Arianna Vetere

If you had told 8-year-old Arianna—a goofy, bespectacled kid that never really fit in—that she’d end up in New York City, traveling the world with a camera in hand, she would have confidently told you that you were wrong, and then galloped away dramatically. She thought she was a horse, after all.

While my horse days are behind me for the most part (my friends will never let me live that down), I remain nestled between worlds. Whether getting lost in a book, conjuring up a backstory for an interesting stranger at my local coffee shop, or heading to bed early just to escape into a dream a little sooner, I am on a never-ending search for magic. Photography has become my way of wielding it myself (as it has for many dreamers before me) and is how I romanticize the world and invite others into something more beautiful, more powerful, more accepting, and more alive. Goodness knows we all need that right now.

Perhaps that’s why I’m drawn to storytelling that isn’t just visually striking but means something—ideas that celebrate identity, heritage, and the things that make us who we are. At the heart of everything I do is the pursuit of a better world. I believe in women taking up space, in authenticity over perfection (though, perfection is nice too), and in championing the richness of culture, diversity, and the details that make real life feel like something more.

The greatest magic of all though, has been the fact that I get to do this for a living—dreaming big, chasing beauty, and creating with people who also love what they do. 

Clients: Engomichu, Florian London, Foreign Fare, Heureux XII, Howard Hughes, LUXCIOR Magazines, Landry’s, Lo’Adoro Bridal, Makiin, Nalebe, Negris Lebrum, Nike, Rachel Allan, STRUT Models, The Grand Galvez, The Post Oak Hotel, Traveler’s Cart and more.