
20VC: HOW TO BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR INVESTORS, 4 KEY ELEMENTS CEOS MUST FOCUS ON IN SCALE MODE & HOW TO OPTIMISE LEADERSHIP TEAM DYNAMICS WITH JOEL FLORY, FOUNDER & CEO @ VSCO
February 1, 2019 - Joel Flory is the Founder & CEO @ VSCO, the startup that allows you to take your photography to the next level, with the mission to help everybody fall in love with their own creativity.

VSCO X January 2019: Kodak Portra 400NC
January 14, 2019 - Now available exclusively for VSCO members, Kodak Portra 400NC was originally released in 1998 and became a favorite amongst portrait and fashion photographers. With its natural tones and low contrast, KP5 allows the styles that surround you to stand out.
Introducing VSCO for Samsung
November 7, 2018 - When a moment of creativity arises, you want to be ready to capture it. With this in mind, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Samsung, whose mobile devices feature state of the art cameras that enable you to shoot with confidence in light and in darkness.

We compared Instagram with the photo-editing app VSCO - here’s which app I’d recommend to everyone
August 22, 2018 - Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps currently available, allowing users to share pictures, videos, and livestreams of their daily lives. The Facebook-owned app is pretty casual — with face filters, stickers, and location tags — but it might leave some more serious photographers wanting more.
VSCO Pro Tips for Editing Summer Photos
July 19, 2018 - Summer vacation means a lot of things: hanging out with friends, going to the beach and pool, and taking lots and lots of photos to document your time off from school. But in an age where “pics or it didn’t happen” is basically the golden rule, we’re all trying to make sure that our summer snaps look their best before we post them to, um, every single social media account we have.
Oakland is Newest Location for VSCO’s Free-to-Use Open Studio
April 8, 2018 - Two years ago VSCO launched the first open studio in New York, and now they have offer a new studio in Oakland, California. Located within the main VSCO headquarters, they hope to provide a space for Bay Area creatives to bring personal projects to fruition.
Celebrating VSCO Members - A Year of Creative Growth
May 1, 2018 — As we look back over the last year of VSCO Membership, there is much to celebrate. We want to take a moment to recognize all the amazing work this growing, vibrant community has created and thank each of you who has chosen to invest in your creative journey by becoming a VSCO member.
VSCO Announces 2018 VSCO Voices Grant Recipients
April 24, 2018 — Together with Access Ventures, we're excited to announce our first group of VSCO Voices grant recipients. The program supports five creators with mentorship and funding to empower marginalized communities in the United States through art. This year’s theme, Home, drew many wonderful applications.
VSCO Soft Opens Micro Gallery With Azha Ayanna Luckman's Solo Exhibition, "Escape"
March 14, 2018 — As a part of last week’s Creators in Conversation event with Anxy, we showcased an exhibit by Bay Area artist Azha Ayanna Luckman in the new Micro Gallery at VSCO HQ. Featuring her recent body of work, titled Escape, the exhibit invited local creators to connect with Azha’s story about grief, pain, and losing a loved one to gun violence. Azha also joined the event’s panel of speakers, where she discussed her experience with creative anxiety and encouraged attendees to keep making.

