A drink with: heather daenitz

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace

The leading family photographer discusses her long-term love of black and white photography with Niall Hampton

Artsy’s editor-in-chief and director of content Casey Lesser on the French artist who finds poetry in the everyday

How did your career start? I took an interest in birds when I was around four, saved money for my first binoculars at seven, got my first SLR at 12 and shot my first nature pictures for a national mag