
SHAÏNA GABALA IS AN IVORIAN PHOTOGRAPHER AND ART DIRECTOR BASED IN PARIS. WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DOCUMENTARY AND EDITORIAL IMAGE-MAKING, SHE PHOTOGRAPHS PEOPLE AND CULTURE IN SEARCH OF TRUTH WITHOUT LOSING TENDERNESS.
BORN IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND RAISED ACROSS DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, IT’S CURIOSITY THAT KEEPS HER WORK ALIVE — PUSHING HER TO TELL STORIES THAT HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE’S INDIVIDUALITIES AND THE QUIET SIMILARITIES BETWEEN US ALL.
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PRESS
2026 DAZED - MEET THE CREATIVES SHAPING MILAN'S SCENE
PUBLICATIONS
2026 VANGUARD MAGAZINE
2026 TEETH MAGAZINE
2026 CAKE MAGAZINE
2025 SCORPIO JIN MAGAZINE
CLIENT WORK (CLICK HERE)
2026 LELELE, COLE HENRY BANKS, BECKY G, IF YOU DARE STUDIO
2025 DAIA, VILLA MILENA
EDUCATION
2026 MASTER FASHION STYLING, ART DIRECTION, DIGITAL CONTENT AT MARANGONI
2019 B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY