Helen Margaret Giovanello is an Italian-British photographer, born in London and raised in Turin in a family of antique dealers. She studied philosophy and the humanities in Turin before graduating from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. Her work focuses on what lies at the margins of the gaze: people experiencing homelessness, sex workers, refugees, women navigating menopause, the forgotten aftermath of wars, but also trees, the ocean, and a Paris far removed from postcard imagery. Her subjects change; her gaze remains. Above all, Helen Margaret Giovanello seeks an encounter. The photograph is its trace. Her first long-term project, Chris and Wayne, Lives on a Street Line (1997–2002), already established the themes that continue to shape her work: time, relationships, and lives kept at the margins. More than twenty years later, a reunion with Wayne led to Chris and Wayne, The Unexpected Road, a story about friendship and the possibility of a second life, now intended to become a book. Alongside assignments for the international press, Helen Margaret Giovanello continues to develop independent projects rooted in immersion and long-term engagement. In Kamathipura, Mumbai, she spent a year sharing the everyday lives of sex workers. In 2005, a grant from the Planethood Foundation enabled her to travel to Gulu, northern Uganda, to document the social consequences of war. In When War Comes Home, she photographed the impact of the war in Iraq on American families. Her recent work continues this exploration, moving through territories where personal experience meets universal questions. Paris Blues explores a Paris beyond its familiar representations, between presence and absence, movement and stillness. Konenki, l’âge invisible examines the silence surrounding menopause through portraits, testimonies, and an installation, while It Was Supposed to Be Mexico, made after an accident that left her unable to move for several months, explores the fragility of the body, constraint, and reconstruction. Helen Margaret Giovanello’s work has been published in The New York Times, Le Monde, Newsweek, BBC Magazine, The National Photographer, and Courrier International, among others. It has been exhibited in New York, Paris, Turin, Trieste, and Tokyo. Her photograph My Son’s Boots (Sue Niederer) was a finalist for the Gordon Parks Award, while the series L’Arbre received the 717 Lobby ICP Alumni Fellowship. Alongside her photographic practice, Helen Margaret Giovanello works as a co-curator of exhibitions and content at Mémoire de l’Avenir in Paris and participates in portfolio reviews at IMMIXgalerie. Curatorial and personal writing are also part of her creative practice, informing both her own work and her engagement with other artists. Fidelity lies at the heart of her practice. Her projects are built over years, sometimes decades. For her, photography is a way of accompanying lives rather than documenting them, of remaining present rather than simply passing through.