Envela Castel is a French photographer specializing in portrait and documentary photography.
Educated in photography, psychology, and history at the University of Rennes 2, she builds her practice at the crossroads of art, research, and transmission. Across her two main fields, she pursues the same intention: to tell stories with light, precision, and sensitivity so that every image becomes a fragment of personal or collective memory.
Her first field focuses on professional and artistic portraiture, working with independent professionals, entrepreneurs, actors, authors, musicians, and leaders seeking a powerful, elegant, and authentic image. Each session is conceived as a visual narrative whether outdoors, in a professional environment, in studio, or in a meaningful location, with a bespoke, cinematic approach.
Her second field, dedicated to documentary and historical photography, explores the memory of civilizations, places, and traces. She documents ruins around the world, and collaborates with museums, cultural institutions, heritage organizations, and public entities to reveal the sensitive and historical dimensions of each place through an artistic, archaeological, and rigorous eye.
Envela has traveled and photographed across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, including Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Kurdistan, Italy, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand as part of long-term projects devoted to the remains of the past and the memory of the world.
Kurdistan, 2025