VSCO Releases HSL for VSCO X
February 21, 2018 — The HSL tool for VSCO X gives you fine-tuned control over 6 hues regions— red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. When one of the colors is selected, adjustments to hue, saturation, and lightness can be made without affecting other colors in the image.
VSCO Launches Messages Tool For Creative Conversation
December 5, 2017 — VSCO is a community for creators, a place to realize your creative potential alongside other people around the world. To bring the community together, we’re proud to introduce Messages — a place for creative conversation between two people.
VSCO Partners with Apple for Photograph Chicago Event Series
October 20, 2017 — In celebration of the opening of Apple’s new flagship store on North Michigan Avenue , we are partnering with Apple on a special collaboration called Today at Apple: The Chicago Series. Intended as a gathering place for the local community and the next generation of creative pioneers, Apple Michigan Avenue will host Photograph Chicago with VSCO, a series of talks and workshops with established photographers from the VSCO community.
VSCO Partners with PowerBar for Joy of Sport Campaign
July 27, 2017 — Sports breed community and passion — it’s why we watch them so intently. In partnership with PowerBar, who seeks to inspire the athlete in all of us, we are sharing the work of four photographers, each connected with a distinct group of athletes. Their imagery reveals the camaraderie, strength, joy, and teamwork that sports and fitness can cultivate.
VSCO Launches MP1 — Presets for Desktop
June 12. 2017 — Many members of the VSCO community have been asking for new desktop presets, which is why we’re excited to announce VSCO Mobile Presets 01 (MP1), our latest collection of presets for Adobe Lightroom CC, 6, 5 and 4 or Adobe Camera Raw for Photoshop CS6 and CC.
VSCO Partners with Nike on FashionAir Campaign
Nike Sportswear’s ‘FashionAIR’ campaign recognizes women who see the world differently. A FashionAIR isn’t afraid to break the mold — she is unconventional, intriguing, and inventive. Four women from the VSCO community, each embodying these characteristics, partnered with Nike Sportswear to art direct and photograph an editorial fashion shoot inspired by the futuristic vibe of the Nike Air VaporMax running shoe. The bold look of the Nike Air VaporMax was integrated into each shoot, but the creative minds of these women took them in unique directions. Learn more about each of these one-of-a-kind ladies and their thoughts on standing out.
Introducing The Street Style Series
January 26, 2019 - From vibrant accents to muted moments, we invite you to challenge the conventions of style with The Street Style Series (SS1-SS3). These limited-time presets are free and available for use until March 1st, 2019. After this date, SS1-SS3 will be available for VSCO members only.
Apply to VSCO Voices 2019
January 7, 2019 - Creative expression is a powerful tool for sparking change and creating dialogue. Today, we invite you to make art and drive awareness to underrepresented stories in the US by applying to VSCO Voices 2019.
I'm VSCO Co-founder Joel Flory, and This Is How I Work
December 12, 2018 - VSCO, one of Lifehacker’s favorite camera apps, lets anyone improve their mobile photos without advanced technical knowledge. We talked with co-founder Joel Flory about his background in photography, his management style, and his tea habit.

