Soulla Petrou

Soulla Petrou is an award-winning London-based photographer whose practice encompasses beauty, fashion, and portraiture. With a career spanning more than three decades, her work has contributed significantly to contemporary photographic culture, particularly within music portraiture. In the early stages of her career, Petrou collaborated with influential publications including The Face, Mixmag, DJ, and The Saturday Times, alongside commissions for major record labels. Alongside her music-related work, Petrou has maintained an extensive practice within the fashion…

Soulla Petrou is an award-winning London-based photographer whose practice encompasses beauty, fashion, and portraiture. With a career spanning more than three decades, her work has contributed significantly to contemporary photographic culture, particularly within music portraiture. In the early stages of her career, Petrou collaborated with influential publications including The Face, Mixmag, DJ, and The Saturday Times, alongside commissions for major record labels. Alongside her music-related work, Petrou has maintained an extensive practice within the fashion and beauty sectors, producing both editorial and advertising campaigns for international brands including Ted Baker, Monsoon, L’Oréal, Clinique and Olay. Petrou’s work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, and her photography forms part of the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, with inclusion in a joint exhibition ‘The Music is Black: A British Story ’in 2026.