About

Angela Cappetta is a NY-based documentary photographer.

Her work moves between long-form personal projects and commissions, employing an unvarnished philosophy, flash, and an unmediated approach to daily life.

Angela transitions between analog film and digital processes. Her obsession remains consistent: people and the stories that need telling.

Selected work and recognition

She has two monographs published by L’Artiere.

Her photobooks include Glendalis (L’Artiere Edizioni, 2024), a long-term documentary project on family, identity, and life on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and We Are Gathered Here (L’Artiere Edizioni, 2026), exploring weddings as rituals of intimacy, belonging, and social performance.

Her work is held in collections including the MoMA Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy in Rome Library.

She has received fellowships and support from institutions such as the MacDowell Colony, the American Academy in Rome, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Editorial and press include features in The New Yorker, W Magazine, Blind Magazine, Dazed, Vogue, and Marie Claire, among others.

Early in her career, she apprenticed with some of the most influential photographers of our time, including Mary Ellen Mark, Graciela Iturbide, and Arthur Elgort.

Work

Alongside long-term personal projects, she photographs assignments in New York City and beyond, including weddings, elopements, proposals, family events, portraits, and cultural documentation. These commissioned projects share the same documentary foundation as her fine art work, even when created for private clients.

She has an established documentary practice, and a distinctive visual approach.

Teaching

Angela teaches workshops and mentors photographers working across analog and documentary practices.