ELENA ARZANI
Creative Industries Leadership
PHOTOGRAPHER
I am both a commercial and fine art photographer. The very first time I set my hands on a Reflex camera, I was 13 years old, and I could not resist the urge to photograph the superabundant snowfall of that year. From that moment onward, photography has been one of my greatest passions, as far as becoming my profession. In my creative practice, I deal with both commercial and fine art photography. The first is designed to meet clients' needs and editorial requests, whereas in fine art, through personal exhibitions, I develop my own conceptual vision of the subject.
PORTFOLIO | I work under assignment, directly collaborating with Artists, Agencies, and editorials, shooting both outdoors and in the studio. Main subjects are Special events, Catwalks, Red Carpet Celebrities, Live music performances/concerts, Fashion Catalogues, lookbooks, Artistic Portfolios, Booklets, album covers, Live Events, Exhibitions, Architecture, Landscape/travel, and Street photography. I am also available for weddings and ceremonies.
PUBLICATIONS & COLLABORATIONS | Among my present and past collaborations: Artribune; Flash Art; Segno; Juliet; La Gazzetta dello Sport; Ticino Online; Chitarre.com; Tutto Rock; Music Attitude; CriticaLetteraria.org; Frattura Scomposta Contemporary Art Magazine; The Front Row; Metal in Italy; Metal Hammer Italia; Drumset Mag, and many others. My images have been chosen and published by many music bands, Concert Agencies, and musicians such as Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre); Rufus Taylor (The Darkness); Simple Minds; Indipendente concerti; Mogar Music; Zildjian; etc.
Scope Art Fair Miami "With over 75 art fairs spanning more than 15 years, SCOPE is celebrated as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for its uncanny ability to forecast new visual trends that are embraced globally, SCOPE Art Shows garner extensive critical acclaim and over 500 million annual impressions across print, digital and television. With cumulative sales well over one billion dollars and attendance of 1.2 million visitors, SCOPE Art Show is the largest and most global emerging art fair in the world."
FINE ART | PHOTO EXHIBITIONS
My photographic practice explores identity, memory, symbolism and the human condition through visual storytelling. Originally trained in Italy and subsequently educated at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, my work bridges fine art, contemporary culture and visual experimentation.
My international exhibition career began during my MA in Design Studies at Central Saint Martins, where my artwork, Elena's Eye, was featured in the Graduate Show (2002), alongside an interview broadcast on Channel 4 and inclusion in the institution's Think prospectus. In 2003, my work was presented by Agora Gallery in New York, which described it as demonstrating "a heightened sense of style and perspective", while my photographic project SELF toured internationally across London, Milan, Pesaro and Istanbul.
Over the years, my work has been exhibited and featured in galleries, festivals, and contemporary art platforms in Europe and the United States, including collaborations with Flash Art, Placentia Arte, Museo Archinti, ArtMeet Gallery Milan, SCOPE Art Fair Miami, and SEE|ME New York. My photographs have been recognised through awards, publications and international exhibitions, and a selection of works has been preserved within the collection of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice.
My images have been featured by Vogue, Google Arts & Culture, contemporary art publications and artist monographs. Alongside my fine art practice, I have developed an extensive portfolio in music photography, producing commissioned imagery for musicians, album artwork, publications and international promotional campaigns.
Collaborations have included Jordan Rudess, Rufus Taylor, Doug Aldrich and other leading figures from the international music industry.
Today, my work continues to explore the relationship between culture, creativity and human experience, combining artistic practice with my wider interests in musicology, identity, wellbeing and social transformation.