Alessio Albi is a portrait photographer based in Perugia, in central Italy. His pictures are soft and atmospheric, and almost always use something natural between the camera and the sitter: long grass, flowers, branches, a fence or a patch of shadow.
Those elements frame the face and cut across it, so that each picture hides part of the subject and reveals the rest. Hair is often part of the composition too, falling across the face or catching the light.
His style
Albi works mostly outdoors and in natural light. His subjects are usually women, photographed close up and with little styling. The colours are muted, and he tends to shoot in fields and woods or by water. He has also worked on advertising and on cover photography for books and records.
The essentials
- Photographer: Alessio Albi
- Based: Perugia, Italy
- Known for: portraits framed by plants, light and shadow
- Instagram: @alessioalbi
All photographs on this page are by Alessio Albi.