Kizzy Payne
Somewhere between a heartbeat and a breath, Kizzy Payne learned to see the world differently. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she discovered early on that some truths are not spoken but captured. At just twelve years old, her first camera became a passport — not only to travel but to understanding. Through her lens, she found a way to hold onto fleeting beauty, unguarded emotion, and quiet honesty before they disappeared.
Kizzy specializes in portrait and street photography, drawn to the overlooked and the unspoken. Her images are not about perfection but presence: the passing glance, the unfiltered moment, the stillness in chaos. She doesn’t just frame faces — she frames feeling.
In 2015, her work debuted publicly with RAW Artists Organization, marking the beginning of a career that has carried her across the United States and around the globe. Her photographs have appeared in digital and print publications and have been exhibited internationally — from the elegance of Paris and the vibrancy of Dubai to the pulse of Art Basel, and the calm of Berlin, Palma, and Switzerland.
Guided by the belief that simplicity is sacred, Kizzy favors natural light and authentic angles over artifice. Each photograph is an invitation — to pause, to breathe, to remember. Her work is less about freezing time and more about letting time speak. In every frame, she seeks connection: between subject and self, between silence and story, between the world as it is and as it feels.
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