About Elska Milan
The 61st issue of Elska was made in Milan, marking my second-ever Italian issue. It’s also my second-ever fully collaborative issue, made by Liam Campbell and Mauro Padula. We shared the work between us, each conducting half of the photoshoots, including one subject who we both photographed.
I chose Milan in large part because of its rather particular sort of fame. Known around the world as a city of beauty, sophistication and fashion, I was intrigued by what would happen when viewing it through my Elska lens — with a focus on ordinary lives, human connection and the beauty of imperfection. Behind every famous city are countless individual lives, and I wanted to bring some of those lives to the surface, beyond the polished version of Milan that is so often presented to the world.
Inside the issue, you can get to know a cross-section of everyday men from the city, introduced through intimate and honest photography. As always, the subjects aren’t professional models. They’re ordinary men who agreed to let us into their worlds — and to take their clothes off for us too. Some were experienced in front of a camera, while others had never done anything like this before. That mixture of confidence and vulnerability is part of what makes an Elska shoot what it is: an opportunity to see people as they really are, rather than as they might appear in a fashion photograph.
You can also get to know these men through personal storytelling, with every subject accompanied by a text — some written by me, some by Mauro and some by the men themselves. Together, the photographs and stories bring you closer to their lives, personalities and voices, making Elska Milan a properly immersive experience.
Elska Milan features nine chapters and the following local elskans: Dano Hansen, Berry, Sergio Interdonato, Davide Z, Squalo, Federico S, Alessandro Florio, and Simone D.
Elska Milan is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), 164 pages, full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, with 280gsm textured coated coverage paper and flaps hiding two easter eggs, and soft and sexy matte 115gsm internal paper.
The Standard Edition includes the Elska Milan print bookazine. The Cariad Edition includes the Elska Milan print bookazine and a limited-edition A3 giclée print titled ‘La Moda'.
Shipping Info:
Sent from Wales by Royal Mail or from Germany by Deutsche Post. Those in the USA will see the final portion of their delivery fulfilled by USPS.
About Elska Milan
The 61st issue of Elska was made in Milan, marking my second-ever Italian issue. It’s also my second-ever fully collaborative issue, made by Liam Campbell and Mauro Padula. We shared the work between us, each conducting half of the photoshoots, including one subject who we both photographed.
I chose Milan in large part because of its rather particular sort of fame. Known around the world as a city of beauty, sophistication and fashion, I was intrigued by what would happen when viewing it through my Elska lens — with a focus on ordinary lives, human connection and the beauty of imperfection. Behind every famous city are countless individual lives, and I wanted to bring some of those lives to the surface, beyond the polished version of Milan that is so often presented to the world.
Inside the issue, you can get to know a cross-section of everyday men from the city, introduced through intimate and honest photography. As always, the subjects aren’t professional models. They’re ordinary men who agreed to let us into their worlds — and to take their clothes off for us too. Some were experienced in front of a camera, while others had never done anything like this before. That mixture of confidence and vulnerability is part of what makes an Elska shoot what it is: an opportunity to see people as they really are, rather than as they might appear in a fashion photograph.
You can also get to know these men through personal storytelling, with every subject accompanied by a text — some written by me, some by Mauro and some by the men themselves. Together, the photographs and stories bring you closer to their lives, personalities and voices, making Elska Milan a properly immersive experience.
Elska Milan features nine chapters and the following local elskans: Dano Hansen, Berry, Sergio Interdonato, Davide Z, Squalo, Federico S, Alessandro Florio, and Simone D.
Elska Milan is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), 164 pages, full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, with 280gsm textured coated coverage paper and flaps hiding two easter eggs, and soft and sexy matte 115gsm internal paper.
The Standard Edition includes the Elska Milan print bookazine. The Cariad Edition includes the Elska Milan print bookazine and a limited-edition A3 giclée print titled ‘La Moda'.
Shipping Info:
Sent from Wales by Royal Mail or from Germany by Deutsche Post. Those in the USA will see the final portion of their delivery fulfilled by USPS.
