--- title: "About" description: "" url: "https://demo.uichemy.com/eliasmarlowe/about/" updated: "2026-10-26" --- # About I'm Elias Marlowe, a portrait, editorial and commercial photographer in Brooklyn since 2013. I photograph people the way they look when no one is asking them to smile, in bold colour and hard, honest light. ![img](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/ad4f39a0d5c2debf.webp) # About Elias ![img](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/6a485c53b678e244.webp) ##### My story ## Light first I have shot professionally since 2013, and the studio is still just me. I work on medium-format film and digital, and I print my own colour work in the studio. ![Elias Marlowe holding a film camera](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/a302200193df7bb2.webp) ![Elias on location in a wide-brim hat](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/9aaaaf6f54e51615.webp) For bigger jobs I bring in a crew of four I trust: an assistant, a stylist, a retoucher and a producer. Together we have delivered 140+ commissions for 38 brands across 26 cities, from Lisbon harbours to sunlit Highland hills. ![Colour print drying in the sunlit print studio](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/e5149fcc7f5bf7df.webp) ##### [What I bring] ## Twelve skills behind every frame ### Portraiture Bold colour, hard sun and crisp shadow. The face people make between poses. ### Editorial Magazine and book stories, sequenced to read from the first frame to the last. ### Campaigns Brand work shot with the care of my own stories, ready for print and screen. ### Film photography 120 medium format for personal and editorial work, where film earns its place. ### Location scouting Harbours, wheat fields, hotel halls. I find the place before the crew arrives. ### Fine-art printing I print my colour work in my own studio, so the tones match what I saw on set. ### Portraiture Bold colour, hard sun and crisp shadow. The face people make between poses. ### Editorial Magazine and book stories, sequenced to read from the first frame to the last. ### Campaigns Brand work shot with the care of my own stories, ready for print and screen. ### Film photography 120 medium format for personal and editorial work, where film earns its place. ### Location scouting Harbours, wheat fields, hotel halls. I find the place before the crew arrives. ### Fine-art printing I print my colour work in my own studio, so the tones match what I saw on set. ### Studio lighting One hard light or a full set-up, shaped until skin, cloth and shadow sit right. ### Art direction Moodboards, palettes and styling notes, agreed early so the shoot day runs calm. ### Casting Real faces over polished ones. I cast people whose hands carry the story. ### Retouching Honest edits. Skin keeps its texture; dust and stray hairs go, character stays. ### Colour grading Warm, cinematic colour for stories, graded by hand so a whole series agrees. ### Moving image Short films and loops shot beside the stills, in the same light and mood. ### Studio lighting One hard light or a full set-up, shaped until skin, cloth and shadow sit right. ### Art direction Moodboards, palettes and styling notes, agreed early so the shoot day runs calm. ### Casting Real faces over polished ones. I cast people whose hands carry the story. ### Retouching Honest edits. Skin keeps its texture; dust and stray hairs go, character stays. ### Colour grading Warm, cinematic colour for stories, graded by hand so a whole series agrees. ### Moving image Short films and loops shot beside the stills, in the same light and mood. ### Portraiture Bold colour, hard sun and crisp shadow. The face people make between poses. ### Editorial Magazine and book stories, sequenced to read from the first frame to the last. ### Campaigns Brand work shot with the care of my own stories, ready for print and screen. ### Film photography 120 medium format for personal and editorial work, where film earns its place. ### Location scouting Harbours, wheat fields, hotel halls. I find the place before the crew arrives. ### Fine-art printing I print my colour work in my own studio, so the tones match what I saw on set. ### Studio lighting One hard light or a full set-up, shaped until skin, cloth and shadow sit right. ### Art direction Moodboards, palettes and styling notes, agreed early so the shoot day runs calm. ### Casting Real faces over polished ones. I cast people whose hands carry the story. ### Retouching Honest edits. Skin keeps its texture; dust and stray hairs go, character stays. ### Colour grading Warm, cinematic colour for stories, graded by hand so a whole series agrees. ### Moving image Short films and loops shot beside the stills, in the same light and mood. ##### Awards & shortlists ## Accolades Six highlights from nine honours. 01Lens 24Shortlist '24Editorial Lens Awards, print 02Prix NoirWinner '25Atlantic Portrait Prize 03NY AnnualSelected '24New York Photo Annual 04MonoGold '25Monochrome Masters, B&W 05FrameFinalist '22Fashion Frame Awards 06StillMedal '23The Still Life Society StoriesPortrait # Marlowe© Based in Brooklyn Shot on filmHighlands, 2025 Elias MarloweSelf portrait 2026 Scroll Follow the light ## New work, every week @eliasmarlowe Outtakes, film scans and behind-the-scenes from the studio and the road. The best place to see what I'm shooting next. Book a shootFollow on Instagram ![Smiling woman with full natural curls](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/c0d44bec0eaa30e2.webp) ![Refillable haircare bottles arranged on a natural stone surface](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/857e331cbeb5304a.webp) ![Young woman with long glossy hair looking over her shoulder](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/41d257df48d4fdc7.webp) ![Tube of hair mask resting on a morning tray beside a cup](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/c3007d7f089fe5a0.webp) ![Woman with sleek styled hair in soft studio light](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/bfad239e7455f8fc.webp) ![Portrait of a woman with soft waves framing her face](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/e2cd83255850edeb.webp) ![Smiling woman with full natural curls](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/c0d44bec0eaa30e2.webp) ![Refillable haircare bottles arranged on a natural stone surface](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/857e331cbeb5304a.webp) ![Young woman with long glossy hair looking over her shoulder](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/41d257df48d4fdc7.webp) ![Tube of hair mask resting on a morning tray beside a cup](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/c3007d7f089fe5a0.webp) ![Woman with sleek styled hair in soft studio light](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/bfad239e7455f8fc.webp) ![Portrait of a woman with soft waves framing her face](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/e2cd83255850edeb.webp) ![Side profile of a woman with long healthy hair in warm light](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ac48a3e03df8a4e296a5844/4cf371deedd728fb.webp) 140+ shoots for 38 brands Shooting since 2013