Dario Gargiulo & Misja Alblas
Image & Motion · Photography · Concept · Art Direction
We are a New Zealand–Dutch photography duo working across celebrity portrait and fashion.
Our photography grew from decades of experience in theatre, dance, music and acting. That background continues to shape the way we work with people, movement, character and expression, and gives us a natural understanding of how to direct and connect with subjects in front of the camera.
We began working together in 2003, following careers that have taken us through New Zealand, Australia, France, the United States and the Netherlands, where we have lived and worked across performance, television and visual media.
Since then, we have photographed celebrities, artists and fashion brands, working with creative teams across editorial and commercial projects.
Our approach combines considered image-making with strong direction, drawing on our experience in performance to bring out character, presence and movement while creating images with a clear visual purpose.