ABOUT chiabella
Chiabella James is an award winning British photographer specialising in movies and editorial portraiture.
A graduate of UC Santa Barbara film school and having spent most of her life on movie sets, she pursued a career in film production before returning to her photography roots on set.
Her work has been published in most major international outlets and is frequently used in Vanity Fair, Vogue and Empire magazines, among others.
Her most recent publications include the ‘Dune The Photography’ coffee table book and ‘Masquerade’ - a self published book of portraits and personal stories sold to raise funds for mental health.
In 2025, Chiabella won the International Cinematographers Guild Publicist’s award for Excellence in Stills Photography.
Chiabella is based in London and Los Angeles, CA.
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