Black and white studio portrait of Lucy Plato Clark seated on a high stool
Portrait by Ellie Thorne

Lucy Plato Clark is a photographer who never stopped playing dress-up.

She received her BFA in contemporary Jewellery from Alchimia School in Florence, Italy.

Her photography blends a passion for embellishing the body with inspiration drawn from the forested landscapes of her childhood home in western North Carolina. Much of her work involves dressing and capturing the human form in spontaneous and impermanent adornments of the moment.

Lucy currently resides in Florence, Italy, where she works in collaboration with many artists from a variety of disciplines. She uses Italy as a background for her projects as she works to define the idea of home.

Since arriving in Florence in 2011, her work has grown to span fashion, jewellery and portraits, as well as weddings and multi-day celebrations across Tuscany.

Press & Exhibitions

Publications

  • Provincetown Independent, "Jon Verney Seeks a Mesmerizing Balance," 2026Portrait of photographer Jon Verney
  • NH Home Magazine, "Art With a Purpose," 2025Portrait of woodworker Aspen Golann
  • VareseInforma, "Torna a Varese Insight Foto Festival," 2023
  • L'Altro Femminile, "Re-TOUCH, alterare le immagini per cercare un'altra bellezza," 2022
  • Shots Magazine, No. 147, "Surrender," 2020Photographs from Penland, North Carolina
  • Lenscratch, "The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition, Part 3," 2020"Contatto Umano in Quarantena (Human Contact in Quarantine)," Penland, North Carolina
  • Ornament Magazine, "Laura Wood," Volume 47.1Jewellery photography for Laura Wood
  • Benchpeg, "The jewel and the experience of the skin: Maria Ignacia Walker"Jewellery photography for Maria Ignacia Walker
  • Handmade in Florence, by Richard Salley, photographs by Nathalie FrankenneFeatured among the city's artisans

Exhibitions

  • I AM, Insight Foto Festival, Varese, 2023Selected by Caffè Michelangiolo and Rivista NOI di Firenze
  • Climbers, Insight Foto Festival, 2023
  • Submerge, Oratorio di San Carlo, Castelfiorentino, 2023With Mercedes Jelinek and Jon Verney
  • Re-TOUCH, Linfa Studio Gallery, 2022Solo exhibition
  • Submerge, with the IQB collective, Insight Foto FestivalCyanotype and wet collodion prints
  • Hotels I Didn't Pay For, Wm. Post GalleryArtist profile

Collaborations

Woman in a vibrant coat and hat holding champagne bottles in an archway of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Woman with bright pink hair posing against a pink background
Bride standing in the window of an ivy-covered villa in Florence
Woman dancing in high heels on a colourful photo set