Baobab Founder Isabella Espinosa on Innovation, Identity, and Fashion Beyond the Garment
For Baobab, innovation is a way of thinking. In this conversation, founder Isabella Espinosa reflects on the vision that has remained constant since the beginning of the brand, the emotional world she wants women to enter through Baobab, and the thinking behind one of its boldest concepts yet: an AI runway staged at Vinicunca, Peru’s surreal Rainbow Mountain. What began as an almost impossible physical idea evolved into a digitally produced fashion vision shaped by human collaboration, technological precision, and a clear sense of responsibility.
Turning Internal Narratives Into Express Visuals With Ruben Branches
Portugal’s Ruben Branches likes to let his mind wander. Be it nostalgic memories or aspirational voyages, the fashion photographer creates a visual representation of the stories within our limitless consciousness. Branches plays with the whole spectrum of color, from black-and-white to bright and bold, to create scenes that show off a garment, capture a person’s expression, and make an impact. Learn more about how he developed his style and what he created for our DELSEY Paris collaboration.
Photographing the Beauty in the Details With Natalia GW
There are many ways of seeing and living life in Bogota, says fashion photographer Natalia GW. Those complexities directly influence her work, allowing her to peel back the layers to uncover the “maximum expression of beauty” in whatever she’s capturing. We went deep with the photographer to discover how her background in architectural photography helped her develop her approach to fashion, and also talked about what she created for our DELSEY Paris collaboration. Read on for our conversation below.
Fashion Photographer Ryan Tandya Balances Vision With Spontaneity
Fashion photographer Ryan Tandya has been looking at his work with fresh eyes. Where he used to pour his energy into planning every detail of a shot, lately, the Jakarta-based artist has been leaning into the unplanned, finding joy in spontaneity, and balancing guidelines with unbridled creativity.
Intak Song Creates Photo Magic in the Space Between Reality and Imagination
Seoul-based fashion photographer Intak Song shoots with purpose. Every shot is planned with consideration to directionality, light, composition. Where you think it may be constraining, Song’s work expresses a unique freedom that never feels far from reality. And that, again, is intentional. Song isn’t focused on perfecting a signature style, but allowing viewers to look at the world around them with a special touch of imagination, a small dose of playfulness that anyone can tap into. Read more from our discussion on photography and what Song created for DELSEY Paris for our New Horizons World Tour collaboration.
Leaving Room for the Unexpected With Juliet Taylor
Whether it’s commercial work or personal exploration, Juliet Taylor approaches every project with two rules: make it fun and shoot as much as you can. It’s evident in every snapshot. Taylor has a unique skill of turning the eccentric into the engaging, creating work that’s visually energetic and unavoidably emotive. That’s due a lot in part to the photographer/creative director’s love for the unexpected. Learn more about her artistic style, what she created for DELSEY Paris, and her travel must-haves below.
Understanding the Artist and Complexity of Underrepresented Beauty
When you flip open the pages of your favorite magazine, do you feel underrepresented? Maybe it’s your color, race, gender, or you just don’t see enough models with a face full of freckles. Photographer and creative director Oghalé Alex is looking to change that. The artist focuses on breaking the stereotypes of the underrepresented with beautiful photography of black men and women—as well as models with unique attributes such as vitiligo or freckles—in symbols of unity, togetherness, and love.
Take a Look Inside Abdulla Elmaz’s World of Emotional Imagery
Dubai-based fashion photographer and art director Abdulla Elmaz captures raw emotion in everything he creates. Heartbreak, loneliness, confusion, hope—Elmaz lays it all in his photography, capturing intriguing looks and visions in every theme he explores. Seeing the world through his lens is to discover a surreal world that encourages passionate conversation in the pursuit of meaning. The photographer shared with us his words of wisdom to aspiring artists and why he thinks his work leaves such an impact on people.