Photographer · Milan
Photographs that hold their breath.
Elena Marchetti is a photographer working across fashion, editorial and travel — finding the quiet moment inside the loud one.
Selected work
2023 — 2025Featured — Salt & Light
A week on the Aeolian coast, shot on film.
Salt & Light began as a personal commission — seven days, one camera, and the changing light of the islands. No crew, no schedule, only the hour.
The series was later picked up by Kinfolk and exhibited in Milan. It remains the work I point to when someone asks what I actually do.
- Medium
- 35mm film
- Frames
- 28 selected
- Year
- 2025
About
I photograph the moment just before, and just after.
Based in Milan since 2016, I work between commissioned campaigns and long-form personal series. My background is in painting, which is probably why I care more about light than about gear.
I shoot for fashion houses, magazines and the occasional patient traveller. I am happiest on location at the wrong hour.
Selected clients
- Vogue Italia
- Kinfolk
- Aesop
- Cereal
- Hermès
- Acne Studios
- Monocle
- Loro Piana
Exhibitions
Quiet Light — solo show
Galleria Sozzani, Milan · 2025
New Italian Photography
Triennale, Milan · 2024
On Travel — group show
FOAM, Amsterdam · 2023
Available for commissions — 2026