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Talia Chetrit's Intimate Photography Explores Relationships and Fashion Influence

artist · 2026-03-20

Talia Chetrit, a photographer born in 1982 in Washington, D.C., creates work that spans personal intimate portraits and commercial fashion campaigns. Her photography often features her own body, her partner Denis, and their family, exploring psychological dynamics through staged situations. Chetrit has produced fashion imagery for brands including Phoebe Philo, Proenza Schouler, Loewe, Acne, and Celine, and photographed Lorde for an album cover. Her art has been exhibited at galleries such as Kaufmann Repetto in Milan and New York, and her work 'Vagina/Vase' (2011) is in the Whitney Museum's collection. The artist approaches her subjects with a focus on emotional processes and power relationships, using photography to examine intimacy, transformation, and the boundaries between reality and fiction.

Key facts

  • Talia Chetrit is a photographer born in 1982 in Washington, D.C.
  • Her work includes intimate self-portraits, images of her partner Denis and their children, and fashion campaigns for major brands.
  • She photographed Lorde for the cover of the single 'What Was That' from the album 'Virgin'.
  • Her piece 'Vagina/Vase' (2011) is held in the Whitney Museum's collection.
  • Chetrit's art explores psychological dynamics and uses photography to create narratives about relationships.

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  • Washington, D.C.
  • Brooklyn
  • Milan
  • New York
  • Düsseldorf

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