Rotten Roots

15 Jul 2026

By Erica Fava, Muro Productions, Gea, Antonio Martella, Wordlines, Gianmarco Costella

Bare skin marked with red-and-blue tattoos meets thigh-high leather boots defying proportion in a bleached-out studio void. In grainy monochrome, the subject wears spiked crown-like constructs and dark fur, emerging like a decayed deity from folklore. This is beauty at its most ambivalent—gender-stripped, feral, and post-ceremonial—charting where elegance meets erosion.

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@Ericafava

Producer

@muroproductions

Grooming

@gea_mua

Assistant

@__antoniomartella__

Location

@wordlines.studio

Starring

@gianmarco_costella

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Who photographed the Rotten Roots editorial?

Erica Fava photographed the shoot, with Muro Productions handling production and Gea on grooming. The model is Gianmarco Costella, and Antonio Martella participated as assistant.

What concept drives Rotten Roots?

It places tattoos, leather boots, and spiked embellishments on a gender-erased body to explore the remnants of civilization, capturing a cynical yet sacred atmosphere like a being grown from rotten roots.

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