Independent creative practice · Kazakhstan / Worldwide

Visual worlds
with intention.

Creative direction, photography, design, and AI imagery for people and brands who value a distinct point of view.

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01 / Approach

Culture, material, and image — held in the same frame.

I build visual languages that feel considered before they are explained. The work moves between physical space and digital possibility: image-making, identity, environments, and stories.

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Ivan Melnik, creative producer and visual directorPortrait / 01

Profile / Van Smith

A visual director working across image, space, and story.

Ivan Melnik is a creative producer and visual director based in Almaty. With more than 18 years of experience across fashion, lifestyle, digital, and editorial work, he brings together art direction, photography, visual branding, and emerging AI tools to create work with clarity, atmosphere, and cultural weight.

Almaty, Kazakhstan · Available worldwide18+ years in visual culture

02 / Selected work

A changing edit from photography and AI visual worlds.

Field notes / Behind the scenes

The work behind the image.

Three fragments from the studio, the set and the space between the final frames.

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Motion

A moving study from the set.

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Vintage December

The atmosphere behind a vintage editorial.

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Saken

A portrait shoot, seen from inside the process.

03 / Practice

One signature,
many expressions.

  1. 01Creative Direction
  2. 02Photography
  3. 03AI Campaigns
  4. 04AI Visuals
  5. 05Graphic Design
  6. 06Interior Design
  7. 07Web Design

04 / Available for selected projects

Let's make
something lasting.

hello@byvansmith.com