THE WORK OF IVAILO STANEV — BUILT OVER DECADES.

IVAILO STANEV IS A VALENCIA-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE PRACTICE SPANS MORE THAN 25 YEARS ACROSS FASHION, DOCUMENTARY, AND CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

HIS WORK HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED AND PUBLISHED BY INTERNATIONAL TITLES SUCH AS ESQUIRE, PLAYBOY, HARPER’S BAZAAR, AND MAXIM, AMONG OTHERS.

COLLECTED ACROSS EUROPE, THE US, LATIN AMERICA, AND ASIA, HIS PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PART OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS — CHOSEN FOR THEIR CLARITY, DEPTH, AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IVAILO STANEV ARE BUILT AROUND PRESENCE — THE HUMAN KIND.

WHETHER WORKING IN FASHION, DOCUMENTARY, OR ART, HIS FOCUS REMAINS THE SAME: PEOPLE, MOMENTS, EMOTION.

HE IS DRAWN TO SILENCE, SHADOW, AND THE IN-BETWEEN.

THE IMAGES DON’T SHOUT — THEY TOUCH.


SHAPED BY YEARS OF PRACTICE, NOT MOMENTS OF HYPE, HIS WORK STANDS APART.

THROUGH DECADES OF COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND EDITORIAL COLLABORATIONS, HE HAS DEVELOPED A SINGULAR VISUAL VOICE — ONE SOUGHT AFTER BY EDITORS, COLLECTORS, AND CURATORS ALIKE.

THIS IS NOT A RETROSPECTIVE. IT IS A LIVING BODY OF WORK — REFINED, PERSONAL, AND ENDURING.

THE ARCHIVE ISN’T A COLLECTION.

IT’S A WORLD — BUILT OVER TIME, FRAME BY FRAME.

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  • WOMEN

  • DOCUMENTARY TURN

  • CORRIDA

  • E-MOTION

  • MAGAZINES

  • COLLECTOR'S VAULT