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Collaborate Free projects with dance, music, faces and places

For my free projects, I am looking for people and places with a story to tell.

Alongside commissioned work, I photograph and film projects that exist only because an idea will not let go of me: a light, a movement, a face, a room. For these, I am looking for people who bring a craft of their own and want to make something with me that does not exist yet.

A ballerina in a white tutu with her arms raised, a cellist beside her and candles across the stage
Dance and music on one stage — from my coverage of a candlelight ballet in Offenbach.

For free projects, I am looking for …

The photographs are from my work. They show how I work with movement, faces, sound and space.

  • A ballerina in a white tutu leaning far back on the stage floor, candles behind her
    Candlelight ballet, Offenbach

    Dancers

    Ballet, contemporary, urban: movement that can carry an image.

  • Portrait of a woman framed by black feathers, her hands around her face
    Dark beauty portrait

    Models & faces with character

    Experience in front of the camera is not a requirement. A face that tells something is.

  • A pianist at a grand piano beneath pink blossom branches, candles in front of him
    Dreamlight Concert, Frankfurt

    Musicians

    Stage, rehearsal room or studio: sound you can see.

  • A face and hands painted with yellow and black body art, under a dark hood
    Body art portrait

    Make-up & body art

    Color, masks, skin as a canvas. I bring the light and the camera.

  • A brick hall with arched windows and steel girders, photographed from above
    Druckwasserwerk, Frankfurt

    Places

    Lofts, industrial halls, studios, rooftops: spaces with history and light.

  • A woman in a white headscarf and ruffled blouse, with orange slices as jewelry, in a wheat field at sunset
    Vintage shoot in a wheat field

    Stylists & designers

    Clothes, fabrics, jewelry: for images in which what someone wears plays a part.

How it works

  1. You write to me

    Who you are, what you do and a link to your work. A sentence about an idea is enough — nothing needs to be finished.

  2. We talk about the idea

    If a project suits you, I come back with a proposal, or we develop the idea further together.

  3. We make it

    A day, an evening, a place. I bring the camera and the light; you bring what you do best.

  4. Everyone gets the images

    I select and edit, and everyone who took part receives the finished images.

The rules, kept simple

  • No fees either way: you pay nothing, and I pay nothing.
  • Everyone involved gets the finished images and is credited when they are published.
  • We agree beforehand who may use the images, and for what.
  • Only adults can take part — that is, people aged 18 and over.

Would you like to book me for a commission? There is a form for your area for that.

To project inquiries

Write to me

A few details are enough. I read every message myself and reply within 24 hours on working days.

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