RHEA CASTELLAN

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RheaCastellan

Travel & Documentary Photographer

  • Based in Denver, Colorado
  • Working worldwide

I photograph places in the hour before they wake up: harbors, markets, roads with no one on them. Assignments for magazines, tourism boards and brands, anywhere you can get a camera to.

Colorful houses stacked on a rocky cliff above a small harbor with boats
Riomaggiore, LiguriaMove across the photo to bring the color back.
Stories
06
Stops
04
Prints
04

The Route · 2024–2026

Where the Stories Were Made

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A cliffside village of pastel houses in the soft blue light just after sunset

Stop 01 · Liguria, Italy

Houses That Hold the Cliff

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Stories · 06

Six Stories, Stacked

  1. A cliffside village of pastel houses in the soft blue light just after sunset

    Houses That Hold the Cliff

    Liguria, Italy · 2026

    A week in five cliff villages, mostly in the blue light after the day-trippers leave.

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    [36] frames

  2. A hillside of pastel houses with turquoise roofs above a harbor

    Uphill in Gamcheon

    Busan, South Korea · 2025

    Stairways, turquoise roofs and the harbor below, walked from the bottom to the top.

    [48] frames

  3. A lone walker crossing an enormous orange sand dune, footprints trailing behind

    Footprints at Erg Chebbi

    Merzouga, Morocco · 2025

    One walker, one dune, and the long shadows of the last hour of light.

    [24] frames

  4. A market lane piled with woven baskets and goods under strung canopies

    Market Morning

    Marrakech, Morocco · 2025

    The souk before the crowds, while the baskets are still being stacked.

    [40] frames

  5. Bright red, blue and yellow wooden cabins along a narrow tidal canal

    Painted Doors, Low Tide

    [Place] · 2024

    Fishermen's cabins along a tidal canal, painted brighter every spring.

    [30] frames

  6. A straight desert road with a yellow center line running toward a snowy volcano

    Roads With No One on Them

    [Place] · 2024

    A long drive through high desert, stopping wherever the road ran straight at a mountain.

    [52] frames

Roll 14 · Contact Sheet

The Whole Roll, Not Just the Picks

Circled in red is the frame that made the cut. Open any frame to see it large.

Prints

Take One Home

Archival pigment prints, signed and numbered. Prices and editions are placeholders.

Early, on foot, and usually alone.

Rhea works on assignment and on long personal projects, usually on foot and usually early. She shoots for editorial, tourism and brand clients.

Clients · [Publication], [Tourism board], [Brand], [Publication]

Assignments

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