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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.

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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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SAY HELLO: HELLO@SHAINAGABALA.COM

PRESS

2026 DAZED - MEET THE CREATIVES SHAPING MILAN'S SCENE

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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​

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EDUCATION

2026 MASTER FASHION STYLING, ART DIRECTION, DIGITAL CONTENT AT MARANGONI

2019 B.S. COMPUTER SCIENCE AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

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