Which photography duo created the artwork photography for The Life of a Showgirl?

Mert and Marcus created the artwork photography for Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl.

Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott are a British photography duo known professionally as Mert and Marcus. Their fashion work often uses polished lighting, dramatic styling, and highly constructed visual concepts.

For The Life of a Showgirl, their photography supported the album’s glamorous, performance-centered image. The standard cover depicts Swift in a jeweled, theatrical setting, helping establish the project’s showgirl aesthetic before listeners heard the music.

The photography credits are separate from the album’s wardrobe, hair, makeup, packaging-art, and costume credits. That distinction matters because several different specialists contributed to the final visual identity.