NYC-based. Self-taught. Digital & film. Check out my work below and let’s connect at create@alainbalan.com.

for the gram

View fullsize it took forever put the christmas tree away. here’s a few reasons 📷🎞️🌼❄️🌒🎄
View fullsize I got you…. my bag is getting deeper 😏. Shout out to the amazing people at Sony Music (@sonymusic) and @wegothue (Helping Unite Everyone) for giving me the chance to help close out 2025 with their Holiday Party. Here are some of my favorite
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View fullsize 1 year down, and a lifetime of laughter and seeing who can make the silliest faces to go 🥹🥇🎄🎂
View fullsize community. routine. wellness. got a chance to direct a shoot for @inreallifeskin & @alyssa_s_ashley. Here’s what we created 🔥 #CreateTheUniverseOfYourDreams #CTUOYD
View fullsize 🕊️ The Unforgettable, my Chief, Maxo. I love and miss you.
View fullsize busy body 👶🏾🚦🚨💡⚡️ #fuji #Fujifilm #fujifilmxt4 #classicchrome #fujirecipes
View fullsize “You put your trust in God, this life could be so beautiful.” Music by @ceeztheworld_
View fullsize I wish I could salute you one more time, Uncle Maxo, my Chief/Chèf mwen. My heart hurts so much but I’m so happy that we gave you your flowers in such grand ways TWICE in the past year. We love you and we’ll never be the same witho
View fullsize walks, lately. autumn is wifey’s favorite season and I’m finally starting to see why
View fullsize October/Spooky dump 👻🍂🎃
View fullsize where the heart is. this bookshelf is one of my favorite things about our place. I had to move my most loved items out of our 2nd room to make room for a nursery. without this bookshelf, i would have had to give most of it away or put them in stora
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View fullsize my lens on the most stylish and influential at @CultureCon. i’m manifesting a souvenir box full of press passes by the end of 2026 🤞🏾💫 📷 #CultureCon
View fullsize You mean a lot, ti frè. Happy birthday!!! Year 29 was fun - dirty thirty is next 🤪
View fullsize Mood over the years. I can rock a blonde wig if I had to 😂💅🏾💁🏾‍♂️

SPREAD LOVE: Brooklyn on Film

  • BIRDS DON'T SING

  • SAVIOR

  • URBAN RUINS

  • HOOD HERO

  • smoke

  • nostalgia

  • 0 FOR 82

  • LEGEND

  • HOOP DREAMS

EUROSTEP

  • GOD'S WINDOW

  • EIFFEL

  • EIFFEL BALCONY

  • VERSAILLES DETAILS

  • A FIND IN BARCELONA

Tokyo, Osaka, Kanazawa

  • osaka castle

  • commuter

  • vanilla

  • feeling blue

  • shades

with love, from marrakech

  • the star

  • one door closes....

  • URBAN RUINS

  • salmon

  • golden hour

  • every corner of the world

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