Photographer Diane Villadsen and vivo's Senior Product Manager of Image Effects, Keshav Chugh discover the city&rsquo;s hidden textures and stories, armed with nothing more than the vivo V60, and an eye for the moments that matter.

Kuala Lumpur is not a city you can sum up in a single glance. Its pulse, part chaos, part charm, demands more than just one visit, yet it always seems ready to be framed and frozen in a photograph. Every corner tells a story: some etched into its DNA, others waiting for you to script with your own perspective. That&rsquo;s the beauty of it, possibility lives everywhere here. And it&rsquo;s that same spirit fuelling vivo&rsquo;s latest campaign, #SnapIntoYourVibe. At its core, the campaign is about authenticity, <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/art/editor-s-pick-5-reasons-why-the-vivo-v60-is-a-mobile-camera-game-changer">capturing unfiltered emotion through the new vivo V60</a>, co-engineered with ZEISS. For vivo, this isn&rsquo;t just about ticking boxes of productivity or practicality. It&rsquo;s about pushing creativity into sharper focus. As the brand celebrates three decades of innovation, it introduces the inaugural V Series Portrait Master Project, fronted by American photographer Diane Villadsen.

Why Diane? According to Keshav Chugh, vivo&rsquo;s Senior Product Manager of Image Effects, the collaboration is about putting professional-grade tools into your pocket. &ldquo;The goal is to give photographers like Diane, and anyone else, the same creative freedom they&rsquo;d expect from a studio setup, but in a smartphone,&rdquo; he explains. And the V60 delivers. <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/art/berry-purple-vivo-v60-smartphone-latest-trendiest-fashion-phone-2025">Think 10x Telephoto Stage Portrait, 85mm and 100mm ZEISS Multifocal Portrait lenses</a>, and meticulous ZEISS colour tuning that adapts seamlessly from cityscapes to street shots. &ldquo;The idea,&rdquo; Chugh adds, &ldquo;is to let photographers focus on their vision while we handle the heavy lifting.&rdquo;

And what better testing ground than the vibrant streets of Kuala Lumpur? Under the theme Faces and Flavours of Malaysia, vivo handed the V60 to photographers and everyday creators, asking them to chase stories in the city. Diane calls the device &ldquo;small but mighty,&rdquo; and with good reason. For her, #SnapIntoYourVibe is more than a campaign slogan, it&rsquo;s a philosophy. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about slipping into that creative flow, letting the scene guide you, and noticing the little moments that align with your vibe,&rdquo; she says. From the chaos of Petaling Street to the serenity of KLCC Park and the wide-open vistas at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, Diane let the V60 do its thing. The results? Fresh, intuitive frames that felt like they had been unlocked by the discreetness of the device itself. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re walking around with a big camera, people notice, they change,&rdquo; she explains. &ldquo;With the V60,<a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/art/match-your-main-character-aesthetic-which-vivo-x200-fe-colour-are-you"> I can fly under the radar</a>. It feels natural. Plus, it&rsquo;s so portable. Normally I leave heavy gear at home when I travel, but this? I&rsquo;d take it anywhere.&rdquo;

That portability became a gateway to details she might otherwise have missed: the tiles by a pool, lanterns strung in a restaurant, underpasses flashing by during a Grab ride. The V60&rsquo;s telephoto lens, she says, has been a revelation for capturing those fleeting textures. And the proof is in the images. There&rsquo;s an uncanny quality to them, you look twice and forget they were shot on a phone. The V60 doesn&rsquo;t just magnify subjects; <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/art/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-l-officiel-editor-through-the-lens-of-vivo-v29">it sharpens their emotion</a>, trims away distraction, and preserves moments you can&rsquo;t stage: laughter mid-burst, an unguarded glance, fragments of the human experience you&rsquo;d otherwise lose.

All that nuance is wrapped into a frame just 7.53mm slim. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been in the imaging game for years, starting with the X Series and our ZEISS partnership,&rdquo; says Chugh. &ldquo;At the core, we&rsquo;re building tools for two groups: professionals who need a lighter companion to their main gear, and everyday users who want stunning photos of their travels or just nights out with friends. Diane&rsquo;s work shows it can do both.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s also about instant gratification. The V60&rsquo;s 6.77-inch AMOLED display turns every shot into a showcase, <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/art/vivo-newest-x60-series-rethinks-mobile-photography-with-zeiss-malaysia">bright, vivid, cinematic</a>. Diane recalls one moment in particular: &ldquo;I draped a piece of pink mesh fabric over a model and shot underneath it. The depth of field looked exactly like my DSLR would&rsquo;ve given me. The light was gorgeous, and I was freaking out. The best part? Showing everyone the results instantly, on the spot. With a DSLR, you don&rsquo;t get that buzz.&rdquo;

Even for someone new to mobile photography, the V60 doesn&rsquo;t intimidate. Default settings already yield professional-level results, and with a few subtle tweaks, lenses, tones, bokeh, you open doors to unexpected creativity. &ldquo;I love pairing the ZEISS Planar at f/2.8 with the Classic Negative colour style,&rdquo; Chugh admits. &ldquo;It gives this timeless, cinematic feel.&rdquo; Diane, meanwhile, leaned into colour editing, impressed by how the V60 held resolution during post-production, even when she fine-tuned her signature shade of red.

Shooting Kuala Lumpur through the V60 changes the way you see it. Suddenly, the everyday details feel like they matter. Even the familiar feels refreshed. As local portrait photographer Celine Chan puts it: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not really about how big or expensive your gear is, it&rsquo;s about how you see the moment. Today reminded me that even in a city I thought I knew, there are still hidden beauties waiting to be noticed.&rdquo;

And maybe that&rsquo;s the essence of vivo&rsquo;s pursuit: to build imaging technology that rivals pro gear while keeping it simple, spontaneous, and human. Or as Chugh puts it, &ldquo;Every device feels like a child. You nurture it from concept to launch, then watch it go out into the world. When professionals pick it up and love it, that&rsquo;s the most rewarding part. It tells us we&rsquo;re on the right track, and pushes us to go even further.&rdquo;

The vivo V60 smartphone is available in three configurations and retails for RM1,899 (8GB + 256GB model), RM1,999 (12GB + 256GB model) and RM2,299 (12GB + 256GB model).
To learn more about the vivo V60 smartphone and to pre-order, visit <a href="http://www.vivo.com/my">www.vivo.com/my</a> and follow vivo Malaysia on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vivoMalaysia/">Facebook </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vivo_malaysia/">Instagram</a>.

Seeing Kuala Lumpur through a new lens with vivo V60 and Diane Villadsen

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