Vivien KS

Vivien KS is a photographer and writer from Queens. On large format, medium format, and 35mm film, her work tests the physics theory of the “observer effect”: that the subject innately behaves differently under observation—or, in the case of photography, in front of a lens. Previously, Vivien worked at Raw Messina, a photography gallery and darkroom in Rome, and the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin; her work was published in the latter’s annual magazine Mosaic. She currently works at Columbia School of the Arts' darkroom and print lab and volunteers at the Bronx Documentary Center. When she’s not holed up in the darkroom, you can find her on a Citi bike or reading a book.

Vivien is digitizing Lola Flash’s AIDS/ACT UP work among other projects from the 1980’s and 90’s.

This program is possible thanks to the vision and support of Fujifilm.
Our Digitization System was made possible by a 2024 Capital Grant by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.