Portrait




This series is part of my portrait work for a Berlin magazine. Each assignment was simple on paper: show up at a specific time and place, photograph a stranger who had just given an interview. No creative briefs, no moodboards, no backstories. Often, I didn’t even know who they were or what they did until I saw their name on the assignment sheet.

For me, these shoots felt like walking into someone else’s world uninvited. Fifteen minutes, sometimes less, to read the room, find the light, and understand who was sitting in front of me. Most people were still in interview mode, open and ready to talk. Our conversations felt like chance encounters — two strangers meeting briefly with no agenda, no expectations. That openness fascinated me.

I don’t believe in directing people too much. They came as they were — wearing what they chose that morning, carrying whatever emotion they felt at the time. I just picked the spot with the best light and pressed the shutter when it felt right. The real work happened in the space between us: small talk, silence, observation. The rest was just mechanics.

There were no dramatic stories or life-changing encounters. Just a stream of faces, places, and fleeting moments — most of which are gone as soon as the shutter closed.