People who sat for Rurk
The portrait they wanted, in a minute.
Authors on deadline, founders rewriting their LinkedIn, agency creatives chasing a press shot. Here's what they sent us afterwards.
“I needed an author photo by tomorrow. Got four better ones in five minutes.”
Marc Dubois
Novelist · Author headshot
“My LinkedIn photo was from a wedding in 2019. I tried Nadav Kander on a Sunday night and had a new profile picture before bed. People notice — that's the part I didn't expect.”
Sophie Klein
Founder · LinkedIn refresh
“It actually kept my glasses. Every other tool turned me into a different person.”
Léa Marchand
Copywriter · Press kit
“I had a press kit due for a festival and zero budget left for a photographer. Four portraits later I sent the press team something I'm actually proud of.”
Théo Renaud
Indie filmmaker · Festival bio
“I look like myself, just on a much better day.”
Ines Carvalho
Architect · Studio portrait
“Three selfies in pajamas, four portraits that finally look like the version of me I'd describe to a friend.”
Jonah Bennett
Dating profile
“It felt suspicious that something this fast could look this good. Then we ran a session for every contributor in the issue.”
Camille Rey
Editor-in-chief · Editorial cover
“I sat for Nadav Kander once, ten years ago. The Rurk session reminded me of that day — same restraint, same quiet.”
Adrien Vasseur
Pianist · Album sleeve
“Our last firm-wide shoot took three days and a soundstage. We re-did the whole partner page in an afternoon and nobody could tell — except the budget.”
Hannah Linde
Senior partner · Firm headshots
“I needed a portrait for a fundraising deck on Monday. Did the session Sunday on my couch. Investor said it was the best founder photo he'd seen all quarter.”
Yannick Plessis
CEO · Investor deck
“We onboard new hires almost every week. Instead of waiting for the quarterly photoshoot, everyone now gets their team-page portrait on day one. That alone paid for the plan.”
Naomi Adler
Communications lead · Quarterly headshots
“I'm picky about photographers, and I expected to hate this. I kept three of the four prints and used one for a conference badge.”
Diego Esposito
Art director · Speaker portrait