Alessia Glaviano37Fashion Photography, Vogue & Editorial Power

Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global PhotoVogue & Director of the PhotoVogue Festival, joins Eyeshot 50mm to talk visual literacy, ethics, and the power of images today. She explains why editors are still essential, how she judges photographs, and what we risk losing in an era of speed, algorithms, and AI. From Vogue Italia to a global role at PhotoVogue, Glaviano breaks down how editorial choices are made: what makes an image authentic, why copying is a dead end, how “curation” replaced gatekeeping, and why learning to read images matters as much as creating them. We also discuss diversity, representation, and the tension between progress and backlash in Western culture.