonable. My photos came out beautifully and much better than I could have ever expected. They’ve helped me to book some auditions ;)
Agn Ro/ Artist
Great photographer of artist performances and happenings in nature as well as inside. recommended!
Fiorenza Togna
We waren lang op zoek naar een portretsessie die ons echt op een zo natuurlijk en spontaan mogelijke manier zou portretteren.
We zijn blij dat we Victoria hebben gevonden, ze heeft een hele positieve energie en maakt echt contact met je. Ze is erg goed in het je op je gemak stellen en het eindresultaat is geweldig!
Christopher Mack/ Netflix
Victoria was geweldig!
We huurden haar in om foto’s te nemen van een aantal schrijvers die we bij Netflix onderbrachten. (Voor de pandemie).
De foto’s kwamen er prachtig uit.
Een van de schrijvers zei: “Misschien heb ik wel een gezicht voor televisie!” En ik antwoordde: “Alleen als Victoria achter de camera staat.” Als deze pandemie voorbij is, zullen we haar zeker gebruiken voor toekomstige shoots. Nogmaals bedankt, Victoria.
Khalil Emede/ NETFLIX
Victoria is zonder twijfel een van mijn favoriete fotografen om mee samen te werken.
Ze is een diepe ziel, en heeft een begrip van de lijnen en kenmerken van mensen op een manier dat ze het eenvoudigste portret er als een kunstwerk uit kan laten zien. Wanneer ze werkt, zoekt ze naar een echte connectie met haar onderwerpen en streeft ze ernaar om het licht in hun ogen te vangen.
Als Netflix hebben we meerdere keren met Victoria gewerkt in Amsterdam en we zijn altijd zeer tevreden geweest met de resultaten, zowel tijdens volle studiodagen als tijdens evenementen waarbij de uitrusting, tijden en ruimtes beperkt waren.
Ik zou Victoria aanraden aan iedereen die op zoek is naar een artiest die zich kan aanpassen aan elke situatie en topkwaliteit werk kan produceren met de meest eenvoudige setups.