Everyday life at Photo Vogue

An interview on mornings, routines, and work–life balance with Alessia Glaviano and Caterina De Biasio (Photo Vogue), photographed in Alessia’s Milanese home by Rachele Daminelli for Arxipelag Volume II.

Alessia Glaviano: “(…)For women, this was compounded by the weight of patriarchy. You were expected to adapt to an environment that was not designed for you, to internalize aggression, and to succeed despite structures that were fundamentally against you.

What has changed, thankfully, is awareness. Today there is at least a language to name these dynamics—harassment, bias, inequality—that barely existed when I began. There is also a generational refusal to accept violence as the cost of a career. Younger women, like Caterina, claim the right to dialogue, respect, and visibility from the start, and that in itself transforms the culture.

I am proud that, even before this broader shift, I never reproduced the kind of toxic dynamics that had been inflicted on me. I never treated the people working with me the way I had once been treated. Instead, I have always believed in exchange, trust, and in creating spaces where others could grow rather than be diminished.(…)”