Viewing the work of New York–based photographer Sam Kang reveals a procession of spontaneous moments, capturing the subjects in front of his camera as they are. “No matter where I am, I need to have my little point and shoot with me; you never know what you will see,” he says. “I feel like my work can be described as genuine, intimate and poppy.” Having practiced photography his whole life, Kang explored all kinds of disciplines, from photojournalism to film to nature photography to even medical applications like ophthalmic and microscopic photography during his undergraduate degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology. While studying there, he began working on expanding his portfolio and focusing on his creative work when a friend introduced him to New York Fashion Week. “Ever since then, it changed me,” Kang recalls. “As the years went on, I got deeper and deeper into the scene and would even skip classes to photograph it.” Inspired by portrait and fashion photographers Berenice Abbott and Bill Cunningham, Kang finds his inspiration in the people who appear in front of his lens. “Over the years of doing Fashion Week, I learned that my interactions with photographing someone were my favorite,” he says. “I just want to make cool work with cool people. I just want people to enjoy my work as it is.”