Some people you may know–and many you don’t. Ilaria Miani’s portraits introduce you to people around the world transporting the viewer on a journey sometimes to India, others to Palermo. A skateboarder does a kickflip at a skatepark in the Sicilian capitol while nuns prepare rose petals in a church kitchen. Chinese boatmen navigate a twilit sea, flanked by ghostly sea stacks, haunting in their reverie. Preferring to work using a 35 mm camera, Miani has an eye for drawing out the humanity in others, creating a sense of connection between people from around the world.

Miani lives and works in Rome.