Samsung Partners with VSCO on Exclusive App & Photo Presets
November 7, 2018 - Popular creative photography service and application company VSCO has now revealed a new partnership with Samsung through the company's "Made For Samsung" program in conjunction with this year's Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco.
VSCO Launches Open Studio — Oakland
April 2, 2018 — Making art for art’s sake can be hard. It can be expensive. It can challenge us, awaken us, push us to our limits. It’s an integral part of our development as creators and as humans, which is why we’re excited to announce the launch of a free-to-use space dedicated to the art of making — Open Studio.
VSCO and Anxy Host Creators in Conversation at VSCO HQ
March 9, 2018 — This past Wednesday at VSCO HQ in Oakland, we co-hosted Creators in Conversation alongside mental health and art publication, Anxy. Inspired by Anxy’s latest issue, Workaholism, and VSCO’s creator-first mission, we gathered over 200 people from around the Bay Area for an evening dedicated to exploring the subject of creative anxiety.
VSCO Releases Borders Tool for VSCO X
November 21, 2017 — Today, we’re happy to offer VSCO X members exclusive access to our new Borders tool. Many of us celebrate images within a frame, bringing attention to the people, places, and things that move us to create. With 17 colors to choose from and an adjustable border to experiment with, rely on our Borders tool to frame meaningful moments.
VSCO Releases Video Editing for VSCO X
August 18, 2017 — Although VSCO has long been home to storytelling through photography, we also recognize and celebrate different mediums of creative expression like DSCOs, design, poetry, and videography. Today, we’re excited to invite VSCO X members to our newest form of creation: an early version of Video Editing.
VSCO Partners with Oakley for Can’t Stop Campaign
July 11, 2017 — Today we’re excited to announce our partnership with Oakley — the innovative eyewear brand focused on design, performance and sport. As both brands empower people to follow their individual obsessions, the partnership aims to encourage creativity and individuality among members of the VSCO community.
VSCO Community Member Documents Day in the Life of Camila Cabello
May 24, 2017 — At the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, VSCO had the opportunity to join Camila Cabello behind the scenes while she prepared for her debut performance as a solo artist. VSCO community photographer Emily Berl spent the day with Camila, capturing beautifully human moments that immediately draw us closer to the singer and songwriter.
VSCO Introduces Annual VSCO X Membership
Everyday, members of the VSCO community capture ordinary moments that surround them and create the extraordinary with VSCO X. As we approach a new year, we invite you to join us in reimagining photo and video with VSCO X, our yearly membership designed to help you realize your creative potential.
VSCO Partners with Nike on FORCE is Female Campaign
Desiring to recognize today’s generation of strong women, we partnered with Nike Sportswear and five talented photographers to celebrate females who exhibit courage and pursue an unbridled definition of success. Women of today are a force to be reckoned with. They hold the power to inspire, to challenge mentalities that impose limitations, and to write a new, better future for themselves and their communities.
Inside VSCO's Growth Strategy After Hitting 2 Million Paid Users
November 8, 2018 - Cheddar's Alex Heath spoke with VSCO CEO Joel Flory at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal about the platform's growth strategy after hitting 2 million paid users, how they are tapping into Gen Z, and their new partnership with Samsung.

What is VSCO? The Photo Editing App Doubles As A Creative Outlet For Your Mental Health
October 10, 2018 - VSCO is both a photo-editing app and a creative outlet for your mental health, particularly in those moments when all you want to do is work with your hands to shift the focus away from your thoughts.

Photo FOMO: VSCO makes harsh sun look cool, Apple wants to make 360 look better
August 17, 2019 - Harsh sunlight is one of the toughest scenarios to get a great shot in — and VSCO is helping mobile photographers fight the sun with a set of presets designed just for the task. This week, VSCO launched the first of the Walk in the Sun preset collection with Sumac (SUM 1 and SUM 2) presets.
VSCO Releases Wes Anderson Inspired Presets in Partnership with Fox Searchlight
March 19, 2018 — In celebration of Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie, Isle of Dogs, we’ve partnered with the filmmakers to bring you free, limited-time presets. Isle of Dogs releases in select theaters March 23rd and tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, a 12-year-old boy who embarks on an epic journey to Trash Island to find his beloved dog, Spots.

VSCO Partners with NBPA for All-Star Weekend
February 22. 2018 — Last week, people from across the country gathered in Los Angeles for the 2018 All-Star Weekend. Capturing moments made off-court, VSCO partnered with National Basketball Players Association and Franchise Magazine to celebrate the true essence of each player's personality.
VSCO Announces VSCO Voices, Grant Program for Creators
January 17, 2018 — Together with Access Ventures, we believe that creators are amongst the best equipped to spread and awaken diverse perspective. This is why, today, we bring you VSCO Voices — a new grant program that supports creators who use art to empower marginalized communities in the United States.
VSCO Launches We the Creators Campaign
August 4, 2017 — At VSCO, we believe that creative expression is a powerful vehicle for genuine connection not just with others, but with ourselves - our unique thoughts, feelings, and life experiences. Today and everyday, we invite you to join us as we connect with our true selves through the process of creation. A process that encourages self-discovery. A process that sets us apart – and brings us together.
VSCO Partners with BBMA’s To Release Limited-Time Preset
May 11, 2107 — We’ve teamed up with the Billboard Music Awards to bring you the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) x VSCO Special Edition Preset, available for free in the VSCO app.