Studio

[ Overview ]

Emanuele Menduni

Photographer + AI Artist

Via dei Sabelli 215 Rome, RM

Based in Rome

[ Information ]

About

Born in Rome, Emanuele Menduni studied Visual Arts and started taking pictures at eighteen, when magazines like Vogue and Numéro were his only window onto fashion. For over fifteen years he has worked across portraiture, editorial and commercial imagery. He looks for what lies beneath the surface: a tension, a gesture, a quiet truth.

His photography blends visual memory, contemporary culture, intuition and new generative languages into a precise, recognizable imaginary. After a long pause, he is returning to personal work, building a series of projects that will lead to a solo exhibition.

Approach

Emanuele works through restraint. He isn't after the immediate image but the one that stays, and he's drawn to ambiguity and to what doesn't fully reveal itself. He uses photography, creative direction and AI as tools for research, not replacement: ways to extend the gaze.

Brand Consultancy

He helps brands clarify their vision and turn it into a coherent visual and cultural language. The work combines creative and art direction, photography, visual identity, campaign concepts and set design into one narrative system.

Co-Founder EditStudio

In 2017 he co-founded EditStudio, a creative agency where photography, content, digital strategy, e-commerce and technology work as one system. It began as an image-making studio. Today it is a Shopify Partner and a multidisciplinary partner for fashion and beauty brands.

Contact

Based in Rome.
- - Available Worldwide - -
e.menduni@editstudio.agency

(IG) @emanuelemenduni

Archive

Editorial

Overview

Fashion, people and stories. Editorials and collaborations built around an idea, a place or an encounter. Images where fashion and portraiture come together, leaving space for whatever happens in front of the camera.

With gratitude

A special thank you to the stylists, make-up artists, agencies, models and everyone who contributed to these projects with their presence, talent, trust and time.

Fashion detail of lingerie and sheer stockings in a warm-toned interior.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with a gloved hand above her head.
Close-up beauty portrait with warm light and defined eye makeup.
Model in a fur-textured jacket and metallic outfit, blurred by movement.
Detail of a cream knit outfit with dark geometric trim.
Warm-toned close-up of a woman’s face viewed at an angle.
Fashion portrait in a patterned outfit with streaks of golden light.
Detail of a richly patterned jacket against a dark background.
Portrait of a curly-haired woman in deep red light.
Fashion portrait in a dark interior illuminated by red light.
Black pointed high heels and sheer stockings on a red upholstered seat.

Personal

Overview

People, places and things that made me stop. Photographs collected over the years, both close to and far from my work. Portraits, travels, details, encounters and images made simply because I wanted to photograph them.

With gratitude

A special thank you to everyone who shared their presence, trust and time with me in front of the camera.

Portrait of a woman with her hands near her face in warm, dim light.
Close-up of a woman’s lips and lower face in low light.
Profile portrait of a woman in soft green-toned light.
Portrait of a woman with her hand near her mouth.
Close-up portrait of a woman looking toward the camera.
Woman wearing a black camisole against a light background.
Detail of a dark bikini top and pendant necklace.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a man partly hidden behind his shoulder.
Black-and-white studio portrait of a woman with crossed arms.
Black-and-white photograph of a reclining woman in a softly lit interior.
Woman standing in lingerie beside a window and curtains.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a dark blazer.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman tilting her head back with a hand near her face.
Black-and-white portrait of a reclining woman with her hand in her hair.
Black-and-white detail of hands resting on a light textured surface.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a woman looking directly at the camera.
Fashion portrait of a woman in a black outfit against a pale background.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with long hair blowing across the frame.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a woman resting against her arm.

Studio

[ Overview ]

Emanuele Menduni

Photographer + AI Artist

Via dei Sabelli 215 Rome, RM

Selected

[ Recent Work ]

Based in Rome

[ Information ]

About

Born in Rome, Emanuele Menduni studied Visual Arts and started taking pictures at eighteen, when magazines like Vogue and Numéro were his only window onto fashion. For over fifteen years he has worked across portraiture, editorial and commercial imagery. He looks for what lies beneath the surface: a tension, a gesture, a quiet truth.

His photography blends visual memory, contemporary culture, intuition and new generative languages into a precise, recognizable imaginary. After a long pause, he is returning to personal work, building a series of projects that will lead to a solo exhibition.

Approach

Emanuele works through restraint. He isn't after the immediate image but the one that stays, and he's drawn to ambiguity and to what doesn't fully reveal itself. He uses photography, creative direction and AI as tools for research, not replacement: ways to extend the gaze.

Brand Consultancy

He helps brands clarify their vision and turn it into a coherent visual and cultural language. The work combines creative and art direction, photography, visual identity, campaign concepts and set design into one narrative system.

Co-Founder EditStudio

In 2017 he co-founded EditStudio, a creative agency where photography, content, digital strategy, e-commerce and technology work as one system. It began as an image-making studio. Today it is a Shopify Partner and a multidisciplinary partner for fashion and beauty brands.

Contact

Based in Rome.
- - Available Worldwide - -
e.menduni@editstudio.agency

(IG) @emanuelemenduni

Archive

Editorial

Overview

Fashion, people and stories. Editorials and collaborations built around an idea, a place or an encounter. Images where fashion and portraiture come together, leaving space for whatever happens in front of the camera.

With gratitude

A special thank you to the stylists, make-up artists, agencies, models and everyone who contributed to these projects with their presence, talent, trust and time.

Fashion detail of lingerie and sheer stockings in a warm-toned interior.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with a gloved hand above her head.
Close-up beauty portrait with warm light and defined eye makeup.
Model in a fur-textured jacket and metallic outfit, blurred by movement.
Detail of a cream knit outfit with dark geometric trim.
Warm-toned close-up of a woman’s face viewed at an angle.
Fashion portrait in a patterned outfit with streaks of golden light.
Detail of a richly patterned jacket against a dark background.
Portrait of a curly-haired woman in deep red light.
Fashion portrait in a dark interior illuminated by red light.
Black pointed high heels and sheer stockings on a red upholstered seat.

Personal

Overview

People, places and things that made me stop. Photographs collected over the years, both close to and far from my work. Portraits, travels, details, encounters and images made simply because I wanted to photograph them.

With gratitude

A special thank you to everyone who shared their presence, trust and time with me in front of the camera.

Portrait of a woman with her hands near her face in warm, dim light.
Close-up of a woman’s lips and lower face in low light.
Profile portrait of a woman in soft green-toned light.
Portrait of a woman with her hand near her mouth.
Close-up portrait of a woman looking toward the camera.
Woman wearing a black camisole against a light background.
Detail of a dark bikini top and pendant necklace.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a man partly hidden behind his shoulder.
Black-and-white studio portrait of a woman with crossed arms.
Black-and-white photograph of a reclining woman in a softly lit interior.
Woman standing in lingerie beside a window and curtains.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a dark blazer.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman tilting her head back with a hand near her face.
Black-and-white portrait of a reclining woman with her hand in her hair.
Black-and-white detail of hands resting on a light textured surface.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a woman looking directly at the camera.
Fashion portrait of a woman in a black outfit against a pale background.
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with long hair blowing across the frame.
Black-and-white close-up portrait of a woman resting against her arm.