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Gray Sorrenti

Photographer & Director

Gray Sorrenti was born and raised in NYC. In her early teenage years, Gray began documenting her generation’s emergent youth scene with a sense of poise beyond her years, forging connections with her subjects as she refined the coolly stylish and deeply personal portraiture that has become her signature. Her work is characterized by this closeness; whether Gray is photographing Rihanna or a group of skaters, her dedication to storytelling and kinship with imaginative personalities breaks down the boundaries between artist and subject. Recognized for her intense creative curiosity and skillful subcultural reportage, Gray shot her first fashion campaign at the age of 16, and has since established herself as one of the industry’s most dynamic young imagemakers.

Gray’s commercial photography and videography clients include Calvin Klein, Saint Laurent, Loewe, Moncler, Rimowa, and La Mer, and her work is frequently featured on some of the most prominent billboards in New York, LA, Paris, and elsewhere. Her editorial work has appeared in i-D, Harper’s Bazaar, WSJ Magazine, L’Uomo Vogue, Document Journal, Self Service, and other titles. In addition to Rihanna, she has collaborated with talents such as Jennifer Lopez, Romelu Lukaku, Hailey Bieber, Zoë Kravitz, Rosé, Miley Cyrus, and Dominic Fike.

A lifelong cinema buff, she is pursuing film projects, and is currently shooting a feature-length documentary on New York City’s urban dirt bike culture.

Editorial Highlights

Playboy

Karol G

Beyond Noise

SS26

Re-Edition Magazine

Neighborhood

Beyond Noise

Beyond Noise

Watching the Swans

Holiday Magazine

Day For Night

Beyond Noise

Gray Sorrenti

M Le Monde

Marc Jacobs

Harper's Bazaar US

Rihanna

i-D Magazine

Ever Anderson

Jamaica Portraits

Document Journal

Ashton Sanders

i-D Magazine

Hawaii

i-D Magazine

Four

Recent Covers

Advertising Highlights

Dolce & Gabbana x Ray Bans 2026
Vans x Curren Spring 2025

Saint Laurent Fall 2024

D&G 'Made to Measure' 2024

Saint Laurent Summer 2024

Loewe Paula's Ibiza 2024

Calvin Klein Underwear 2022

Calvin Klein Underwear 2022

Special Projects

HARD COPY NEW YORK

International Center of Photography

CallMeILoveYou Excerpt, #002 

By Gray Sorrenti

"Thousands of frozen moments with the people I love.

This is my heart.
They come in many square and rectangular forms.
In each shape is a face that sits deep within me.

Since 2016, I’ve been stealing screenshots from the people in my life.
A way to access reality without disrupting it.
A moment in between a yawn and the quivering mouth before they cry.
Friends, family, old and new lovers.
A documentation of my world in constant change.
If I know you, you’re probably in it, you just have to find yourself.
This project is an ode to the people in my life.
A reminder of time that was off the record.
A moment that wasn’t interrupted by a camera between you and me.
A way for me to look you in the eyes and make sure we were connected.
This body of work dates from 2016 to 2025."

"HARD COPY is the first preview of my book callmeiloveyou
where these images will be shown individually rather than as collages.
It all started when I FaceTimed Fisher so he could show me how to press a hot teabag on my eye to heal a stye. 
Thousands of screenshots later, I found myself scanning my FaceTimes in Toms 
studio, stealing all of his ink and paper, making more Xeroxes than I had promised.

For years, I kept returning to that chunky Xerox machine until I finally found one owned by a retired litigator and active spiritual musician in Jersey.
His Xerox days were over, and he was ready to hand it down to me. 
Aaron came with me to his house. We grabbed the machine, stuffed it into the trunk of his car and hightailed it back to the city. 
We stopped at Toms,  stole some more ink, and I began to Xerox my life away. Chunky Xerox lives in Aaron’s apartment now."

- Gray Sorrenti

'HARD COPY NEW YORK' is an expanded iteration of Aaron Stern’s ongoing project exploring the contemporary use of the photocopied image. Following previous iterations, including a 2025 show in Los Angeles, the group exhibition uses the visual language of the copy machine to evoke nostalgia for a time of more deliberate picture making.