The Aesthetic | Editorial Portraiture

Editorial portraiture for the bold and honest

The Aesthetic creates fashion driven portraits that feel cinematic and intimate. Clean light, considered styling, and a calm set where real presence shows up on camera.

Feature portrait from The Aesthetic
Chicago · Fashion · Portrait
Selected stories
Fashion editorial by The Aesthetic

Fashion editorial

Statement looks, location driven stories, clean direction.

Beauty portrait by The Aesthetic

Beauty and portrait

Quiet, close, refined portraits that hold eye contact.

Fine art photograph by The Aesthetic

Fine art work

Gallery ready images built from concept and lived story.

Booking with The Aesthetic

Every session is built from a short conversation about who you are, how you want to be seen, and where these images will live. From there we shape wardrobe, light, and mood so the final work feels like you at your most intentional.

Essentials session
Starting at $400
  • Up to ninety minutes in studio
  • One look, one lighting setup
  • Proof gallery for selection
  • Eight fully retouched images
Editorial experience
Starting at $750
  • Up to three hours on set
  • Two to three looks and set changes
  • Creative direction and posing
  • Fourteen fully retouched images
Luxury production
Custom quote
  • Team based shoots and campaigns
  • Location or studio, multiple looks
  • Pre production call and moodboard
  • Tailored delivery for print and digital
About Skyye
Portrait of Skyye, photographer at The Aesthetic

The Aesthetic is the work of Skyye, a Chicago based photographer drawn to the space between armor and softness. After picking up the camera once held by his father, he began shaping portraits that feel cinematic but still deeply human.

Sessions are calm, directed, and intentional. You are guided, never forced. The result is work that looks elevated and still feels like you, whether the images live in a frame, a lookbook, or a campaign.