Photo by Madeleine Penfold of ex footballer and TV presenter Alex Scott wearing tailored trousers, a cropped t-shirt, and heels, while sitting on a perspex chair facing off camera to the left, with flags from around the world draped in the background and along the floor

Photographing the stars of women’s football

As the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand, photographer Madeleine Penfold talks to us about how she works with sporting talent, her thoughts on brands, and how she uses negative perceptions as fuel