Elias Marlowe
Portrait Sessions
Editorial Stories
Brand Campaigns
I photograph people the way they look when no one asks them to smile. Bold colour, hard sun and nothing staged between us.
( 00-00 )Works
Featured work: six recent stories in bold colour and hard sun.
The Dance of Shadows: Unveiling the Art of Black and White Photography
The Role of Storytelling in Photography: Beyond the Lens
Exploring the Depths of Emotion in Portrait Photography
The Power of Light: Mastering Natural Lighting in Photography
Faces in hard sun
Headshots, editorial sittings and family portraits, each lit with one hard light and printed in my own studio.
140+
Commissions delivered
12 yrs
Behind the lens
26
Cities photographed
What I shoot
People, brands and objects
Every commission gets the same eye and the same hard light. I direct each frame myself, quote a fixed price up front and deliver graded selects in ten working days.
Personal Portraits
Individuals, couples and families, in my Brooklyn studio or out on location. Hard light, honest faces and finished prints in every session.
Awards & shortlists
Accolades
Six highlights from nine honours.
Heard after the shoot
Client words
The Concierge: a grand hotel's day staff, shot for Brightline Press
“He works fast, listens hard and sends back pictures you can build a whole issue around. For our hotel story he spent three days with the staff, and our art desk had a cover and six spreads inside ten days.”
Hannah Lindqvist
Editor at Brightline
Client words
Still life for the Mercer Goods spring catalogue
“Our products finally look the way they feel in your hands. Sales pages, print, packaging, all of it. He lit a leather wallet as if it were a portrait.”
Tomás Reyes
Founder, Mercer Goods
Client words
Field of Gold: a linen lookbook for Field Atelier
“Elias found the quiet in a loud campaign. He watched the light move across the wheat for an hour before the first frame. Every picture felt like it had a story behind it.”
Maya Okafor
Creative Director
Booking spring 2027
Tell me who you are. I'll find the light
Send a few lines about the people, the place and the use. I reply within two working days with first ideas and a fixed quote.
