The art of seeing

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

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

Coming up for air

Embrace urban shooting and you’ll never run out of ideas

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

How one photographer turned a single train station into a year’s worth of stories.