A&S Visual Media is a New York–based research and production company specializing in archival research, visual storytelling, rights and clearances, and the often complicated work of finding the right image, footage, or audio and making sure it can actually be used.

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Led by Dahlia Kozlowsky, who has spent more than 20 years working across news, documentaries, podcasts, museums, publishing, and video production, A&S is named for Dahlia’s two grandmothers, Allegra and Sonia. It’s a fitting name for a company built around the idea that the past is worth digging into, the details matter, and every image has a story behind it.

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Dahlia's experience includes leading archival video research and rights clearances for The New York Times, documentary films, museum and exhibition media, and historical and visual research for a wide range of projects. Her work has been recognized with an Emmy Award for producing a documentary, and she has also been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Research.

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While Dahlia is at the center of A&S Visual Media, she isn't working alone. A&S brings in additional team members and collaborators as projects require, adding specialized expertise and production support when needed. This makes the company flexible enough to work on everything from a focused archival search to a larger documentary, museum, or visual storytelling project.

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What We Do

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We find the thing everyone else missed: the photograph buried in an archive, the piece of footage that completes a story, the unexpected source that changes the direction of a project. But finding it is only the beginning. Our work also involves figuring out where it came from, who owns it, whether it can be used, how to clear it, and how to make it work within the larger story — and within the budget.

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Our work includes:

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• Archival research and footage sourcing

• Historical and visual research

• Copyright research and rights clearances

• Licensing and permissions

• Footage tracking and rights documentation

• Documentary research and production

• Museum and exhibition media

• News and investigative storytelling

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What We've Done

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A&S has worked with organizations and media companies including:

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• The American Museum of Natural History

• The Fernbank Museum

• The New York Times

• The National Endowment for the Arts

• The Bloomberg Foundation

• Netflix

• Hulu

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Whatever the size of the project, the approach stays the same: curious, meticulous, resourceful, and deeply invested in getting it right.

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