Check Out Isabella Granada’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Isabella Granada.

Hi Isabella, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
My name is Isabella and I was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. My journey with photography and video began at 13 years old when I was gifted a Canon Rebel T3i for Christmas, and I haven’t stopped learning the craft ever since then. Graduated from a Filmmaking program in New York in 2022, and I have spent the past five years working on set for various filmmaking projects.

Most of my experience lies in cinematography and camera teams, but mainly I direct my own projects. Usually focusing on visual poetry, I aim to create a body of work that not only tells stories but also can influence people to experiment and feel for themselves.

I aim to maintain a pure goal for the content I create, as it communicates more than the face value of the thing we’re portraying, but instead it expresses from within the essence of the goal. My work tries to really break down the core ideas and themes of whatever the project may be about. No bells and whistles, but staying true to the main idea itself.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The process of finding your inner creative is not smooth. No one tells you how much confidence, trust, and failure you will need to be comfortable in your own position as an artist. Learning a skill can be easy, but trusting yourself enough to complete your vision is an uphill battle. The fear of failure is always a possibility, and failure is certain.

Once understood, however, failure becomes a part of the creative process and especially a necessity.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
MENERGY: This photographic project explores masculinity and its links to fashion and aims to reveal the nuances and complexities of gender, sexuality, and the ego. Our aim was to delve into the masculine in all of its forms and means of expression. The images invite the viewer to feel a form of nostalgia and warmth through humanity, identity, and playfulness.

The work in MENERGY can be described as a visual expression of poetry, guided not by lines on a script but as more of an evolution of feelings expressed through images, prose, and interviews.

What matters most to you?
Identity, and staying true to one another. Knowing one’s own place in the world is incredibly valuable, especially in this day and age.

Identity, trust, and love are my anchors in life.

Contact Info:

• Email: isabellagranada@gmail.com
• Instagram: isgriddd

Image Credits
Models (alphabetical order): Celine Aliaga, Nicolás Bustillo, Antonio Flores, Max Hoffman, Ramón Peña, Camilo Tapias. Clothing brands: Lakras , @_lakras_ Stylist: Sara Lukazewski