Waldo and Valentina are a brother and sister who joined Acromatico for a just-for-fun portrait session in Miami's Wynwood Art District, with their mom along too. No engagement, no upcoming wedding, no special occasion, just family, graffiti walls, and a great day among the murals.
This was not an engagement or a wedding shoot, just a just-for-fun, brother/sister (and mom) portrait session in the Wynwood Art District. Waldo and Valentina are cousins of the Acromatico family, so the day felt right at home, and everyone ended up having a blast among the neighborhood's graffiti walls.
The subjects made it easy: Waldo is an international DJ from Venezuela who works in dubstep, and Valentina was a soon-to-be Forever 21 model. They couldn't have picked a better backdrop for it. The gallery features some of the coolest shots of the day.
“They couldn't have picked a better place for an International DJ and soon-to-be Forever 21 model.”
Good to know
The Wynwood Art District sits just north of downtown Miami, roughly between I-95 and Biscayne Boulevard, centered on the streets around NW 2nd Avenue. Once a warehouse and manufacturing zone, it has become one of Miami's best-known arts neighborhoods, dense with large-scale murals, painted facades, and outdoor graffiti walls that make it a natural studio for portrait, model, and editorial sessions.
For a portrait shoot, the appeal is variety within a few walkable blocks: bold color, hand-painted lettering, and constantly changing artwork mean no two sessions use the same backdrop. Daytime light bounces hard off the painted concrete, so mornings and late afternoons tend to be kinder for skin tones, and weekday visits are quieter than gallery-walk weekends. As a family-run South Florida and New York City studio working since 2004, Acromatico shoots Wynwood with a dark fine-art sensibility, letting the murals carry the color while the people stay the focus.
