Szilveszter Makó
Szilveszter Makó is a Hungarian photographer and art director based in Milan, creating theatrical fashion portraits with handmade sets, natural light and playful shifts in scale.
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Known for
- Bauhaus Ballet2026 · First solo exhibition
New York - Olivia Rodrigo cover story2026 · Photography and art direction
Vogue Philippines - Cardi B cover story2026 · Photography and creative direction
Vogue Arabia - The Wondrous World of Elle Fanning2026 · Photographer
Who What Wear - Jenna Ortega Won’t Be Boxed In2026 · Photographer
Vogue - Willem Dafoe, Men of the Year2023 · Photographer
GQ Italia
Overview
- From
- Born in Miskolc, Hungary; grew up in Lillafüred.
- Based
- Milan, Italy.
- Work
- Photography, art direction and handmade visual worlds.
- Early milestone
- Willem Dafoe’s 2023 GQ Italia portraits.
- Recognition
- BoF 500 Creative Class, 2026.
Mini bio
How it started.
Makó grew up in Lillafüred, Hungary. In their 2025 Models.com interview, they recalled experimenting with emo hairstyles and photographing the results in 2007, aged fifteen. Photography became the medium through which they could shape an entire scene.
A world built by hand.
Now based in Milan, Makó creates fashion portraits using handmade and recycled materials, with daylight central to the process. In their WePresent interview, they explained how a childhood full of crafts and classical languages helped form that approach. The finished photographs depend on a team making and arranging the physical details.
The house that travelled.
Their 2023 GQ Italia shoot with Willem Dafoe became a career milestone. The house-shaped headpiece drew on a childhood costume discovered in family photographs. Rather than follow a straightforward suit portrait brief, Makó brought a personal memory into the frame.
Beyond the frame.
In 2026, Makó brought their constructed worlds into New York with Bauhaus Ballet, their first solo exhibition. The show drew on Hungarian folklore and childhood memories, while magazine commissions included Cardi B, Olivia Rodrigo and Jenna Ortega. The same year, they joined the BoF 500 Creative Class.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Jenna Ortega Won’t Be Boxed In, VoguePhotographer
- 2026Bauhaus BalletArtist, first solo exhibition
- 2026Olivia Rodrigo, Vogue PhilippinesPhotography and art direction
- 2026Cardi B, Vogue ArabiaPhotography and creative direction
- 2026Daisy Edgar-Jones, British VoguePhotographer
- 2026Rihanna, 72 Summer issuePhotographer
- 2026The Wondrous World of Elle FanningPhotographer
- 2023Willem Dafoe, GQ Italia Men of the YearPhotographer
Awards
Quotes
What doesn't exist, I create.Szilveszter Makó, Cosmos
Response to a request for a fortune-cookie message in the August 11, 2026 interview. See the Cosmos source below.
Trivia
- The house headpiece worn by Willem Dafoe came from a photograph of Makó’s own childhood costume.
- Makó named Paolo Roversi as a lasting inspiration in the Cosmos interview.
- Their school in Lillafüred taught Ancient Greek and Latin alongside arts and crafts.
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