Light & Shadow

A Portrait Study by Andrew Fennell

In Light & Shadow, Andrew Fennell uses contrast as a language, one that speaks through the faces of women to reveal emotion, story, and strength.

Each portrait is a conversation between illumination and obscurity. Light draws out moments of vulnerability, confidence, and truth. Shadows, in turn, create space for mystery and for the parts of ourselves we rarely show but always carry.

With a minimalist approach and precise control of light, Fennell invites the viewer to pause and feel. To look beyond surface and beauty and into the quiet complexity of expression.

This series is a tribute to the emotional landscapes we navigate every day—and a reminder of how light and shadow, together, tell the whole story.

Light & Shadow will be on display in the lobby of Empire Stores in DUMBO, Brooklyn (55 Water Street).

Limited edition prints and select merch are available.
Inquire at andrew@andrewfennell.com or visit the shop page for more details.

Light & Shadow

A Portrait Study by Andrew Fennell

In Light & Shadow, Andrew Fennell uses contrast as a language, one that speaks through the faces of women to reveal emotion, story, and strength.

Each portrait is a conversation between illumination and obscurity. Light draws out moments of vulnerability, confidence, and truth. Shadows, in turn, create space for mystery and for the parts of ourselves we rarely show but always carry.

With a minimalist approach and precise control of light, Fennell invites the viewer to pause and feel. To look beyond surface and beauty and into the quiet complexity of expression.

This series is a tribute to the emotional landscapes we navigate every day—and a reminder of how light and shadow, together, tell the whole story.

Light & Shadow will be on display in the lobby of Empire Stores in DUMBO, Brooklyn (55 Water Street).

Limited edition prints and select merch are available.
Inquire at andrew@andrewfennell.com or visit the shop page for more details.

IN HER LIGHT

Featuring Kiara Pace
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

The shadows may try to claim her,
but she commands the light.

With gaze steady and spirit
unshaken, she reminds us:
Even in darkness, I see
myself clearly.

SPLIT DECISION


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2021
Brooklyn, New York

A sliver of light divides the frame
but she refuses to split.

Raw. Unapologetic.
Half in the dark, whole in
her power.

GOLDEN HOUR

Featuring Megan Gerald
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

Stillness as resistance. Softness as strength.
She glows not because of the light but in
spite of the shadow.

How often do you let
yourself be both delicate
and defiant?

IN HER LIGHT

Featuring Kiara Pace
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

The shadows may try to claim her,
but she commands the light.

With gaze steady and spirit
unshaken, she reminds us:
Even in darkness, I see
myself clearly.

SPLIT DECISION


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2021
Brooklyn, New York

A sliver of light divides the frame
but she refuses to split.

Raw. Unapologetic.
Half in the dark, whole in
her power.

GOLDEN HOUR

Featuring Megan Gerald
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

Stillness as resistance. Softness as strength.
She glows not because of the light but in
spite of the shadow.

How often do you let
yourself be both delicate
and defiant?

VELVET BLADE

Featuring Anna Strindberg
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

She wears glamour like armor. Soft curves. Sharp edges.
A contradiction in perfect balance.

When was the last time
you felt dangerous and
divine in the same breath?

OIL & HONEY


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2014
Brooklyn, New York

Grit and gloss. A collision of the raw and the radiant.
She doesn't clean up well she glows through the mess.

What if your power lies in
the parts they told you
to wipe away?

SOFT THREAT


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

A whisper edged with warning.
Elegance that doesn’t flinch.
The red isn’t a backdrop
it’s a boundary.

Power isn’t always loud.
Sometimes, it just looks
you in the eye.

VELVET BLADE

Featuring Anna Strindberg
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

She wears glamour like armor. Soft curves. Sharp edges.
A contradiction in perfect balance.

When was the last time
you felt dangerous and
divine in the same breath?

OIL & HONEY


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2014
Brooklyn, New York

Grit and gloss. A collision of the raw and the radiant.
She doesn't clean up well she glows through the mess.

What if your power lies in
the parts they told you
to wipe away?

SOFT THREAT


Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

A whisper edged with warning.
Elegance that doesn’t flinch.
The red isn’t a backdrop
it’s a boundary.

Power isn’t always loud.
Sometimes, it just looks
you in the eye.

TARGETED

Featuring Louna Le Roux
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

A single eye lit, watching, unwavering.
Everything else fades, but her focus burns.

We all have a spotlight.
The question is: what
will you do when it
finds you?

DUALITY

Featuring Lucy + Nat
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

One light. Two beings.
Resting together, resisting division.

What if our differences
weren’t walls,but mirrors
reflecting our shared light?

VENETIAN HAZE

Featuring SlayRizz
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

Lines of light. A hush of mystery. A glance that sees through it all. The shadows don’t hide her they frame her. They don’t restrain they reveal.

Look closer. She already is.

TARGETED

Featuring Louna Le Roux
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

A single eye lit, watching, unwavering.
Everything else fades, but her focus burns.

We all have a spotlight.
The question is: what
will you do when it
finds you?

DUALITY

Featuring Lucy + Nat
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

One light. Two beings.
Resting together, resisting division.

What if our differences
weren’t walls,but mirrors
reflecting our shared light?

VENETIAN HAZE

Featuring SlayRizz
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York

Lines of light. A hush of mystery. A glance that sees through it all. The shadows don’t hide her they frame her. They don’t restrain they reveal.

Look closer. She already is.

SILHOUETTE IN STILLNESS

Featuring Louna Le Roux
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York


A portrait of presence: quiet, grounded, whole. In the absence of distraction, form becomes language.

What stories does a silhouette tell when no words are spoken?

SILHOUETTE IN STILLNESS

Featuring Louna Le Roux
Archival Pigment Print Shot with a Canon 5d IV
16 x 24 in. (Framed: 20 x 28 in.)
Light & Shadow, 2024
Brooklyn, New York


A portrait of presence: quiet, grounded, whole. In the absence of distraction, form becomes language.

What stories does a silhouette tell when no words are spoken?

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