The PhotoVogue Festival, the first conscious fashion photography festival that focuses on the common ground between ethics and aesthetics, returns for its eighth edition. From March 6th to 9th, 2025, BASE Milano will host a series of exhibitions and talks analysing the interrelation between humans and Nature, and the relations of kinship we can create with animals, complemented by satellite events at the city s finest galleries.
Vision is more than what we see—it is how we interpret, imagine, and reshape the world around us. In this compelling conversation, visionary photographer Elizaveta Porodina and Atmos co-founder and editor-in-chief Willow Defebaugh explore the intersection of art, emotion, and the environment, delving into how imagery can transcend reality and evoke profound shifts in consciousness.
Porodina’s dreamlike aesthetic, deeply rooted in surrealism and emotion, offers a glimpse into alternate realms where beauty, identity, and nature intertwine. As the world faces ecological and existential challenges, her work presents an invitation to reconsider our relationship with the planet—not through fear, but through wonder.
This discussion will touch on themes of artistic intuition, the role of photography in shaping environmental consciousness, and how visual storytelling can become a tool for transformation in an era of climate crisis.
Atmos is a nonprofit media organization focused on the cross-pollination of climate and culture, delivering award-winning journalism and creative storytelling through a biannual print magazine, daily digital features, original newsletters, and more.
Their mission is to re-enchant people with nature and our shared humanity. They inspire cultural transformation and illuminate solutions to heal and protect the planet–now, and for generations to come.
In her experimental fashion and fine art photography, Elizaveta Porodina travels through time and space, extracting the underlying emotions in her entrancing productions. She plays with melancholic symbolism, sets connotations, sometimes ambiguous, sometimes honest and obvious – her range widely varying between cinematic, fashion and almost documentary imagery. Whether in dramatic black and white or vividly colored artworks, the Munich based photographer is a master of dark romanticism. Her clients include Armani, Dior, Carolina Herrera, Jo Malone, Nike, Moncler, Vogue, among others.
For more about the PhotoVogue Festival 2025, check out: All you need to know about the PhotoVogue Festival 2025
PhotoVogue Festival is a project directed by Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue) and co-curated by Caterina De Biasio (Visual Editor, PhotoVogue) and Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo (Senior Manager, Education Community Initiatives Condé Nast).
